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[minbin 69]

i'm looking at this Wolf dakota 90l 3hp compressor anyone tell me if they're any good or if there something better out there for the same sort of money or less(having to empty the piggy bank to buy one)

 

http://www.amazon.co...R5F8M6VD5S5VYQ2

 

i have a 32amp outlet for my welder so thats not a problem..looking to use it for spraying and running whatever air tools it will cope with

[firstforward]

These have gone up in price somewhat since 2012, I purchased this one for £239.00 http://www.ukhs.tv/W...WP-150psi-10BAR

 

If you can go for the 150L it would be much better but I am not sure I would pay £399.00 for it now. Reason, the on-off pressure switch has broken but an easy bodge fixed that at no cost, the head gasket buggered last year at a cost to replace of £35.00 plus my time to sort out and I did have a 3 week wait for a head gasket. I would buy another at £239.00 but at £399.00??, I might want to pay extra again and get a machine mart one for around £500 BUT I have no experience of machine mart/clark quality, perhaps at these prices they are all much the same.

 

To be honest I was annoyed as I have used it very little, but it does perform very well. It seems they all arrive with the pressure switch set to stop and around 90psi, I upped mine to 140psi ( under the 150psi it is rated at) so maybe it should have been left at 90psi.You can spray paint easy with this, it has run a sand blaster and all tools I have thrown at it.

 

Hope that helps, by the way if you see an old compressor to buy you could plumb in that tank to the one you are looking at to increase tank size at little extra cost.

[Daz1968]

I use a clarke 3hp compressor with a 100 litre receiver and find it works with anything I need, although an air sander works it very hard so I opted for an electric one. I would think that one would be ok for the price. Just take a new air takeoff from the plug on receiver and don't use the built in regulator and it will be better

[minbin 69]

thanks guys