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Class 05 · Air Compressors

Air Compressors

Run air tools off a towable compressor. We hold one unit, rated 185 CFM, in Surrey.

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In the yard
1 unit
Range
185 CFM, towable
From
$150/day

Air Compressors

Know the difference

What a towable air compressor is.

Towable Air Compressor — side view

Towable Air Compressor

An engine driving a compressor on a trailer, feeding air down a hose to your tools.

Pick it when
Pneumatic work away from a shop supply — breakers, rock drills, blasting. Tow it in, run the shift off it, tow it out.
The trade-off
It is sized by the air it delivers. Ask it to feed more tools at once than it can, and every one of them slows down together.
1 in the yard$150/day
Cost per day by term · avg of 1
By the day$150
By the week$69
By the month$45

Past 4 days, the week costs less than paying daily — past 3 weeks, take the month.

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The buyer's brief

Sizing a towable compressor

  • Towable air compressorOne towable unit, rated 185 CFM. Tow it to site, run your tools off it.

Air tools are sized by the air they consume. Every pneumatic tool states its demand in CFM, on the plate or the data sheet. Start there, not at the compressor. List the tools you plan to run before you look at a unit.

Add up the demand of every tool running at once. Two operators on breakers is two tools' worth of air, not one. Then leave margin. Hose, couplers and fittings all cost you air on the way to the tool, and a long run costs you pressure at the working end. Size against the total plus headroom, not against a tight fit.

It tows, and it is rated 185 CFM. That is a common contractor-class towable rating. Send your tool list and a coordinator confirms the match against the machine before you book.

The unit tows, so plan the move before you book. Confirm your truck's rated towing capacity against the trailer. Confirm the hitch and wiring too. If you would rather not tow it yourself, say so on the request and a coordinator will confirm transport options.

Rates are indicative until a coordinator confirms your dates and sends a firm quote, on approved credit. Parts and service are handled out of Surrey — ask a coordinator what we carry for this unit.

Guidance is general — representative figures, verified before final publication. Your firm quote comes from a coordinator.

Straight answers

Air Compressors questions.

Check each tool's plate for its air demand, add up everything running at the same time, and allow for loss over long hose runs. If the total is close, tell us on the request and a coordinator checks it against the unit.

Our record lists it as a towable air compressor rated 185 CFM. Ask on the request and a coordinator confirms the unit's plate details.

Yes. A long run costs you pressure at the working end, and every coupler and fitting adds loss. Keep the run as short as the work allows, size the hose for the tool, and factor the loss in when you add up your demand.

Confirm your truck's rated towing capacity against the trailer before you book. If you are unsure, ask us and a coordinator checks the unit with you. If you would rather not tow it, say so on the request and a coordinator will confirm transport options.

Request the unit and a coordinator confirms availability and dates. No checkout here. Every figure is confirmed by written quote, on approved credit.

Breaking or digging alongside the air? See Earth Moving for excavators and Attachments for buckets, rippers and grapples.

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