How I moved my upright air compressor (rolling base)

[gummycarbs]

Back in 2021, I restored a Quincy 310 compressor and mounted it on an Ingersoll Rand 60 gallon tank. I needed to be able to move it around while still having a stable base. Here's what I ended up making:



The square base sits on used hockey pucks from eBay:



The Harbor Freight casters thread into nuts welded into the square tubing. Threading them out raises the hockey pucks off the ground and allows the whole thing to roll:



The hockey pucks were attached by countersinking the bolt heads and through-bolting using Nyloc nuts. Hockey pucks can be shaped remarkably easily!





The whole thing allowed me to roll the entire assembly into the garage and across the ~1/2" seam between the driveway and the garage floor. Admittedly, it required some momentum to clear the gap. After threading the casters back in, dropping the hockey pucks onto the floor, it hasn't moved a bit in the last two+ years.

 

[nadogail]

Hockey Pucks are useful as insulators, I have used them to insulate machines from concrete slabs.

 

[WillyBoy]

Nice work. That should serve you well.

 

[metalmagpie]

On top of most air compressor tanks is welded a flat platform to which the air pump and electric motor are bolted. There is usually some exposed slots in between. I bolted a long eye bolt through one of those slots so it stood up vertical as close to the center of gravity as possible. Then I could just grab the eye bolt with the hook of an engine hoist. Then it's easy to lift the whole compressor straight up a short distance and roll it around. One eye bolt, done.

 

[PoorUB]

On top of most air compressor tanks is welded a flat platform to which the air pump and electric motor are bolted. There is usually some exposed slots in between. I bolted a long eye bolt through one of those slots so it stood up vertical as close to the center of gravity as possible. Then I could just grab the eye bolt with the hook of an engine hoist. Then it's easy to lift the whole compressor straight up a short distance and roll it around. One eye bolt, done.

But then I would have to buy an engine hoist! (and then store it too! I had one and sold it)

When I moved my 80 gallon Curtis, I just stripped the compressor and motor from the tank, moved the tank where I wanted and reassembled. It took about a half and hour.

 

[andyvh1959]

I may have to do just that with my 60 gallon Sanbourn. I need to move it from the attached garage to the detached shop I built. The move across the driveway is not all smooth, so to move it in parts may be best.