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Portable, Hydraulic-Operated Air Compressor
One of the most innovative ideas at the recent Western Farm Progress Show in Regina, Sask., was this portable, hydraulic-operated air compressor built by Ken Mann of Dinsmore, Sask. It makes it easy to operate air tools or fill up tires, etc., right in the field using hydraulics off any tractor or pickup.
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Portable, Hydraulic-Operated Air Compressor FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 24-5-13 One of the most innovative ideas at the recent Western Farm Progress Show in Regina, Sask., was this portable, hydraulic-operated air compressor built by Ken Mann of Dinsmore, Sask. It makes it easy to operate air tools or fill up tires, etc., right in the field using hydraulics off any tractor or pickup.
"It eliminates the need to carry a big gas-operated compressor on a tractor or pickup. It's such a simple idea that I don't know why no one has done it before," says Mann.
The unit consists of a pair of small air tanks with a carrying handle on top and a hydraulic motor that's used to drive a small compressor. The tanks are hooked together but are separate from the compressor.
Mann carries the compressor in his tractor cab and mounts the tanks on back of the tractor. Whenever he needs to use the compressor he simply removes it from the cab and plugs it into the tractor's remote hydraulic outlets, then hooks up the compressor's air lines to the tanks. The compressor could also be mounted on a platform with the tanks.
Mann says he's looking for a manufacturer.
For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Mann, Box 158, Dinsmore, Sask., Canada S0L 0T0 (ph 306 856-4409).
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