On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:18:18 GMT, (~Roy~) wrote:



While I am not a Crapsman fan, I will give them credit on their black
rubber hose. Its not all that pricey considering its covered with a
lifetime warranty, does not kink and stays flexible. Has machined
brass ends which are chrome plated........Comes in 25, 50, 75 and 100
foot lengths...........hard to beat for its value and warranty. I had
one that was perhaps 10 years old that got a soft spot in it, probably
from getting run over and busting the reinforcement ply material, and
they replaced it in the store no questions asked. There fireman style
hose nozzle is virtually indestructable as well. Some of the big box
stores have nozzles that look just like them, but they do not last.
Hell even my german shepherd used the hose nozzle for a chew toy and
never managed to do it in.

I stay away from the vynil type hoses or any hose with stamped ends,
and grey or white liners..........especially Colorguard brand of
hoses. Swan makes a good hose as long as you buy the rubber hose (Red
in color) but the rest of their hoses are IMHO junk........

The old green swans where good. I use garden hose for a living and
still have the first one that I bought , granted it is in retirement
in the shaded front yard. I even contacted them to get more, but they
don't supply this area any more with that type. In desperation I
bought colorite waterworks (reddish) at HD and they are holding up
well. They go through hell, dragged and flung over rebar and what
looks like trench warfare with bob cats running over them. Oh, and 120
degrees with 60spi on them all day. I have one that I got at the swap
meet that I use for water leveling and its rated at 160psi , blue, and
with stainless steel ends. The blue one is funny when letting the
pressure off , it just squirts just a little bit.

The last time they got ripped I was doing a pool for a homicide
detective. I was ****ed and calling the guy who's crew that took them
and the guy comes back that he knows I won't kill him cause the
customer would bust me. ) , I don't know about that, they pour lots
of concrete right after I get done with the pool !

BTW, I've run 300psi steam through an air hose. Don't do this no
matter where you are. I was very leery of that experiment.

I almost had them made at an industrial hose supplier like was
mentioned.



On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:05:19 -0600, "DanG" wrote:

===We have a local hydraulic hose repair shop. They make up "garden
===hoses" using industrial hose. They get some kind of industrial
===grade brass fittings and are just great. Haven't worn one out yet
===(about 5 years). They do use a larger diameter hose, I would have
===to check to see what size.
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===Keep the whole world singing . . . .
===DanG (remove the sevens)

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==="Derek" wrote in message
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===I need to replace the wife's garden hose and was thinking of
===using
=== the cheap ($20 for 50 feet) type of air line. Apart from the
=== smaller
=== diameter/volume, are there any setbacks?
===
=== Thanks.
===


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