Today i bought myself, for 75 bucks, a used 60 gal tank for bigger horn runbys. All i really know is it used to be a Craftsman compressor but now its just a tank, and that it was made in 1994. I think the max psi is 150 too. So, I took a picture of the plaque on the side and was wondering if you guys could tell me the specifics about this thing. I cleaned it out and some chunks of rust came out. But in a scale of 1 to 10 on rust… i would give it a 3 or 4
Thats gonna take some filling!!!:eek:
yah i know. Iv been planning to make a compressor. Like just a small gas motor and a pump bolted to a plate on wheels. So when I need to refill i can use that.
if only they made a gas powered Oasis 
cause I also have a york 210 laying around that could be used for that.
Don’t you have one of those under the hood of your car?
With those twin OB2’s plus your York210 EDC you should have enough grunt to fill that baby … I would’ve thunk.
Man that’s a serious amount of air though - you know what has to come next… a Leslie RS5T 
Nice find! I’ve been looking for something similar.
Hahaha you always has something witty to say LOL.
da da da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm m mmmumumumu!!! 60 Gallons Holy hell! You are definitely going to have some serious Honk time there! I bet the York 210 is gonna fill that baby right up! 
Yes i would assume the max pressure is 150. That sure will give you lots of honking time!!
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I want to hydro test this tank. So E2E i think you’ll know more about this. I fill it with water then add air to a certain PSI. If the working pressure is 150 do I test to 200? and what do I look for? If it doesnt go ka-boom i assume its fine…
The corresponding Wkipedia article seems to suggest testing to around 150% of the rating… so fill her up to 225 psi and watch from outside the 30 mile blast radius 
awesome , where you going to put that thing will fit in the back your truck ?
in that case i think ill test it in my neighbors yard while i look over the
And wait for the
Yeah, I think I got mine up to 300 while planning 200 WP.
The 1.5x WP sounds pretty comfortable as long as it’s a good bit over your safety valve rating.
If you’re using air over water, keep the air portion to a minimum.
If i take out the 2 rows of seats in the back i have about 80in. by 64in. of room. Mind you this is the Tahoe. So for comparison it would be like having a Silverado with a standerd box or a F150 with a 6-1/2’ box. If i really wanted to i could fit another 60 gallon in the back.
So 225psi it is. But how do I get it to 225 because i dont have a compressor that can got that high…
I didn’t use any air - all water. The only way I came up with was building a frame with a plunger to force water into the tank. Basically a hydraulic cylinder or ram as some people call it. In fact I snooped around at work, on craiglist, and ebay for a junk cylinder before I made mine.
Your cylinder would need more volume than mine. I forced the full amount of stroke/water into my tank and just reached 300psi. There were probably a couple small air bubbles in there that were collapsing and the tank slightly expanding.
Would you by any chance still happen to have that test pump you made?
I do, but you’re going to need something bigger - my test cylinder is only 1" diameter x 8" stroke.
The tank is only 14 gallons and heavy walled for it’s size. It still expanded enough to run out of stroke.
To give you an idea, I could push the cylinder by hand about half way in. It really gained the last 50-75 psi in about the last inch of stroke.
agh i dont have the time to make something. I know i can rent a gas powered hydrostatic pump for 80 bucks. or maybe ill find a local compressor shop or other business that can test it.
^^^^^ looool