I have a little 2 gallon hot dog compressor that supposedly makes 120 psi but it took at least 5 minutes per tire to top off my old truck and trailer tires to just 50 psi.There's no way the little 2 gal will get my new truck/trailer tires up to 80 psi in any reasonable amount of time, if ever.I'm looking for a new compressor, and I want it to get the tires up to 80 psi quickly. I don't enjoy being down on my hands and knees for a half hour topping off the tires of my tt and tv. I'm considering either a 6 gal pancake compressor like this'n:http://www.homedepot.com/p/Porter-Cable-6-Gal-150-PSI-Portable-Air-Compressor-C2002/203162815Or: a 15 gal vertical compressor like this:http://www.sears.com/briggs-stratton-15-gallon-oil-free-portable-electric/p-00950911000P?plpSellerId=Sears&prdNo=17&blockNo=17&blockType=G17#Prices are comparable. I just want to top the tires off quickly.Both of those compressors make 150 psi.I'd prefer the pancake compressor for it's compact size but that's what I thought when I bought my 2 gallon. If the 15 gal would make appreciably quicker work of it, that's fine. What do you think?

This little guy is nice, and not deafeningly loud.

I use the Porter Cable, works great. Comes with several attachments

I'm quite fond of my Fini AirBoss for this sort of thing. It's about as compact as I've seen any compressor, and has enough guts to get tire up to 80 psi before you die of old age, and is slightly quieter than many small compressors. (That is to say, it's just quite loud, but not very, very loud--you still don't want to use it during quiet hours!)The built-in inflator hose isn't all that great, and is useless for dual wheels. The solution, of course, is to use the standard air hose and an ordinary inflation chuck and ignore the other one.It's not entirely obvious from the pictures just how small this is compared to most other compressors, even little ones. It's somewhere around the size of one of those $20 portable tabletop gas grills or maybe a three-pack of paper towels.

I did some forum research and many people like this one. There is not a tank to it. Viair 40047 400P-RV Automatic Portable Compressor KitThere was enough good said about it that I bought it and I can say with all certainty that it's well worth the cost. It's a very well put together kit.

Compressor for topping trailer and truck tires to 80 psi

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Stefonius
Explorer
Oct 05, 2017
I had a similar issue... It seemed to take forever to air up my trailer tires. The problem turned out to be the hose I was using. I switched to one with a larger internal diameter and cut my filling time down by about 80%.
Whangler
Explorer II
Oct 05, 2017
ThomBoles wrote:
I did some forum research and many people like this one. There is not a tank to it. Viair 40047 400P-RV Automatic Portable Compressor Kit

There was enough good said about it that I bought it and I can say with all certainty that it's well worth the cost. It's a very well put together kit.

How much pressure do your tires take? AND, how long does it take to top off each tire?
jkwilson
Explorer III
Oct 05, 2017
Second vote for Viair
ThomBoles
Explorer
Oct 05, 2017
I did some forum research and many people like this one. There is not a tank to it. Viair 40047 400P-RV Automatic Portable Compressor Kit

There was enough good said about it that I bought it and I can say with all certainty that it's well worth the cost. It's a very well put together kit.
DrewE
Explorer II
Oct 05, 2017
I'm quite fond of my Fini AirBoss for this sort of thing. It's about as compact as I've seen any compressor, and has enough guts to get tire up to 80 psi before you die of old age, and is slightly quieter than many small compressors. (That is to say, it's just quite loud, but not very, very loud--you still don't want to use it during quiet hours!)

The built-in inflator hose isn't all that great, and is useless for dual wheels. The solution, of course, is to use the standard air hose and an ordinary inflation chuck and ignore the other one.

It's not entirely obvious from the pictures just how small this is compared to most other compressors, even little ones. It's somewhere around the size of one of those $20 portable tabletop gas grills or maybe a three-pack of paper towels.
remdog_1
Explorer
Oct 05, 2017
I use the Porter Cable, works great. Comes with several attachments
2oldman
Explorer II
Oct 05, 2017
This little guy is nice, and not deafeningly loud.

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