Gas Indiana Vacuum Pump or Airablo?

[corrowbasin]

Has anyone had experience with either or? Looking online at the Indiana Vacuum pumps the 75CFM Kohler oil sealed variant is around $6895. While Airablo 80CFM Flood with 13 Honda has a online price of $10K. I was at the Leader openhouse and they had the same Airablo pumps priced at $7500. Any pros or cons? Airablo seems to have ready available parts and have been around for along time. I also like the fact they use an 12volt alternator which gives some more options for remote setups when used in an battery bank configuration.

2018 Season - 5600 taps
(2) Bush Mink 1142 Pumps w/ VFD's

[n8hutch]

For some reason I was thinking that the Indiana Pumps pulled higher hgs then the airablo. But maybe that's only in the smaller 20cfm units.

[Sunday Rock Maple]

We just finished our 7th season with an Airablo, no issues at all.

[corrowbasin]

We just finished our 7th season with an Airablo, no issues at all.

Rock Maple what was your average vacuum with the Airablo? What size pump are you running, 151, 202, 302?

[Sunday Rock Maple]

60 cfm, 5hp pump. It deadheads at 27.5 we probably average 24

[Maple Man 85]

Mine deadheads at 28.5 (presuming elevation difference) We can pull 28 but walking the woods finding micro leaks is a very tedious task. 2018 Was our 1st year with vacuum, we started at 20 and through finding several hollow trees and a couple leaky fittings over several miles of walking we could maintain 27.5.


60 cfm, 5hp pump. It deadheads at 27.5 we probably average 24