<div id="_htmlarea_default_style_" style="font:10pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I would drain the oil out of the compressor so it does not run into
places is would never go when it is upright. Then refill it when it is at the final location. That's what I did ... 80 gallon two cylinder two stage
that I had to lay down to get it down up the garage and down the basement stairs then into the laundry area.<div align="left"><br></div><div
align="left">The obvious 'try not to knock anything that is plumbed into the sides of the tank off when you lay it down or it rolls around in the back
of the truck' disclaimer. <br><br><br>On Tue, 24 May 2016 13:16:53 -0400<br> eric@megageek.com wrote:<br>> So I ordered my new compressor
yesterday. Later that night, a buddy told <br>> me he needed to get a air compressor out of a friend's house where it has <br>> been
sitting for a few years. It was never used, but he bought it new.<br>> <br>> My question, can I transport a vertical tank compressor
on it's side? I <br>> want to help move it, but is there any reason I can't lay it down in a <br>> truck (we can't lift it in the
truck.)<br>> <br>> Just asking.<br>> <br>> Thanks.<br>> <br>> <br>> Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>> Eric
P<br>> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational <br>> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your
territory." Ralph <br>> Waldo Emerson <br><br></div></div>