Hoses Bummer

[6sunset6]

I guess this could happen to anyone. Had to move up a skid of firewood. So had to take off the plow. QA and put on forks. One handle was frozen or stuck of something. So the hoses ( for angle were off) and one side QA was released. This was out side . I normally drape the hoses over the plow blade when I un plug them.
So I picked it up and drove inside, you know solid floor, lights ,tools. And when I put the plow down , of course the hoses were under the blade. But the handle released. Both hoses probably shot. Deep cuts in both of them.
Generally I make my own hoses with reusable ends but you cannot change sizes , these are weird hoses 3/8 female jic on one end and 1/2 jic female on the other. I sent DHH a RFQ for 1/4 hose, crimped fittings. . If they are not out of the ball park I will do that , other wise I will look for a premade 3/8 x 3/8 and change the fittings on the cylinder.
What a pain for losing track of what I was doing. Wonder if the current hoses will hold through the next storm.

 

[Rocwin]

3/8 hose with 3/8 or 1/2 JIC ends is not weird at all, it is quite common. You can easily change sizes with reusable fittings also.

We work in parker, so these are parker #s 20030-6 are the 3/8" 100R2 reusable sockets and 0630-6-6 0630-8-6 will be the reusable FJIC nipples. They are very available.

 

[6sunset6]

Yikes DHH never got back to me. Local Napa type wanted $60 for a
3/8 6' r2 with jic ends for one hose plus tax.
Burden surplus $16 got 5 one for the fix and 4 for future projects. $12 for S & H. so $18.40 each.
Wish I could find a hand crimper with no pump. I have a 10,000 psi pump. Need maybe 2 dies. Parts would be less than $10 per hose.

 

[Discount Hydraulic Hose]

Bob,

I sent you a quote earlier this morning. I'm sorry I haven't quicker in reading and answering emails. We have some people out of the office, and I've been trying (not so successfully) to pick up the slack.

 

[6sunset6]

Ken,
I found a better price for the hose I need. They will show up in a few days and will probably have the wrong ends or something. I still get all the fittings from DHH.
Too bad the reusable ends are getting so expensive. On the other hand if I end up with enough hoses with reusable ends I can just reuse them.
It would be nice if I bought premade hoses and cut them down to what I need and put a reusable end on one end only. But that is a big no no.
I have bought all my reusable ends and bulk hose from DHH and it is difficult to keep track of what ends are what. I think I am going to engrave the hose end
with what it is. i.e. 1/4 R2. It seems sorting in boxes only works for the moment I put them in the box. Labels fall off. The next time I need a hose I have to figure it out all over again.