bad hose ... do you repair them ?

Do you repair your hoses

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Russ Spence

Russ Spence

Commercial Pressure Wash Expert
Do you repair your hoses and if so how many times before canning them ?

here is a pic of about 800 feet I am about to fix, we still keep plenty these are just piling up so I am going to go back to the repair shop tomorrow
 

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I do KEC work. I use the hoses until they break, end lets go ect. Then it gets used as a outdoor spare only. The loss I could have from a hose letting go inside a restaurant is too great so I don't chance it. BTW I used goodyear neptunes and the first set lasted almost 2.5 years untill one 50 foot section let go . I went to a "generic" foriegn made hose trying to save a buck and every section we bought was out of service in 9 months. we went back to the neptune and have had no leaks or problems in over a year. ...Sometime you get what you pay for...

I can see for outdoor flat work little liability from using repaired hose there but in my case I don't want a injury or a clean up bill.
 
I have about 100ft to fix as of now, I usually fix them and if ever needed use them as whip lines and have them made to your legnth requirements or just as spare hose for flatwork
 
Russ Spence said:
Do you repair your hoses and if so how many times before canning them ?

here is a pic of about 800 feet I am about to fix, we still keep plenty these are just piling up so I am going to go back to the repair shop tomorrow
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Thats funny, my garage looks just like that, I dont have that many failures since i went to straight 200ft hose's. They seem to burst more when you hook length's together with a coupler.

If they do burst close to the fittings i will cut them back and fix them once then dump them. If they burst in the middle somewhere i dump them right away.
 
I have someone local fix mine. What do you need to be able to fix them your self?
 
brickblastowner said:
Need a good vertical man with my own trailer fully stocked up. I got the business I just need the weather?:(
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I think he is looking for a Good straight man who is stocked up to give him the buisness, but he's under the weather?
 
your local PW shops should be able to fix em however usually $30.00 here in my area, you can go to tractor supply shops and they usually can fix them for you as well and alot cheaper as well
 
I've been repairing once or twice, but I think that will stop soon. Everytime I repair, they break somewhere else rather quickly and I get pissed that I wasted the money repairing it!
 
I fix them once then discard them.
 
well, most of the timesrepaired hoses gives you more trouble, so to save myself from the trouble i prefer getting new ones. that saves a lot of hassles
 
Ron Musgraves said:
You need a machine Russ... get one.. call me and i can get you one for a few dollars.
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Your talking about a press right, to crimp the ends on? I've thought that would be a good idea if you were going through lots of hoses.
 
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