Tire air blaster

I am in the market for a tire bead expansion blaster. The two choices I have are a 5 gallon or a
10 gallon. The price difference is not very much. Does anyone have any advice for me as to which
one I should purchase? Thank you in advance!!
Don

if you are doing car tires, the small one is fine. if you are doing semi tires or aircrafft type flotation tires, get the bigger one.

10 gal

Like glen said. Amazing tool.

The 10 gal is a beast it will whoop your arse.. The 5gal will do most every tire till you get into truck tires... I have a 10 and gonna get a 5 the 5 is what I should have started out with...

I got the 10 gallon and if you read the direction it tells you to vary the air pressure for the tire size. So if your just doing a small lawn mower tire you may only put 40 PSI in the blaster. If it is a full size truck tire fill to 120 psi. The only disadvantage would be the weight but you can do a wider range of tires.

I have been busting tires all my life and never used one of these things until last year. Decided to buy one on Amazon. Got the 10 gallon since it was not much more $ than the 5 gallon. Seemed to make sense to me. When it came, I decided to try it out. Loaded it up to the max, aimed it across the shop, and let her fly. OH MY GOSH! Was not prepared for how loud the thing is. Sounds like a cannon going off! Not only that, it knocked cans off the shelves all the way across the shop. If an intruder ever comes in, I hope to have this thing ready. Anyway, I finally got around to trying it out for real. We do mostly car and light truck work and I had this one stubborn tire that came in all taped up and cold. Perfect time. Loaded it up again to the max, held it in place as instructed, and hit the lever. The tire popped up on the bead just like magic! I couldn't believe how well this thing works or how I got along with out it all these years. Saves countless hours messing around the old ways. The only draw back I can see, which is minor, is that it is a little cumbersome to hold in place while operating. A helper would come in very handy. Don't know if the 5 gallon would serve our purposes or not, but the 10 gallon certainly does. Buy one, you will like it!
Jonathan

These sure beat the old ways of doing it. tying a chain around the tire with a boomer trying to get the bead to set. I have used starting fluid but that can get scary and risky. We work on a lot of truck tires and sure worth the money when they are needed. Cannot go wrong buying the larger one that way you are ready for any size tire.

We bought our 1st one about 25 years ago, wound up with 2 ten gallon steel and 1 fifteen gallon aluminum. We used the 10 gallon for car, light truck and semi tires. Some tough semi tires we used both 10 gallon tanks. The 15 gal aluminum was kept on the service truck for tractor and combine tires.

Those things work fantastic, have used them many many times, The tire shop that I use has one that has a pistol grip just like shooting a gun works like a charm. is balanced very well too. not sure of the brand name.