We needed a compressor for Ms LCP's RamCruiser but no one offered a portable Puma. WIth my strong love for Puma I decided to make one. Starting with a brand new Puma set up I divorced the compressor and installed it in a waterproof case from Harbor Frieght. I needed to make a mounting bracket to fit securely in the box but that was the extent of needed special parts everything else was over the counter.
Striving for peak performance I went with Hi-flo fittings from Milton. Testing showed no benefit other than cool looking and lightweight.
Because it is a live system for safety I reversed the connections so a normal air hose will not work. For power protection I used an auto reset 40A breaker. For a hose, I used a 25' from Amflo the lightest quality hose I could find. Power was supplied using an old 12' 8 gauge cable with clamps. One of the best discoveries in the build is the tire chuck from Jaco its a super quality billet aluminum free flow chuck that has excellent sealing and super nice to use.
Performance is Puma great and a portable set up is no different. Using a 100% flat 35" Nitto in 4 minutes you are at 34psi. This set will air up 4 - 35's from 15-36psi in under 10minutes start to finish or 4 - 35's on 17's from 20-55psi in 15minutes. Once done the compressor is cool enough to where you can pack it away safely.
The down side to the set up IMO is the weight. The weight of the set up is 31lbs a little heavy for portable for me. The size is too big also requiring a lot of real estate. with that said the box is almost indestructible and very waterproof. It would fit in a smaller box but getting everything packed away was a PIA. I have a little less than $400 invested for the anyone wanting to go this route. Because a Puma will be going in our RamCruiser I would be willing to sell the portable set up for what I have in it for someone of interest. This would be a good option for someone with more than one off road vehicle.
Striving for peak performance I went with Hi-flo fittings from Milton. Testing showed no benefit other than cool looking and lightweight.
Because it is a live system for safety I reversed the connections so a normal air hose will not work. For power protection I used an auto reset 40A breaker. For a hose, I used a 25' from Amflo the lightest quality hose I could find. Power was supplied using an old 12' 8 gauge cable with clamps. One of the best discoveries in the build is the tire chuck from Jaco its a super quality billet aluminum free flow chuck that has excellent sealing and super nice to use.
Performance is Puma great and a portable set up is no different. Using a 100% flat 35" Nitto in 4 minutes you are at 34psi. This set will air up 4 - 35's from 15-36psi in under 10minutes start to finish or 4 - 35's on 17's from 20-55psi in 15minutes. Once done the compressor is cool enough to where you can pack it away safely.
The down side to the set up IMO is the weight. The weight of the set up is 31lbs a little heavy for portable for me. The size is too big also requiring a lot of real estate. with that said the box is almost indestructible and very waterproof. It would fit in a smaller box but getting everything packed away was a PIA. I have a little less than $400 invested for the anyone wanting to go this route. Because a Puma will be going in our RamCruiser I would be willing to sell the portable set up for what I have in it for someone of interest. This would be a good option for someone with more than one off road vehicle.
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