I was looking at putting a york in my ram, but with the mounting, and other BS, it would be easier to just mount it with it's own 12V motor. I looked at the oasis one, and i like the idea, but i am not spending $600 for a york. so my question is, what could i use for a 12 volt motor, that would work the york, and is, well, cheap. I woudl perfer something i could get at pick and pull.

thanks

Garrett

How about a starter/winch motor, should be able to convert it to the style of the oasis..for a lot less. I was thinking of doing that on the side for a portable setup....

I would also look at a starter motor. I have thought about this in the past also.

i have been playing with this idea for a few months and this was before i saw the oasis unit. ($600!!!:eek: )
starter motors fry quickly (small fire)
i am looking at diffrent 12v motors to work it and will post my results when they come up.
trying to do this for under $150

do a search, this topic has been covered recently.
you need a motor with a 100% duty cycle or very close to it.

I believe the Oasis uses a motor that if for a snowplow to provide power to the hydro. I think Northern sells them.

got any links to some of these motors? I dont really like the idea of the starter motor. I looked at northern tool website and didnt see any 12v motors, but then, i didnt look too hard. Plus, i woudl rather get a junkyard motor. My orignal idea was a fan motor, but i know it wasent designed to take a hard load like that. Any other ideas?

if you have the room why not a little briggs 2hp. build a tray to hold the eng. and comp. with a handle and its portable too.
i'm going this route myself,havn't hammered out the details but its been floating around in my head for awhile. my .02

Originally posted by larryboy
if you have the room why not a little briggs 2hp. build a tray to hold the eng. and comp. with a handle and its portable too.
i'm going this route myself,havn't hammered out the details but its been floating around in my head for awhile. my .02

That is a damn sweet idea. I work for a mower shop that Sears runs, so I have not shortage of small engines or parts. I got about 15 mowers lying around right now I can take engines off of.

So would you use a horizontal or vertical engine? If you could do vertical like a mower, you would have no problem getting engines for almost or completely free.

I thought about using a mower engine on a winch too, but not really far into the idea.

What about a weed eater or blower motor? Smaller than a 2hp, but do they have enough umph to turn a compressor?

j

if you have the room for a lawn mower engine than why use that, just get a generator so you have 110v and then get a compressor and a 110v motor and some pullies.:confused:

a weedeater motor has the power but i think you would be turning too many revs.

a vertical shaft eng could work,would take some thinking to get it to mount up to a horz. shaft compressor. i've seen mowers with a vertical shaft that twist the belt using idler pulleys to end up running a horiz. accessory. possible but would take more room.

there is already a briggs powered hyd. winch out there.milemarker was advertising one.(didn't see it on their webite though).

generator would be a good route also....but when you have access to cheap or free small engines you go with what you got:) .

i have thought about the gas motors too.. but too bulky, and electric woudl work better for my application... any other ideas?

what about one of those electric motors that drag racers use to run their water pump?


heres one;http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=2320