Watch those quick couplers!

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Highridge

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Today I was taking the Grapple bucket off and I found this on one of the attachment cylinder hoses. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 

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Now I always let the couplers hang down and I cover the couplers with chair ends (see pics). I looks the the garden hose after someone drove over it! The only thing I could think of is that it got caught somewhere while I was working in the woods with it. Any ideas?

P.S. I'm using a coupler from the mini-hoe for now.
 

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I had a similar situation. One of the hose ends just burst open, and fluid went every where. It also could be caused by fatique.
 
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I have had the same thing happen to me.....more than once. They are pricey too ordering them from PT>

Have not got around to it yet, but I plan on replacing all of my quick connects with connectors more common around here. Probably from NAPA.
 

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