New air compressor question

[CompressorWrecker]

Hello im new to the forum so thank you all for having me. So I work for a company building pre fabricated sheds and garages. I run framing, siding and roofing nailers all day 5 to 6 days a week. Ive been doing this job about 4 years now and I've gone thru about 3 air compressors. I started with a twin stack 4 gallon dewalt lasted maybe a year and a half. I bought a little porter cable pancake just because it was cheap and light weight needless to say that lasted about 6 months. So lastly I bought a twin stack hitachi which I got almost 2 years out of but I just cooked it yesterday. I try to take care of my compressors i change the oil regularly and don't throw em around. But the point of this rant is that i need to buy a new compressor ASAP and really want one that's going to last. My only requirements would be its preferably under $500 and under 100lbs because I have to lug it from my truck into people's backyards every day. Any advice is appreciated and thanks in advance.

 

[5ubtle]

Can you tell us the model no. or give us a link to any of your previous compressors?

 

[The Cobbler]

seems you had a good run with the hitachi, I would try that again/
by cooked, what happened? .

 

[hawkerxj]

I've heard good things about the reliability of the Rolair wheel barrel style wheeled units. They are fairly expensive though.

 

[Citation]

How did the old ones break? What failed? I've got an Emglo (later DeWalt) twin stack compressor that has worked nicely (other than in the cold) for nearly 20 years. However, it doesn't get used day in day out.

Are you running over 50% duty cycle? Many of these, especially the oil free models, say they shouldn't be run at more than 50 to 75% duty cycle. More than that and you risk pump life.

Anyway, the PC is probably not worth fixing. The DeWalt, if it's an Emglo model is probably totally fixable unless you killed the motor. If you were running the thing non stop it's possible you just killed the valves. That's a relatively cheap and easy fix.
https://tricitytoolparts.com/produc...mpressor-valve-plate-kit-am39-am78-am79-am840

 

[hangfirew8]

You are using consumer, light duty compressors to do daily, high duty cycle commercial work, so no surprise they don't last. If you got 2 years out of one I'd say you got more than your money's worth. If you can get it again, that would be an option. Going a little higher in your price range for a small commercial compressor would be the other way to go.

Sorry I'm just a home DIY guy, so no recommendations based on personal experience. Some commercial names are Quincy, Speedaire, California Air and Rolaire, perhaps some owners can speak up.

 

[Citation]

You are using consumer, light duty compressors to do daily, high duty cycle commercial work, so no surprise they don't last. If you got 2 years out of one I'd say you got more than your money's worth. If you can get it again, that would be an option. Going a little higher in your price range for a small commercial compressor would be the other way to go.

Sorry I'm just a home DIY guy, so no recommendations based on personal experience. Some commercial names are Quincy, Speedaire, California Air and Rolaire, perhaps some owners can speak up.

The Emglo-DeWalt twin stack rigging compressors are meant to be job site units. This is their target market/application. Conversely, I would consider California Air Tool compressors light duty. I've got both and the CAT is not built to the standards of the Emglo... but it is quiet.

 

[mike93lx]

Instead of lugging a compressor around, why not run longer hoses and leave the compressor at the truck. You can then get a heavier, better built unit and save your back.


I would also consider some of the cordless offerings available, including passcode and dewalt

 

[5ubtle]

Hello im new to the forum so thank you all for having me.

There is a lot of knowledge available on this forum. Some of these knowledgeable folks have become tired of new members who pop in, ask a single question, then abandon the thread. So far, this is a good example of that. Those knowledgeable folks can sometimes tend to ignore newbie questions for this reason. You would do "future new members" a favor by engaging in the discussion.

 

[Evan(CA)]

There is a lot of knowledge available on this forum. Some of these knowledgeable folks have become tired of new members who pop in, ask a single question, then abandon the thread. So far, this is a good example of that. Those knowledgeable folks can sometimes tend to ignore newbie questions for this reason. You would do "future new members" a favor by engaging in the discussion.

That's ridiculous.

 

[5ubtle]

Disdain for newbies

That's ridiculous.

Since the OP isn't coming back, it seems harmless to hijack this thread.

I may be wrong (that happens all of the time), but is it really ridiculous?

This thread (for example) was started at 12:14AM on Feb. 6. There were 0 replies at 11:13PM (23 hours later), so I tried to do the fellow a favor by throughing out a reply (which didn't directly answer the question). It *seems* to me that a topic rarely receives any attention after being dormant for 24 hours (again, I could be wrong), and so I believe that this thread would have been unanswered if I hadn't replied after 23 hours. The OP didn't pose a hard question, so why didn't anybody answer it the first day? After my first reply, 5 knowledgeable members replied with questions and/or solutions.

I have other evidence also:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414532
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412892
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412871
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412498
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412359
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411884
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411369
All similar "newbie questions" with 0 replies from this year.

You don't think that it is possible that "senior members" have some disdain for newbies?

 

[Lucky13driver]

Rolair they are an outstanding small compressor lasts forever.