So I got the Conductor 540 earlier in the year and had everything hooked up on a Trailblazer SS. I had put the compressor and tank in the cargo/hatch area and the horns where the spare tire was underneath.
Anyways, I traded in the SS and got a '10 crew cab Silverado.
I’m just working through my options. I’d like to keep my spare on this one, which leaves me with buying a small toolbox if I want to keep the 5 gallon tank since it’s such a monster. But kinda don’t want to decrease the length of my bed by having a toolbox back there. I’m pretty sure I could fit a 2.5 gallon or 2 gallon just about anywhere underneath. I know decreasing the tank size will shorten blast time , but I very rarely ever emptied the tank on the 5 gallon.
Anyways, if anybody has a crewcab Chevy or GMC with any comments on what tank they are running and where they have it hidden, that would help a ton.
Thanks.
Good morning Chaser,
I had a 548XL in my 2001 Silverado, and you’re right it is easier to just mount it in the tool box or where the spare tire is. For those who want to keep the spare, unless you build a custom enclosure in the corner of your bed, downsizing to a 2 gallon tank is about your only option.
However…there is always a silver lining. By downgrading to the 2 gallon tank you can easily piggy back two 2 gallon tanks, to get 4 gallons of air. Our 2 gallon tanks easily fit on the frame rails either by themselves or with the Viair compressor brackets.
If this interests you at all, please give me a call 877.209.8179 ext 555 and I will be more than happy to explain more. Have a great day!
I have mine in the tool box, I would take your 5 gallon and stick in a few different places underneath the truck and see if it will fit anywhere? otherwise downsizing to 2 gallon might be your best option.
Fit two two gallon tanks linked together!
I run a pair of 2.5 gallon 200psi Viair tanks in a custom steel enclosure I prototyped out of wood and then had made (for about 60 bucks by a local welding shop) to go under my 04 Sierra extended cab. The enclosure is bolted up to the frame rail – basically behind the driver’s seat (under the truck, of course) and in front of the fuel tank. The tanks are each connected to an air manifold on the passenger side of the truck by teflon hoses (shielded in braided stainless steel) that traverse the cross member from the driver’s side to the passenger side. The tanks also have an equalization line between them, as well, that is 300psi-rated extruded nylon connected via brass push-to-connect ends.
I never liked the idea of a tank hanging around under the vehicle without protection – as it’s sure to be beat up by rocks, debris, and the like since I’m off-road quite a bit … hence the protection I engineered for the tanks (which also served as a nice mount point). I also made sure tha the enclosure had ‘sides’ to it such that in the unlikely event of a tank rupturing, no shrapnel could fly into the plastic/nylon/non-metal fuel tank to pierce it. Basically only the top (facing the floor of the cab) is open… with a small gap between the floor of the truck and the tanks. Holes exist where the tank drains are so that I can drain them periodically … and I have installed freeze plugs in them so that there’s no risk of rocks/debris here, either.
No pics available, yet, as I’m not quite done with my setup and, thus, have not sorted and uploaded all the photos taken during its assembly. (I’d upload one but this forum doesn’t appear to accept attachments; it seems only to take external image links.)
Have you checked out the long skinny tank options? Sometimes you can fit a 3 or 5 gallon hot dog style tank underneath the car along the chassis somewhere.