What model did you get? When I bought their “top of the line scx30008” with a Kubota they put a vrt3 pressure trapping unloader, thin 1 wire 50’ hose and the crappiest gun and lance you ever saw lol. I have 5 lances in the bottom of my skid and the only one that rusted to pieces is the one they gave me.
When I had 2 100’s I took @Firefighter4hire advice and joined them with a 45 deg union so it rolled on the reel nicely. However I got a cheap one in a hurry from a local vendor and started leaking pretty quick. The other day I needed to add my 50’ to the 200’ for a job and since it was so late when I finished I left them connected together with a qc and loosely rolled it all up on the reel. The next day when I took it off it seemed like it bent the 200’ end more than it should and I got concerned that I might’ve risk damaging it, so I’m not going to do that anymore. I just roll the 50’ up by hand and throw in the back of the cab. Do you leave yours connected together when you roll them back up or do you take them off and tuck them into each other when combining on the reel?
I know United’s prices went up, but did you ever have problems with their hoses like this?
@marinegrunt What’s the difference between the blue and gray? I know there both supposed to be non-marking and I have had both. I think someone told me gray was better but can’t remember…
Blue will leave chalky, non permanent blue marks after a week or two of use
I’m sorry. I may not have specified that you need to make sure you have a swivel on the ends you connect the 45 to that way it will not back out. I’m guess thats why it leaked. I have been using the same 45 for 4 years. But its also high pressure stainless fitting
Pretty sure mine was regular steel with swivel on only one side. And if I recall correctly it was a jic fitting adapted to npt.
Never had any issue with their quality.
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I leave them connected it’s only 1 joint connecting 2 hoses, I don’t really care what they look like on the reel, there unrolled out majority of the day. If you use a 45 to connect them you’ll probably stress the hose where it connects while dragging hose around. Picture trying to straighten a banana.
1 or 2 wire?
Don’t join hoses with a 45.
One wire. I’ll see how it runs. The hose company didnt have 2 wire in stock at the time. I’ll pick 2 wire up whenever this gives in
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So we’ve been running Hose Company 1 wire for 3 weeks 6 days a week fulltime and its far, far better hose then Junk Garbage Broken hose.
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I’ve had my hose company 1 wire for 5-6 months And love it, don’t even thing u need a 2 wire… liked it so much I just bought more for my second machine yesterday
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2 wire is better for hot water I’ve read here. That’s why most run with it, plus they believe it will last longer but I think a hose lasts longer because of the rubber quality.
Oh this will be fun. Why not.
I have ran a 45 for approximately 3 years. Never any issues with that connection point.
He might be Googling why its a bad idea. Stand by
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I was told they were gonna send me a free replacement. This was on Friday October 23rd. Said it would ship out the following Monday. So far nothing at all…lol. I’m gonna email them and see what he says. He’ll probably play dumb. That’s messed up they said they’d replace yours and then try and charge your credit card.
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Wrong. The Innocent One only uses Bing. Duh.
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