PacBrake question
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PacBrake question
Howdy, whats the compressor like that comes with the pacbrake? Is it heavy duty enough to run air bags and/or aux air tank for all purpose air. I still have not bought a compressor kit yet for the bags and thought I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone if I got the pacbrake. I already have a 3 gallon air tank.
Do they tell you the duty rating of the compressor? Any info would be great. Thanks.
Do they tell you the duty rating of the compressor? Any info would be great. Thanks.
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I dont have the answer to that either, but that is what I plan on doing. The new pxrb comes with a tank too. I personally dont see why it wouldnt handle that though, with the holding tank.
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The PXRB compressor is a BEAST! It runs my PacBrake and my Air Horns (unbelievably well) and will soon run the aux. air bags I am installing since my new suspension will be MUCH softer in the rear!
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Personally i skipped the pacbrake compressor... I use a vialair 100% duty compressor that I use for my brake and air tools or whatever, works pretty well I also haveit plumbed it into a 5gal air tank under my pass fender in front of my rear tire...
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How big is the compressor? What does the duty % mean exactly? I am trying to decide if I want to use the Air Horn compressor at all.
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My compressor is probably 12" long by 5 or 6" high and 4" wide... Duty cycle is very important if you plan on running any type of air tool or filling large tires... If just running brake and air horn a 20% would work, but why??? I would rather have more capacity withough worry of overheating, not much cost diff between pac's compressor and a quality viair compressor... Just my .02
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I wonder if you can buy the brake with out the compressor so a person can oppt for his own. Thats the thing, I don't want to buy an air bag kit that comes with compressor and then buy the pacbrake that also comes with a compressor. It would be nice to have a Viair to run both.
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