@DisplacedTexan I have a 150 foot section and then 100 foot section. All the hose gets pulled off the real and if I just need a 100 foot section then I disconnect it and plug it in my unloader block and then I disconnect the whip line off the reel and put it in the unloader block to bypass the reel and hose.
Always leave a few wraps around the reel to protect the crimp. You probably won’t have that problem again if you do that.
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First time I’ve heard that, thank you
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No problemo. It works. I’ve never blown a crimp there since @Innocentbystander shared that tip on here. Had blown quite a few just like this before starting that practice and you really only sacrifice a few feet of hose depending on drum diameter.
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How were you doing it before?
Look at you all paying attention and everything 
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I had the exact same thing happen last fall but at the gun end. It happened again today with about 4 hours into use. I was using hot water both times so might have something to do with it.
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I’ve had mine for just under a year now, just replaced the entire set. Out of the 2 100s and 2 150s, I had both the 100 blow writhing 5 ft if the gun blow and one 150 fitting pop off like Dustin, but replaced with screw on hose menders that have been fine ever since.
All in I got about 6 months of full time use before I had my first one blow, and got close to 10 out of them with the hose menders.
You talking to me?
That may have something to do with it for sure. The times I had them blow like this were all on hotsy machines that were constantly running hot water. But I also stretched out all of the hose on those machines regularly. I’m sure it’s a culmination of both but the extra few wraps seem to work well with cold water for sure.
Yes you lol. I run a sheathed stainless whip line twice around the drum tied with a bit of rope to stop it uncoiling the last few feet. I could never time the uncoiling 200 feet away without it yanking on the crimped end lol
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Ooooh that sounds fancy. When you get a chance snap a pic of that. I usually just stretch mine out to where I’m going to start and then go back to the trailer, pull out the remaining slack keeping three or four wraps, lock the reel and then as I’m walking back to the gun I just drag the slack a bit closer to the house as I walk. Oh and I go “click” on the Schertz Box remote and away we go!!!
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I melted a viton o-ring the other day using 200 degree water lol. And actually… now that I think about it, I was using hot water too both times when mine blew. I bet the crimp didn’t get into the metal wire and only grabbed the casing then when it got hot it just melted and slipped off,
If someone can tell me how to lock a hannay electric reel
I’m all ears. I was going to make some sort of pin spring contraption to stop it but can’t figure it out
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Send me your address and I’ll send you one
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Did you buy them or make them? How much do you you think it effects the electric reels since there is already a good amount of friction from the chain
I don’t have locks on my electric reels, never needed to. With the chain it seems like they don’t go anywhere, I have to pull on the hose to get it going, so…
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Hannah makes them. I bought and sold 6 Electric reels in less than a week once I found out they were dangerous and slower than a normal reel. I’ve learned a lot of things the expensive way.
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Me neither Donny.
I don’t understand all the discussion on hoses. I use hotwater probably 60% of the time and go thru maybe a hose every 350-400 hours. Have never had an end go bad. Get mine for about $130 with ends from BCE, where a lot of you have gotten your machines.
I use hot too and often and on 300 hours with BCE hose, no issues…
