Hydraulic Hose markers

[Dataway]

My Kubota snow thrower has quick disconnect hose for the hydraulics ...with small spiral plastic rings of different colors to mark the positions .... anyone know where these can be purchased ... mine are gone and I'm tired of hooking it up the wrong way every winter
Thanks.

 

[oldnslo]

I use colored wire tires for hose identification. Inexpensive & readily available.

 

[mrmikey]

colored zip ties | eBay.
There's four hoses? If so put a male on the tractor to a corresponding female on the blower and opposite for the other. Best way is to have one long hose on each, that way when you're done, you can couple the couplings together on the blower and on the tractor to keep out dirt..................Mike

 

[Industrial Toys]

When I see colored tie wraps (zip ties) on sale, I buy them just for this purpose.

I was always told that if you dig deep enough you will hit china, so generally a yellow zip tie will go on the bottom. Is that racist?

 

[/pine]

...I was always told that if you dig deep enough you will hit china...

Not even close...the deepest man made hole (below sea level) ever dug/bored is only a few thousand feet deeper than the deepest naturally occurring spot in the ocean depths...
To dig through earth if it was possible would take a hole one thousand times deeper...

 

[Industrial Toys]

The Aliens that live there (in the hollow Earth) might complain if you suddenly pop out their ceiling.

Anyway, I thought the deepest hole was Mels hole.

 

[/pine]

The Aliens that live there (in the hollow Earth) might complain if you suddenly pop out their ceiling.

Anyway, I thought the deepest hole was Mels hole.

Mels hole is a myth...never existed... Art Bell was scammed (more than once)...

 

[Industrial Toys]

Then, where did all the stuff thrown down there go?

 

[aczlan]

I use colored wire tires for hose identification. Inexpensive & readily available.

That's what I use. If you want the rings, Tractor Supply generally has them. They have them labeled as chicken identification ankle bracelets.

Aaron Z

 

[Wagtail]

Failing having coloured tie-wraps (zip-ties), I use a corresponding number of 'wraps' on both sides of the connections...

0 (none), 1, 2, 3.

That way, even if the colours fade (or it's dark) you'll reduce the risk of getting it wrong.