Compressed air on pickup

[TRR]

My truck is a 2012 - F250. I had a deadline to meet on the install so not everything I wanted to do is done. The tank is the biggest I could find that met the diameter requirement and had a pressure rating posted. You can go with a bigger tank if you mount it a little lower. There's a lot more room under the truck than it appears to have. As for the air intake, right now it's at the pump, but I do want to move it inside the truck. Haven't even looked at how I'm going to do that yet. I also ran regular wire from the auto store and loom from harbor freight. After reading up on Ford's upfitter books, I need to replace the wire with high temp stuff and no one in town (including the custom shops) has the high temp wire. I will have to order it.

As for tank size, I'm not sure it's that significant. If you're going to be using a lot of air, you'll need a bigger compressor. I had occasion to use the impact wrench recently when towing a trailer. Used up the air in the tank very quickly and had to wait for the compressor to refill it several times. It beats having to turn the bolts by hand, just can't be in a hurry.

 

[Looking4new]

I did a similar install on a Jeep I had, no longer have it though. Someday I want to do the same on my Tundra.

Mine was an under-hood install. It was a two sate install, first involved moving the factory air filter box, then the compressor/tank install.

Here are the two links
Airbox move

Onboard Air System

That is a real nice install.
Question: What year is that Jeep? What motor?

 

[Iplayfarmer]

...I used a laser pointer and set it so the beam was in the center of the hole on the truck, then put the bracket in place marked the laser point, took everything apart, drilled the hole...

That's a pretty clever technique for precisely marking holes. I will probably try that someday.

 

[davedj1]

In the off road community it's quite common to have on board air. Some use the Viar stuff, some use CO2 tanks and some (me included) used a standard ac compressor off a Jeep Grand Cherokee or a large Dodge truck. They are capable of building pressures of up to 300-400 PSI or more in a matter of seconds. The only drawback to them is they need oil, I would just squirt some tool oil in the air intake every now and then. I had two 2.5 gal. tanks, one under the hood and one next to the frame opposite the muffler. I had the pressure switch, check valve and regulator on the inner fender and a quick connect front and rear. I could air up my 36 x 13.5 tires from 7-8psi to 28psi in a matter of minutes or run the 1/2" impact gun with no problems.

 

[john25mm]

Quick question have you had any problems with anything like rock strikes damage? I am going to do something like this with my 01 Excursion but I plan to add the horns and a quick disconnect both front and rear if nothing else just for the show off value.

 

[davedj1]

Quick question have you had any problems with anything like rock strikes damage? I am going to do something like this with my 01 Excursion but I plan to add the horns and a quick disconnect both front and rear if nothing else just for the show off value.

I have never had a problem with my set up. I wheel it too.