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c/boilermakers•quinncarrquinncarr•4d ago

I finally blew up an air hose fitting on a 20 year old compressor last Tuesday

Was doing a big job at a grain elevator outside of Lincoln and the old Quincy compressor finally gave out on me. The fitting just shattered when I went to hook up my needle scaler, scared the crap out of me. Had to borrow the site's backup compressor to finish out the day, which ran at half the cfm. Made a 6 hour job stretch into almost 9 hours. Anyone else ever have a compressor fitting just let go like that with no warning?
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ray356
ray3564d ago
Well ain't that just the way it goes. Old compressors don't give up easy but they sure know how to make your day longer.
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wesleyb20
wesleyb204d ago
Don't it always? @oliverhernandez probably feeling the pain too.
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oliverhernandez
Always figured fittings just wore out gradual til I saw this. Thanks @ray356.
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