Glad Hand Air Supply Cheat, part 2 30 Jan 09 007

This demonstrates one way of adding an auxillary air storage tank in line with the emergency air supply that is at the rear of the M35A2 Deuce and a Half. It requires the glad hand hookup and a female quick disconnect as a starting point. I fabricated a "cheater hose" with the male quick disconnect at both ends that will connect to the hose on your auxillary air tank; (the tank in the video is from Sears). I modified the hose on the Sears tank with an "octopus" fitting (bought at Harbor Freight Tools) that allows you to plug up to three air tools at once into the tank; but for this application, the air line from the glad hand hose will go into the tank via the "lead in" hose (also bought at Harbor Freight Tools). You can hook in the supply hose that you intend to use for your air impact into one of the quick disconnect fittings and you are ready to go! There will be some fade in the supply volume but not as much as you would get by just using the glad hand outlet from the truck. You can also fill the auxillary tank very easily without the use of the normal air chuck by hooking the lead-in hose (with the male fittings at each end) from the glad hand line (or your home compressor) and let the hose do all the work for you.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Glad Hand Auxillary Tank
• M35A2
• Deuce and a Half
• octopus rig

[mccormickchainsaw]

would you have to do this with a 5 ton truck such as a m817?

[dollman0]

I took the safety out of my compressor tank and put in a T with a coupler and that works to connect two compressors together to get more air for my tools... This is still good info

[robby844]

you will get air fade in tools since you have3 the incoming air going in thru the same fitting you have the air going out.so in reality its not even filling the tank.

[dewalt23293]

that's pretty cool

[MWFrontier]

Nice Job thanks!