ONBOARD AIR

By jprtroy

I started shopping for an air compressor that would meet my needs, fast, and continuous duty, I found it at Extreme Outback Products. I ordered their Extreme Air severe duty compressor.

I also ordered most of the accessory components for it (pressure switch, check valve, 100A circuit breaker, pop-off valve, and solenoid). I purchased my air from a local truck wrecking yard, for $25, (4 to 5 gal capacity).

I had to fab up and weld brackets to my tank in order to mount it under my bed in front of the driver side rear wheel so, out came my welder and steel. A few hours later, I had new mounting rails welded to my tank. I mounted the tank to the underside of the bed, to the cross members so there are no bolts exposed in the bed.

I made sure to leave enough space at the trucks cab for whatever fittings I may need to install in the tank. The tank has 4 ports, 2, ¾ NPT” ports on either end, and 2, ¼ NPT” ports, one up high on the side (used for my pop-off valve) and one directly below a ¾” port at the outer edge of the tank. I put a drain cock in this fitting.

The two ¾” ports are used for supply and delivery. Supply & delivery through a manifold

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