Best OBA Tank location

[dasbrick]

Whats the best spot for OBA's Tank? I was thinking of placing it in my defunct tire carrier location in the X member of the bed frame. But would it get hung up there? I don't want to put it there if it's gonna give me a front end wheelie on the trail.

[jpnjim]

I put mine inside the bed, next to the drivers side wheel well, and mounted a big cooler directly over them, on top of the inner wheel well (that way it was just dead space underneath).

 

I'm not sure that's the best place,

 

but I can tell you the best place for the air chuck.

 

I drilled a hole for it next to the fuel fill, behind the fuel door.

 

It NEVER once got mud stuck in the end of it, or had it get knocked around off road.

Plus it's easier to pop the fuel door to fill a tire, than to pop your hood (where some put theirs).

 

I hard mounted it so I could make & break the connections with one hand, and there was plenty of room to spare.

 

 

I mounted a Tee to the back side of the quick connector, one side going to the compressor, the other side to the air tanks.

I also mounted a valve between the quick connect Tee, and the tanks,

so if I needed air in a hurry (without filling the tanks first) I could close the valve, and get air ONLY at the quick connector.

 

 

FWIW, for air tanks, I waited till K-mark, Target, whatever had those portable fill 5 gallon air tanks on sale/clearance, and used those instead of buying a specific on board air tank for more $$.

[jpnjim]

Found some pics:

 

Spot worked well for me, since I wasn't using the bed for regular pickup duties

(red tanks sun faded to a pretty pink :D )

 

 

 

with the cooler in place, it was dead space anyway:

 

Originally I had tried these tanks under the back of the bed,

but they hung down too low.

[johnnyc]

Whats the best spot for OBA's Tank? I was thinking of placing it in my defunct tire carrier location in the X member of the bed frame. But would it get hung up there? I don't want to put it there if it's gonna give me a front end wheelie on the trail.

 

That's where I put my 2.5 gallon Viair tank. It has never hit anything, not even on the Rubicon Trail. I put an outlet on both sides of the truck in the gap between the cab and the bed.

[86FUBAR]

my passenger side rock slider is my air tank , no loss in ground clearence and dosnt take up valuable space and protects the body from rocks etc...

i didnt have a pic of the passenger side but u get the idea

[J B Cuz]

I put a hot dog style tank above the passenger side frame rail just under the bed. There is an empty spot there and it is quite protected.

 

J B Cuz