On May 5, 9:14 am, dpb wrote:
On May 5, 10:59 am, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

"Harry K" wrote in message

I have three of the plastic Ames ones. Have had no problem with any
of them and they don't leak...well, I did have a problem last year
with one in that I cross threaded the hose connection but I was able
to re-thread it correctly. My only complaint with them is that even
with a hose loaded, they are too light and don't stay in position
while you pull hose.

Too light was also a reason I went with theTriton. The plastic one from
Suncast would pull right along with the hose and move around when you tried
to wind the hose back. The Rapid Reel is on a cart that is waist high and
stays put.

Take two one-way discs and weld them to a section of 4" pipe on a
stand...it'll stay put when you pull!

Take at look at these water powered re-wind hose reels.

http://www.no-crank.com/

esp this one

http://www.no-crank.com/siteFiles/1/609/2906.asp

I got two of them for my 80 year ago mother & they work pretty
good.....it says it's rated for 125 ft of hose but that's optimistic.

For a 75 ft hose it works like a champ. They need to change the gear
ratio to give more torque & less speed .

Works best with a good quality flexible hose..not an old stiff one.

cheers
Bob