You can see tow behind air compressors (portable construction air compressors) everywhere. They are frequently seen on construction sites and on road construction, in construction yards and so on.
The owners of these tow behind air compressors have issues with them too. Often long used, ill used, through inclement weather and inhospitable conditions.
There are a variety of forums on this site relating to “specific brand” of tow behind, portable air compressors.You can find a specific forum about that particular brand of tow behind air compressors, linked from this page.
This page is a venue for those using portable type of construction compressors that have no other page on this site to ask questions about that particular brand. The form for asking a question is at the bottom of this page.
Thanks a bunch to all of you who post questions, and to the very kind folks that take a minute to offer advice about a compressor problem by adding a comment to that specific post. We all appreciate it.
Do you by any chance have any construction compressor manuals in digital format? If so, please contact me and I’ll arrange to put it up here for all to download.
Bill
Existing questions and answers about various brands of tow behind air compressors:
Smith 100D tow behind will not idle down
I have a just bought a smith 100D 100 cfm 125psi 302 ford, tow behind compressor . As soon as it starts it
Air compressor won’t throttle up
I have a Yanmar diesel with an Ingersoll rand tank and compressor mounted to a trailer for portability.
Grimmer Schmidt bogging down
Grimmer schmidt 125 cfm tow behind compressor Ford 302 gasoline Monoblock.
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Recently purchased a Grimmer Schmidt 100dr rotory. It seems to run fine and produces air but I would like to obtain a manual for this model. If anyone can help me find one that would be great. The second question I have is about changing the air compressor oil. There is a drain on the bottom of the tank and a fill valve next to the sight glass, must I also drain the lines going to the compressor or is there any type of procedure needed when performing this task when I start the unit back up? Thank you
I don’t have a service manual, but you might find an additional drain on/near the airend. If not, I think you’re OK just draining the separator tank.
When I start my ingersoll rand XP900WCU it starts building up pressure and doesn’t quit until I kill it before it goes over 150 psi
Does the engine slow at all or does it keep going full-bore?
Have you seen it work properly before this started, or has it been this way since you acquired it?