Hose Replacement

[Mike Hughes]

I know hoses have been discussed alot in the past, but I wanted to get some fresh ideas.

I need to replace my pressure hoses before spring. Last time I replaced them was April 2000. I used Goodyear Neptune, blue, non-marking. What a joke.......they marked more then any other hose I ever saw!


So, what do you like?? My machines are 3000psi@5.5 GPM. I like to try to stay away from super heavy hoses, so that they aren't too heavy to wash from a ladder if need be.

I'm open to suggestions........

 

[ron]

if you got

the new blastmaster mag. it has a co. with a 3 page ad. i try to be loyal to people here
but damn are they cheap. Im going to try the serpintine hose and go to the 1 wire[lighter]
its guarenteed to be the best and only $70 per 100 ft. non mark $72.
anyone ever try it?

 

[Jon]

Mike,

I have found that all new color hoses at first tend to mark a bit the first few times I use them, not sure if true with cold water but with hot water it is.

Try buying the gray color hoses, they will not show as much color on the concrete.

As for price, as many companies that sell hoses there are prices.

 

[Scott Stone]

I have tried the serpentine hose. If you wash any fleets where the hose can get run over, even one time, or have to drag the hose on the ground a lot, I would not buy it. It lasted me about a month, vs. 3-4 months for non serpentine belt.

Scott

 

[David Saulque]

I on the otherhand have had a positive service by the Serpentine hose. We service only hoods and the hose is protected from equipment passing over the hose run. I like the hose and the price.

David

 

[Mike Hughes]

I am somewhere right between you too. Unlike Scott, my hoses don't get driven over often, but at least twice a week.........usually by a car..........not a semi.

 

[ron]

mike

i plan on mixing the 2 wire and the 1 wire first 50 ft 2 wire the other 50 1 wire
also going to get 50 more of 1 wire to change for house washing or get another
reel with 150 ft of the 1 wire

 

[Walt Graner]

Gray two wire for me.

 

[Bill B]

I just had something happen that you may want to take into consideration. I use hoses in construction sites (around bricks, rock, etc). The swivel fitting on my very best hose (Weatherhead) needs to be replaced. The one outfit in town that carries Weatherhead said the manufacturer recently told its distributors not to repair fittings on their hoses, due to some failures after fixing. My experience is that if I have a failure in the hose itself, then it is not worth fixing, but thought fittings were safe. Bottom line, you may also want to consider repairability as a purchasing parameter.
Have had much better luck with 2 wire hoses, but am running fairly high pressures.

 

[Dave Olson]

Hello Mike,

We started using 5800 psi hose several years ago. Now they call it 5000 psi. Has held up much better than any of the other lower psi hoses that we have used. Marking has never been much of a problem.

We have had failures of 4000 psi hose at the most difficult times. Pumping 200 degree water and right outside of the truck it is 10-15 degrees!

We try to buy several hundred feet at a time when it is on sale.

Dave Olson

 

[Clean County]

Most of my hoses are either 2 wire or 1 wire rated at 3-4000psi.

I use the 2 wire hoses when doing flat work because they are alot more durable then the 1 wire.

When I'm powerwashing a house I use 1 wire hose because they are lighter which makes a whale of a difference when dealing with hights.

I have black, blue and yellow hoses. The black leaves the most marks with the blue next and my goodyear yellow leaves the least but they still mark at times.

The next time I need a new hose I will purchase a gray hose to see if they mark the least, or at least leave the lightest marks.

 

[jschessler]

hoses

Serpentine hoses are the lightes hoses I have used to date and i like them for that reason only, but they are weak at the fittings. I bought 2 100 foot lengths from the enviro guys , which they had at a terrific price.............until the fittings blew out 2 weeks later. If you get some and you use 100 feet cool, but if you use 200 feet get one hose only not 2 joined together. For you guys that run 200 feet at a time you know what I mean.Oh and if you do get hoses from them keep your old hose as back up incase of warranty work or they will try to sell you more hose. Left a bad taste in my mouth when I stopped being their best friend when i needed something fixed under the warranty.

 

[PressureClean]

We've actually been using standard high pressure hydraulic hoses for the past year or so and they've been holding up better than others in the past. We gave up with most of the catalog/online companies, especially Enviro, because of warranty probs. You think hoses are tough, try to get Enviro to replace a turbo nozzle that fried after 25 minutes of use, no dice. Funny if you think about it, we spend thousands a year on tools/hoses, etc., and I put them on our blacklist for a $60 nozzle because they jack around with us on returning it. If I have an unhappy customer I jump through hoops to make them happy. I guess it's just different attitudes about customer service.

We've got a company here in Pittsburgh that specializes in nothing but hoses for commercial/industrial uses. Most big cities should have something like that if you've got any construction or industrial companies around. I'd check their prices, they're usually pretty reasonable. As for failures, usually we just have them cut before the break and add swivels and use them as jumpers or short runs as needed. You have to check around though to find places that will actually repair high pressure or hydraulic lines as there is some level of liability associated with this that most companies won't accept any longer.