How to mount air reel ?

[BDBLK2K3]

How are you guys mounting your taskforce air reels ?

My Garage is sheetrock walls on 16" center .

Was thinks about a piece of plywood , to the studs, and bolt the Reel to that.


What are some ideas ?

Thanks

Bob

[rickairmedic]

Bob I am planning to get up in my attic above my garage and mount some 2"X8"s between the ceiling joists and mount mine to the ceiling . You could do the same on the walls just screw the 2X8s to 2 studs and then bolt the reel to the 2X8s . I dont know that I would trust even a piece of 3/4" plywood these little buggers are heavy not to mention the stresses involved when you pull the hose out of them.

Rick

[BDBLK2K3]

2 x 8 " would be better , didn't think about how heavy these are .

I have a Bonus room over my garage , so no way to get in the ceiling .

May put the 2 x8 's on the wall and paint .

[Matti]

My air reel is just held up by 3/16" toggle bolts through the drywall. IIRC 2 of the holes hit the studs so I used large wood screws w/washers on those. I suppose screwing it to a board that straddles 2 studs would be better.

[rickairmedic]

Originally Posted by BDBLK2K3

2 x 8 " would be better , didn't think about how heavy these are .

I have a Bonus room over my garage , so no way to get in the ceiling .

May put the 2 x8 's on the wall and paint .

That would work fine . I guess if you really wanted it to look good you could go to a steel supplier that sells drops and get a couple pieces of 1/8" plate 16" long by 8" wide and drill holes through them to mount the reel to as well as drilling holes to attatch them to the studs .


Rick

[e-tek]

I found using a 12" piece of 2x10 was definitely the best option. As well as giving it a good solid platform, if it wiggles, or the hose comes back fast, the drywall (or ??) doesn't get damaged. Asthetically as well, I think it looks better to have a block of wood centering the unit. As well, I used deck screws (or thin lag bolts) to avoid splitting the 2x 4's in the wall!

[larry4406]

I have 2x10 blocking behind the rock ceiling. When you look at the mounting foot for the reel, the holes are 1/2 inch and 2 of the 4 holes are slotted while the other two are drilled. Of the drilled holes, one is aligned outside of the reel, so a long bolt with ratched and socket will easily clear. The last hole aligns with the rim, so can't get a long bolt thru.

I plan to use (3) 3/8x2.5 lags with washers in the two slots and one easy acces hole. (pre-install the lags with washers for the slots then the others). The last poor access hole, I will be using a pre-installed 3/8 wood anchor (lag threads one side, machine thread the other) and then a nut.

I will also be using a union for the supply hose.

Just got back from Lowes with the parts, maybe later today will hang them.

[ColoradoBob]

I agree with the comments of the others above. I have an open ceiling (at least for now) and the reel is mounted to to a 2x4 on top of the bottom member of the trusses. In theory you could use anchors in drywall but given the amount of tugging the reel will see I'd be concerned about pulling the anchors out.

[BDBLK2K3]

I got to looking in my garage and I found where the top beam runs across , on the sidewall there is a support of 2 x 4's about 6" wide .

It is right above my compressor, that will work out great.

I'll get some lag bolts and predrill into the studs .


Bob

[rsanter]

there are several ways I would use

I think the plywood idea would be fine.

you could also drill 2 holes on center in the base of the hose reel and just mount with 2 lag bolts to the stud/joist

you could also use some 1x1 metal tube or unistrut. bolt the reel to the tube or unistrut and then bolt the tube/unistrut to two adjacient studs/joists using 4 bolts

I have mine bolted to the pallet racking in the garage

bob

[chad pickens]

I attached mine to the top of the right post on my rotory 2 post lift it worked out great.

[e-tek]

Originally Posted by chad pickens

I attached mine to the top of the right post on my rotory 2 post lift it worked out great.

That IS a good place to mount one!

[KCarGuy]

I took a scrap piece of 1/4" thick Aluminum that was 6"x19", I drilled holes to run 3" lag bolts through the aluminum plate and bolt it up to the ceiling. The holes were, of course, 16" apart so I would catch 2 Ceiling Joists.

Then I drilled and Tapped the holes to mount my Hose reel, (4" wide and 5" apart) I used 11/16" bolts that were 1" long with Flat and lock washers.

Everything tightened up real nice...that Baby is heavy...I'm glad that I test fit everything on the floor first, Didn't want to hold it over my head too long.

I used the same Aluminum plate, only 6" x 48" to mount under a set of upper cabinets.
I drilled and tapped every 4" to accept Female Air fittings and hung my Air tools so that they are easily accessed. This idea I had seen on one of the posts a few weeks back. It was a great idea.

Keep all those great ideas and pics comming and I'll try to put some that I have, might just help someone else.

[cwolfley]

[BDBLK2K3]

Here it is....

Used 3" lag bolts and fender washers .

Works great , not bad for about $ 27 .

[mag99]

Well, here is my booty fab mount. Use what ya got, right?
11 gauge 2" square tube, 3/8"X 2 1/2" Lag Screws into the studs, 7/16"X 1 1/2 bolts to secure the reel to the struts.

I'm sure glad these reels are black (least mine are) instead of that blue one in the ad! Course, $23.99, who's complaining!

[Stephenw]

I mounted mine between my two garage doors. Behind the drywall is solid studs. I used 3/8" lag bolts (four of them). Air is not yet connected to it. I still need to run my air lines.

[Charles (in GA)]

These reels are heavy, about 35 lbs. Thats a lot of weight on a pretty long arm from the mounting bolts. I don't think mounting into sheetrock with toggle bolts is an option

Be aware, you might find a liquid in the air hose, I did with mine. Looked like water, but had a silicone feel to it. Be sure and purge the hose thoroughly before attaching an air tool to it or using it to fill a tire.

Due to the weight, I found it much easier to pull the hose from the reel, and catch it on one of the clicks when fully pulled out. Then I moved the hose stop from the end of the hose to right at the fairlead rollers to prevent it from retracting. This makes the reel much lighter and easier to handle and heft when mounting it.

Charles

[baugie]

Guys and gals.....just thinking out loud here......but instead of trying to go with a fancy mount why not go for a secure mount....most of you do welding....take a piece of square tubing....cut it to your desired height.....take a piece of flat plate drill 4 holes on each corner big enough for lag bolts......weld the plate on the bottom of the square tubing.....weld another piece of flat plate on top of the steel tubing, (this plate is where you will bolt on the air hose reel), anchor the assembly on the cement floor near the air compressor or wherever it would be convenient......secure and neat.....lag bolts in drywall or wood eventually will work themselves loose.

[ron in sc]

I made a bracket so I could attach hose reel to my workbench. I believe it's a convenient location. For the bracket I used 1/2" aluminum. The reel is about 50 lbs. so I needed the bracket to be strong.