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I think the dumbest thing a compressor designer can do it put the drain directly on the bottom. One manufacturer has enough sense to put a tube inside from the bottom up and over to a valve on the side of the tank. Its high enough to get a 5 gal bucket under. My compressor had the drain on the bottom. I did not want to anchor the unit to the floor, and certainly wasn't going to leave it on the pallet like alot of people do, so I welded up a frame best described as a asterisk (*) Its made of 2x3 1/8 wall tubing that I had on hand, and it is four feet in diameter. At each leg I drilled a 1/2 inch hole squarely thru the legs in a drill press prior to welding it up. Then I welded it, painted it, and bought six adjustable feet with neoprene bottoms and installed in the drilled holes in the legs. The compressor has three feet and I set it on the asterisk frame and drilled for the feet of it to bolt it to the frame. Lastly, and what brings up this story, is that I installed a galvanized pipe street ell and a 12 inch pipe section and a ball valve, and a barbed fitting with a section of hose on it. Now when I go to drain it, I stick the hose in a 5 gal can with a top, and crack open the ball valve. You could go one better than this and install one of the automatic valves that vents every time the compressor shuts off. Keep the tank drained, it will not corrode near as much, and should last for years. Charles
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