I’m looking for a general consensus of who uses the hose while still on reel vs unreeling all hose each time. I keep blowing hoses while they are on reel. Seems like a real pain if I would need to start completely unreeling hose when I only need 30’ or so. Any tips or tricks to prevent this?
The hoses that blew we’re older single wire. I have some 100’ lengths of 6,000/2 wire on the way. I would like these hoses to last longer then my other hose has.
I was reading thru some old threads and someone was saying that they unreel all hose because eventually it will blow. I have no idea where the thread is, but it was a few people in agreement. I have some new hose that should be arriving any minute now. It’s heavy but the first section is still going on strong.
I have seen video attesting to unreeling all the way if your using heat, bloing sue ti expansion. Nothing about cold water tho. I suppose if the walls of the hose dont have even pressure, fluid will find the weakest section.
My dad started pressure washing in early 90s and stopped in 2009. He told me he never used hose reels because it reduce hose life. He mainly did big subdivisions and buildings and work work all day with his crew. He had 4 foot high 2 1/2 foot wide custom baskets on all his “boom trucks” that he coiled the hoses in. I personally find hose reels and nice luxury sadly i have none yet.