"Carla Fong" wrote in message
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We just found a used upright air compressor.

When we pick this up and move it, is there any reason we could not lay it
on its side in the bed of the pickup, rather than hauling it upright with
the compressor on the top?

These things look top-heavy and unstable, but every time I've seen one
being transported it was upright (usually on a skid or pallet).

Is this like a refrigeration compressor with oil sluicing around and we
would need to let it sit for a couple of days to allow the oil to pool
back into the sump - or is it likely that we'd damage it just by putting
it on its side regardless?


Another tip that might help with moving tall items like this, is turning and
accelerating is not much of a problem, the problem is sudden stops. I have
tied items like this up to 2000 pounds in the bed of my short wide Chevy PU.
Even light weight straps to the top front corners of the bed, will easily
oppose normal starts and turns. Then I remove the tail gate and run a heavy
duty strap from the top of the load, directly to the trailer hitch, to deal
with sudden stops.