Buckeye Boiler Company Compressor?

[PCMusicGuy]

Anyone know anything about this company? I see it is from Dayton, Ohio.

There is a local one on craigslist. As it sits has a 1 HP electric motor on it wired for 110V, but I'd like to uncover the specifications on the air pump to see how much CFM it can push with higher HP.

http://houston.craigslist.org/tls/5191341050.html

I have a photo of the name plate with the manufacturers # 378045 but can't make out the part #. I may call them tomorrow to see if they can ID it. Until then, does anyone has any idea about what kind of pump is on it and what it can do? Thanks

 

[remedialmofo]

Looks to be a Quincy 210 pump. I'm pretty sure these are good specs on it.

210 is a single stage. With a 1 hp electric, 5.8 cubic feet displacement, 3.9 cubic feet free air, 90 - 100 Pounds pressure, 510 rpm. Or 1 1/2 hp electric, 9.2 displacement, 6.2 free, 90 - 100 psi, 810 rpm. Or 2 hp gas engine, 9.7 displacement, 6.5 free, 90 - 100 psi, 850 rpm.

Also I wouldn't touch it for anything more than $150

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[remedialmofo]

And another thing, you have pump manufacturers, motor manufacturers and tank manufacturers. Also company's that don't make anything and just source the various components and put everything together to make a unit. The tag welded to the tank was done by the builder of the tank. It will tell you the thickness of the shell and the heads and the thickness of the top plate if it has one. The year it was made, usually the capacity in gallons, the working pressure and a few other details. It will never tell you who made the pump or the company who put it all together. As your looking around for older pumps to get cheap always ask the seller for the information that's on the pump itself (numbers, metal tags, numbers in the casting) I know asking for that won't help at times when they reply back with the id tag on the motor and the tank but once they figure out the pumps tag is usually always hidden under dried up crusty dirty oil on the pump itself and what part is the pump lol you'll be well on your way to finding out info on the only damn thing that makes a compressor a friggin compressor. That or time invested in looking at all the designs and memorizing the little details that can help you identify random pumps you see later on.

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[lakeroadster]

I used to do some Engineering for them back in the 80's. Buckeye Boiler is an ASME Code shop located in or near Dayton Ohio, they built tanks. They did not build air compressors, as mofo discusses in his post above.

One of your concerns should be internal corrosion in the tank.

Take a flashlight and a wrench. Remove the inspection plugs ( I see one beside the nameplate) and do a visual internal inspection.

The face of the nameplate looks like it has been welded on? See how the "y" is missing for "year"? Looks like that weld has pinholes? So I would also look to see if the tank has been modified. Look for fittings that have welds that look different than the other fittings.

 

[remedialmofo]

I used to do some Engineering for them back in the 80's. Buckeye Boiler is an ASME Code shop, they built tanks. They did not build air compressors.

One of your concerns should be internal corrosion in the tank.

Take a flashlight and a wrench. Remove the inspection plugs ( I see one beside the nameplate) and do a visual internal inspection.

The last plugs I've removed from 80 and 120 gallon tanks required a pipe wrench, torch and a 5' cheater bar all after they were left soaking with PB blaster. The tanks were also not bolted down so they were at a risk of tipping while I removed them. One tank I just gave up on as it wasn't worth the broken tools or injury to myself. It would have made all the difference in the world of I could have just beat them off with the impact but then again I didn't have any air. Anyway it's best not to give him false hope about thinking a little wrench turn and he's off to the races. I would be dammed if I posted a $250 compressor on CL and you're going to come over with the big guns and tear up something wrecking havoc pulling a plug on a tank. Nah bud you can do that at home after you own it! I suppose that same guy would be trying to borrow my tools to do it once he figures out he didn't bring anything quite big enough lol

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[redmondjp]

To do a tank inspection, get the Harbor Freight coupon and buy their video inspection camera (item #61389) for $69.99. Then you can go through the 1/2" or 3/4" NPT opening with the camera head and not fuss with trying to get those huge pipe plugs off.

 

[On-Wheel]

That pump has 2 intake,2 exhaust valves,2 pistons yet still a one stage..I have a QR 106'its quiet.Heres a 210.http://www.revbase.com/tt/sl.ashx?s...225911&fileID=2004274&AdminID=1302&z=770f6bb8

 

[lakeroadster]

The last plugs I've removed from 80 and 120 gallon tanks required a pipe wrench, torch and a 5' cheater bar all after they were left soaking with PB blaster. The tanks were also not bolted down so they were at a risk of tipping while I removed them. One tank I just gave up on as it wasn't worth the broken tools or injury to myself. It would have made all the difference in the world of I could have just beat them off with the impact but then again I didn't have any air. Anyway it's best not to give him false hope about thinking a little wrench turn and he's off to the races. I would be dammed if I posted a $250 compressor on CL and you're going to come over with the big guns and tear up something wrecking havoc pulling a plug on a tank. Nah bud you can do that at home after you own it! I suppose that same guy would be trying to borrow my tools to do it once he figures out he didn't bring anything quite big enough lol

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A compressor with a rusted out tank is useless. If I was selling it I would take the plugs out myself so the prospective buyer could look inside.

And if the guy refuses to remove the plugs.... don't even consider buying it.

 

[PCMusicGuy]

This is why I love the garagejournal and its members. My research into buckeye showed that they've used pumps from Quincy, Saylor Beall, Champion, etc. over the years and I definitely wouldn't known them from one another just by the look of them.

Thanks for the great advice guys. It doesn't seem like he wants to go down on price and there are too many unknowns for me so I will pass on this one. He has my number if he needs to get rid of it bad enough.

 

[Trey T]

They're great little pump with a good potential w/ higher hp, like 2HP-3HP to push up to about 130psi. To test these pump, just turn the flywheel to hear any knocking; if no, you got a good pump.

I think $150 is fair. You gotta put in at least $200 to get a decent 2hp motor. If you ahve to spend anymore, might as well get a modern one with upright tank.