On Board Air

[Rocky Mountain Canary]

I also have the same I pump carry in back mostly for the chance that my wife comes out after work to disscover that a tire has gone flat she could air up and get to a service station or home so that i could take care of the problem she can get grumpy if she is stranded.

The pump seems to work fine and was about $60.00

A CO2 tank would be better but expencive

[07JeepXK]

I need to pick myself up one of those. Everytime I air down I have to jump through hoops to get them filled back up again.

[WanderingTs]

I am seriously looking at Puma PD-1006 that I found recommended on another generic 4X4 forum. Does anyone have experience with either this specific compressor or the Puma brand?

[IamJEEP]

ViAir makes good compressor. I use to run a Viair in my old bug with air ride. It would pump up a 5 gallon tank from 0psi to 180psi in 5 minutes. That one ran me $200 but, it wad well worth it. They also make smaller ones for tires for around $70.

[Doc in AZ]

i've pretty much tried them all...

i tried the harbor freight pump as recommended by many people both here and on another forum i'm on... it sucked. it didn't even air up one tire before it got a healthy appetite for fuses. brand new out of the box trying to use it in my garage... that's just my experience but others attest differently.

then i switched to co2. not a bad idea and there are less expensive ways to do it than a POWER TANK. i went to the welding shop and got a 10# bottle and a 150psi fixed regulator. the good thing is it airs up pretty quickly... that is until the fixed regulator starts to freeze up, then it slows down... but still faster than the HF pump. the really bad thing about it is that it's a consumable rather than a never ending supply. it cost me about $20 to fill it and a tank was only good for about 4 trips when filling 33" tires from 8lbs to 24. the worst thing is when you get ready to air back up and realize you forgot to close the valve the last time you went out. i had to drive about 10 miles on the interstate at 8lbs in my tires to get to a gas station. so that trip cost me $20 to air up one set of tires.

then i switched out to a compressor mounted in the back of the tub... i can't remember the brand anymore but it was a twin cylinder and cost about $400. pretty much worth the money in my opinion. i do a lot of hard trails and have had to air up flats for myself and others, so it's nice not waiting all day.

i currently have the warn powerplant... pretty much the best thing ever. i aired up my 35" tires and my buddy's 37" tires before another guy aired up two of his 35" tires with the HF pump.

there is nothing i know of that you can integrate into a standard winch that will work as an air compressor. if you want to go hardcore, and have the room in the engine compartment, take a look at york compressors. another idea, and i know you said you've already got a winch, but smittybilt is making a unit comparable to the warn powerplant for about half the money.