PW hose

[Mark Dadian]

How long do you want it?

A long time, I'm washing a house.

We are all familiar with the old joke, but on a more serious note; How long should a hi pressure hose last?

I bought 3000 psi hose two years ago. I run some older 3000 psi pumps that still get about 2500 psi. Within one year the blue coating started to leave tell-tale marks on most surfaces. Only recall one break last year. This year I've cut more hose and reattached my field repair connectors more times than I can remember. Obviously, it is time to re-order hose, but I was just curious what is average life-span for these things. Each line (I bought two of 150') has about 300 hours.

Any recommendations for durable purchases?

Thanks,

Have fun playing in the water!

 

[Scott Stone]

call MArk, and get some ofhis Super Flex. The last batch averaged about 6 months a hose for me. That translates to about 800 hours per hose. It doesn't seem like much but it is longer than most. If you don't run the risk of having cars and stuff run over the hose, you can get the serpentine hose from e-spec, but if a car runs over it it is toast.


Scott

 

[Mark Dadian]

Thanks Scott for the reply.

I was seriously looking into the Espec hose, but if what you say is true (so much for the best hydraulic hose), then it wouldn't stand up long enuf to wind it up on my reel.

I'll call Mark in the morning.

 

[Mike Hughes]

I gave the serpentine hose a try............and it has been run over at least twenty times, mostly by cars...............no damage (yet).

So far, for the money, its holding up well. The quick connects I got from them were less then desireable however.

 

[Michael T]

Hoses

Mark, I just bought hoses. Try http://www.higherpowersupplies.com/index.html they have a good sellection with specs. I like the neptune 4500 because of the 250 deg oil resistant and hard smooth cover. Shipping and handling was fair and up front , not like some other places I have dealt with and got hosed on the hose s/h charge. Hope this helps


Michael T / Centex Pressure Washing

 

[Mark Dadian]

Thanx Mike H. and thanx for helping me reg. with PWI. With the formats all the same I wished my credits from here were transferable. Oh well.

Thanx Mike T. I know what you mean about those sneaky s/h charges.

 

[B.E YOUNG Sr]

David,
Are your hoses on a reel or fully extended when when used. I heard that if you leave them on a reel and they are pressurized that it would shorten their life span.
Have had similar problem with having to allow cars to drive over them. Have thought about using a 10' section of 3/4 or 1" black pipe to run the hose through when needed for that type of application. Most people are courteous and will back out but some just dont care!

 

[Dave Olson]

Hello Mark,

Really hard to tell how much time we get out of a section of hose. With that said, we have been purchasing 5000 + psi hose with a temperature rating of 250 degrees and have not needed to replace our hoses as much as before. We seldom run over 3000 psi. Sometimes we get temperature spikes of 250 degrees or so.

We do not make it a habit of unreeling all of the hose from the reel and we get our fair share of cars/trucks running over it!

Dave Olson

 

[B.E YOUNG Sr]

Dave,
So from what your saying there is no harm in leaving pressurized hose on the reel when working?
Could you also recommend a brand of hose reel to use?
Thanks a million!

 

[Clean County]

I never leave the hose on the reel when I'm powerwashing because it gets tangled up by becoming loose when I turn the wand on and off.

I have around 400' on one hose reel where I take off whatever I need and then hook it straight to the powerwasher.

On my 2 other hose reels which have 200' of hose on each I do the same thing.

None of my hose reels themselves are hooked to the powerwasher because of this problem. I wish I could have my reels hooked up to the powerwasher but whenever I did that they would get all twisted up when the powerwasher was in use.

 

[B.E YOUNG Sr]

John,
Thanks for the reply. That is what I thought might happen.

 

[Paul B.]

Just as a reference:

Every time a hose is rolled up and unrolled, it is stressed.
The tighter the roll is, the greater the stress (especially at the core of the reel).

No real solution for this, other than getting the most pliable materials that also meet pressure and heat requirements.

Some common sense measures that will increase hose life:
- Avoiding/minimize runover
- Minimize exposure to sun (and weather extremes such as snow and ice).
- Clean outside of hose.
- Avoid upstreaming chemicals
- Minimize dragging hose where possible, especially on concrete surfaces.
- Avoid over bending hose
- Avoid chemical spills (Clorox, acids, Potassium/Sodium hydroxides and other chemicals will reduce life).

 

[Dave Olson]

The reels that we have are the cheap ones from Delco in Ft. Worth.

Rather than locking the reels we use tarp straps to hold the handle. The strap acts kind of like a shock absorber when the gun is turned on and off. If we fun long enough the hose will still get tangled but not near as bad!

Dave Olson