Anyone have a good online source for hydraulic hose? The two local places
don't stock many of the fittings for my backhoe and I'd prefer to replace
more than 1 hose at a time. I thought there should be a place online where
you can select a hose, a length, and fittings, then they would assemble it a
ship it to you. Or perhaps I could just buy the fittings & hose and pay the
local shop to crimp the ends on.

Also, I'm looking for some of the wire spring coil that goes over the hoses
to protect them.

Thanks!

where are you located , there is a company called pirtek that does a pretty
good job of equipment hoses .

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:18:21 GMT, "RogerN" wrote:

||Anyone have a good online source for hydraulic hose? The two local places
||don't stock many of the fittings for my backhoe and I'd prefer to replace
||more than 1 hose at a time. I thought there should be a place online where
||you can select a hose, a length, and fittings, then they would assemble it a
||ship it to you. Or perhaps I could just buy the fittings & hose and pay the
||local shop to crimp the ends on.

Your local shop should invest in the fittings you need. Unless you went out of
the area to buy your equipment, they will surely get more requests for those
fittings. If they are not willing to do that, I'd take my business elsewhere.
I am sure you can buy the fittings online, and probably custom assemblies.
Have you considered buying a used crimper and the fittings you need? You can
usually pick up an older machine for around $500, often less.



Texas Parts Guy

Try Surplus Center. used to be called Burdens Surplus. www.surpluscenter.com
They have all kinds of bulk hydraulic hose, and fittings. they are in
Nebraska.
As for myself, whenever I have to change out a hydraulic hose and since I
don't want to invest in the crimp equipment, I get a new hose and install
reusable or field attachable fittings. They come in both JIC 37 and pipe
sizes. All you need is a couple of regular wrenches. Might be double the
cost of a made up crimped assembly on average, but I like to be able to work
on my stuff with a minimum of outside help.
Make sure you get the same number of wires in the hose. Most tractor type
stuff I work on my farm is about 2000psi and most of the hose is 2 wire
hose.
Also, I can order Gates bulk hydraulic hose at my local Big A auto parts
store. Try NAPA or Big A as a source for hose. Don't know if all the stores
are equipped with the crimp gear, but my local Big A store has the setup.
--
don paolino
"RogerN" wrote in message
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Anyone have a good online source for hydraulic hose? The two local places
don't stock many of the fittings for my backhoe and I'd prefer to replace
more than 1 hose at a time. I thought there should be a place online
where
you can select a hose, a length, and fittings, then they would assemble it
a
ship it to you. Or perhaps I could just buy the fittings & hose and pay
the
local shop to crimp the ends on.

Also, I'm looking for some of the wire spring coil that goes over the
hoses
to protect them.

Thanks!