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TIL my shop air compressor finally crossed 10,000 hours after 14 years
I was doing a routine oil check on my old Ingersoll Rand last Tuesday and noticed the hour meter sitting at 10,003. That thing has outlasted two vans and probably a thousand tire rotations, and it still holds 120 psi like day one. Anyone else got a piece of shop equipment that just refuses to die?
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jenny_carr521mo ago
Kept an old Speedaire going for 22 years before the tank finally rusted through. Those old cast iron pumps just don't quit if you change the oil and drain the water once in a while. Most guys kill a compressor by skipping the drain valve, not by wearing out the pump. 10,000 hours is no joke, that IR earned its keep. Keep running it till the tank gives out, that's the only thing that ever really ends them.
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