Quite timely! The bottom of my current compressorâ??s tank has rotted thru
(ssssssssssssssss), so Iâ??m in the market.
â??
Tom Coradeschi
tjcora@icloud.com
> On 18 May 2021, at 3:16 PM, old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Well, it is not the exact answer to your question (don't you like it when
> folks respond this way) :-), but Saylor-Beall is 100% USA-made, and as good
> as they come. They have 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, etc. HP vertical and horizontal
> compressors, but their smallest tank for an electric motor is 60 gallon. It
> would be the last compressor that you would ever need to buy:
>
> https://www.saylor-beall.com/tank-mounted-vertical/
>
> If the pricing new is too high, they are on eBay used,
>
> But again, the only small tank model they make is a 30 gallon gasoline
> powered compressor at the bottom of this list:
> https://www.saylor-beall.com/tank-mounted-horizontal/
>
> To actually answer your question, though, among the ones you listed, I would
> go with Quincy if their small compressors still are made in the USA.
>
> best,
>
> doug
>
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:05 AM Karl Vacek <stearman809@gmail.com> wrote:
> If they're still actually Quincy, that would be a top unit. Probably the
> best unknit on the market in the 70's through 90's at least. IR used to be
> good too.
>
> Speedaire is whatever Grainger sells - varies by model and probably date.
> Campbell Hausfeld used to be consumer junk, but maybe they're better now?.
>
> No idea about Northstar or Belaire.
>
> Eaton in Ohio (family company, NOT the well-known conglomerate Eaton
> Corporation) sells decent compressor pumps, Chinese but their design copy
> and warrantee. No idea if they have units in your size.
>
> Karl
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Scarbrough
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 6:38 AM
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor
>
> Calling all oracles...
>
> I need to buy a couple of portable compressors for a fairly high-end
> use where reliability may be more important than price. In the ~2 HP,
> 26-ish gallon range, I have
>
> Speedaire
> Belaire
> Quincy
> Northstar
> Campbell Hausfield
>
> Any opinion as to whether I should choose one over the other?
>
> Kobalt may be an option, but the additional paperwork isn't worth the
> savings to me.
>
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Undisclosed Location, Ga.
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