Connecting supply hose to this reel

Supplies & Equipment
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I bought two of these reels - General Pump DHRA50450 5000 PSI Steel A-Frame Hose Reel 450' x 3/8-Inch 1/2-Inch NPT-F.

One for my pressure hose and one for my supply line which I am hooking up to my hudson valve. This season I am really focusing on cutting down on set up and break down time.

I’ve read here that if I plumb it through the reel that it can reduce the output of the supply line and then my buffer won’t be able to keep up with my 5.5gpm machine. What is the most efficient way to set this reel up with 300 feet of hose so I can pull up and plug in and start filling?

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Unhook hose at reel, hook into tank

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You could always maintain 150 gl in the buffer, make sure you have 150 after each job.

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How large is your buffer tank?

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That’s gonna add an additional 90 secs to each job :frowning: how you gonna make any money :confused:

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Could I not connect the end of the hose to the reel and still be able to reel and unreel?

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Haha. I guess I am trying to say with 300 feet of hose, if I only need 70 of it to connect to the customer’s spigot, is there a way to not have to unreel all 300 feet? Or am I just overthinking it?

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Only 50 gallons. I got rid of my trailer and am building it out of the back of my truck for this season.

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Why do you need 300 feet of supply hose? What are you washing?

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Yes, but the water will be traveling thru 300ft of hose compressed on the reel, they the reel, they the swivel and your plumbing. Not much water will get to the tank

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Yup

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I suppose I don’t need 300 but I do remember some jobs from last season where I need 200 or more. Just trying to avoid needing additional hose in the back.

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I bet you’re fine running through the reel with a 5.5 gpm machine unless the water flow in your area is horrible. If you don’t want to run it through the reel just connect each section of hose with camlocks. You can then quickly unhook a section and connect it to your buffer tank. I only keep 200’ of hose on the reel and a couple extra sections coiled up inside of 5 gallon buckets in case I need more. I rarely ever need more than even 100’ let alone 200’. I usually don’t even keep the 5 gallon buckets of hose with me.

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Dang, I wish I could get away with 100’ of hose on most jobs. It works on the smaller homes around here but the minute you get into the more affluent areas they’re all sitting back off the street and most don’t have spigots on the front of the house for some odd reason. Always on the sides and in back. I carry 200’ and I’ve had times where I had to link their hose to mine.

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So to wrap this up (lol I know…). Connect end of hose to the reel, unwind the entire hose, connect to customer’s supply, and connect the end of the hose to my hudson valve. and just accept the extra 97 seconds of set up.

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Or you can just take off what you need and hook it up to your tank since your hose will be in 100ft sections

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That’s smart. quick connect 3 100 foot sections, unwind, connect to hudson…

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Were you planning on finding 300ft of continuous garden hose? There’s no need for quick connects but I guess it wouldn’t hurt

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Finally found the thread @garry.cooper, my bad … hurray for me though on my sleuthing skills.
(Pat on my back )