The recent trend among the motoring public is to put compact cars out to pasture and hop into sport utility vehicles. As David Pollock sees it, the opposite is occurring in the air compressor field.

“Contractors are looking for air output in a smaller, lightweight package that will be easier to tow,” says Pollock, president of Smith Compressors. “Our latest compressor is lighter and more compact than any other Smith models and any other machine in the industry in the 185 class.”

The model 185 DIC produces 185 cubic feet of air per minute at up to 125 pounds per square inch. It features the new Isuzu 4LE1 four-cylinder, direct-injected diesel engine. The unit also uses the latest version of the rotary screw compressor, the T-Mar SCA 10G, which improves compression efficiency more than 15 percent to 4.7 cfm per horsepower from the 4.0 offered in earlier Smith models, Pollock says.

Perhaps the compressor's biggest asset, however, is its size.

“Offering that much output in such a small, compact package is something that rental centers will appreciate,” Pollock says. “It's very towable and less likely to tip over, particularly with the lightweight vehicles that most homeowners and contractors have.”

The 185 DIC weighs less than 2,000 pounds and has a 60-inch wheelbase, the widest in the industry for that class of compressor, Pollock says.

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