Best Manual Air Pump?

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With my flat tire the other day, I found the hose on my punishment pump doesn't fit the valvestem properly. I could replace the hose or something, but it's already had at least five hoses, and it has a broken handle with a hacked on piece of wood. It's also miserable to use, so I think it's time for retirement.

That brings me to my question. I'm currently using a Joe Blow pump for my apta, and I really like that a lot. Once I test the valve for fit, I may get another one for the truck if it works. The problem with the JB is it has a lot of plastic, and looks generally delicate for banging around in a work truck. Is there anything better(rugged) available?

Requirements...

At least 160# of pressure. More is better
Durable
Fixable, especially if it's expensive. Replacement parts that cost almost as much as a new unit isn't very useful
Manual. I like the dependability of using my arms, with no electric, and few mechanical parts to fail

edit:
I suppose since I have a Milwaukee saw now I could possibly be convinced a Milwaukee battery pump is worth getting, but it would have to be the second coming or something to interest me over the reliability of a manual pump.
 
I have the M18 Inflator. It is in a bag with my jump pack and digital multi meter. It'll inflate my rear backhoe tires from 0 to 12 psi many times on a charge. It says max 150 psi. The only hand pump I have is rated at 3,600 psi, but it's very slow.
 
Here I thought that I was the only person nutty enough to fill up a full sized truck tire with a hand pump.

I've always just bought a "decent looking one" from wallyworld, and I usually get a few years out of them, before they die.

Yet more proof that Marylanders are built different.
 
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Handpumping sucks, but it works. The only thing that sucks more than handpumping is plugging a tire, pulling out an electric compressor, and the motor seizes at 10#. Electric compressors is where the hoses for the pump I want to retire came from.

That pump's about 30yr old. Has a cast iron base, with steel wire footpads that fold down. I got from WesternAuto.
 
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Nah, they've been gone since the early-mid 2000s. The name might be around somewhere, but afaik, they're completely dead.
 
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