hydraulic hoses

[LD1]

I am sure farmers do use quite a bit of hoses, but it depends on the size of their fleet and the age of the fleet as well.

I am not a farmer, so I cant speak on their behalf, but I figure if one would go to the trouble of buying bulk hoses, they would probabally just buy an assortment of fittings as well as a crimper.

It's not like they would only need one size of hose to keep on hand. They would probabally need everysize from 1/4" up to 1". And that is a lot of hose to keep for the ocassional blow out.

More than likely, they are sellong bulk hoses to either large factories that make their own hose in-house, or to other smaller local hydraulic shops.

I just dont see much cost savings for farmers to buy bulk hoses and already have it cut to length vs just going to a local shop, and having them cut it and crimp the fittings. Unless of course the hydraulic shop is marking the hose up SIGNIFICANTLY and screwing the average joe farmer that needs an ocassional hose made.

 

[J_J]

I believe this thread might relate to the other hose debate, as to whether one should mix or match manufacturers hose and fittings. If one were to stock a particular hose, then he would logically have to match fittings from that manufacturer. The debate goes on as to whether the crimper guy would warranty a crimp from pieces brought in from other sources. It would be better from a point of use to match parts. The average farmer probably would not understand all the technical aspects of the hose, fittings, cutting, crimping, etc. So to just buy hose in bulk only is not logical. Would someone use all that hose before the shelf life expired. Would he stock all the hose sizes. What would one do with out of date hyd hose?

In a related subject about rubber products, have any of you noticed the debate about the manufactures stamping an expiration date on tires. I think it may come to fruition in the near future.

 

[wdchyd]

Unless of course the hydraulic shop is marking the hose up SIGNIFICANTLY and screwing the average joe farmer that needs an ocassional hose made.

Maybe the hydraulic shop should NOT invest in hose fittings and materials, and say "Sorry, You'll have to go buy these over the internet and save big bucks and wait a few days for the cheap hoses to arrive and add lots of adapters to mate up to those odd fittings on your tractor, Sorry you can't run your machine today and tommorrow......Oh, they sent the wrong ends?....send them back.....UPS is cheap......:thumbsup:"

Uh Oh, time for the popcorn.........:licking:......and.....:drink:....

 

[brain55]

Hi Evefryone

was just wondering how many hydraulic hoses would someone need to replace in a given year?

Well, let's see. I just replaced all of the hoses on two different machines for two different horse ranches. One machine was a Kubota L185DT that was 30 years old and had all of the original hoses on it and I used 48 feet of hose and 30 crimp couplings. The other was a 1987 Kubota L275DT and all but a couple of the hoses were original, and I used 42 feet of hose and 28 crimp couplings. So if you average that out it comes to 1.75 and 1.6 feet per year respectively plus one fitting a year. I think it is safe to say that small horse ranches with one machine won't be big customers.

I let my customer with the L185 know that he could shop online for bulk hose and reusable fittings and get better pricing. He wasn't interested in doing it himself and had me come to his place and do all of his hoses for him.

Brian

 

[IceStationZebra]

I grew up on a 350 head dairy farm. We grew a good portion of the feed so we had a couple of skid steers, about 8 tractors, front end loader, self-propelled forage harvester, etc. My dad sold the place in 1992, but I don't recall buying more than one or maybe two hoses a year. And most of our equipment was at least 7 years old.

ISZ

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Great, this guy again. Hope he learned something about hose and fittings since the last time he was around.

 

[wdchyd]

Great, this guy again. Hope he learned something about hose and fittings since the last time he was around.

:laughing::laughing:.......still riding the learning curve.........:thumbsup:

 

[blueriver]

Great, this guy again. Hope he learned something about hose and fittings since the last time he was around.

Well he pays to be here.

 

[brain55]

Great, this guy again. Hope he learned something about hose and fittings since the last time he was around.

It might be the same company, different guy, I hope. It has been over 6 months since the last post.

Brian

 

[teg]

His writing "style" is pretty unique... is it the same?


Edit, just looked at his older posts... Yup... he's baaaack.