Anyone Put an OILLESS compressor on its side?

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As the title states. I'm looking for a compressor that will lay down flat under my bed cover but has the CFM to run my air polishers (6CFM @ 90 at least) Small pancake compressors can't do this, horizontal's don't fit under the cover, but vertical 15 gallon compressors can do this. and they are like 19" laying on there side. This is perfect for a bed, but I don't want to have to put it upright when I get to a job, I want to be able to just hook it up and go. Has anyone had any adverse effects from laying a compressor on it's side? Google still left me guessing.
 
You'd have to stand it up every time you need to drain it. Otherwise, it wouldn't make a difference.
 
yea of course, that makes sense. I have my eye on a 15 gallon dewalt, the piston in the compressor actually looks like it sits sideways on the unit to begin with, I've never seen one like it. for $350 shipped seems like a deal.
 
I don't know how taboo it is to post other sites links on here, so forgive me if this is not appropriate, but I'm looking at this dewalt with only a 4.5 gal tank DEWALT D55146 4-1/2-Gallon 200-PSI Hand Carry Compressor with Wheels - Amazon.com and it seems like it flows a similar rate to the 15 gallon with the same exact motor. I like these dewalts because they are very quiet. Does anyone have experiance blowing out a vehicles interior, or maybe using a tornador or air powered DA with a small tank like this? I'm just afraid it won't be able to keep up, but it would save a lot of space on my truck.
 
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