DIY hydraulic hoses?

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Local shop charged me about $7 per end fitting plus $4/ft for ½" and made it while I watched. End product looks much nicer than the marginally cheaper TSC item.

 

[randyjs]

Field Attachable Hydraulic Hose Fitting - 30 Series Fittings​

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Parker's 30 series fittings are a two-piece field attachable style fitting which enables you to quickly and easily make hose assemblies right on the job site without special tools.

 

[Cord440]

Local shop charged me about $7 per end fitting plus $4/ft for ½" and made it while I watched. End product looks much nicer than the marginally cheaper TSC item.

That's much better than at my local shops, I'm in a rural where the choices are a saw shop and a deep sea ship outfitter. I get mine from Surp. Cent. in 2-3 days. I am open to better suppliers.

 

[mikester]

Outfit a truck and start your own mobile hydraulic hose service. Sell hose cheap, charge for the on site service call.

 

[Diggin It]

I blew the Power Beyond hose to my BH. Into the little town close by where they make hoses at two shops. Neither had the banjo style fitting for the one end. Second shop opted to cut the old hose and make a splice. Cost was $8/foot of hose and $11 per fitting. Having a factory one shipped would have been around $40 and about a week.

Having a machine on hand to repair it would have been nice, but it would have to be at a much lower cost.

 

[/pine]

You’d have to have a fortune in fittings to save a trip to town. I was looking at the affordable crimper options online and there’s bottle jack powered ones for under $200. I’m not sure how many dies you’d need to be any use.

The key is to buy adapter fittings (primarily f/m swivel) that convert whatever is on you machines to NPT...(the swivel fittings make connections a breeze)...Then along with the fittings buy an assortment (length and size) of hose assemblies....

...for instance a 3/8" x 48" hose assembly is $7.00 at S_C...a 1/2" x 48" is $9.00 a 6' is $11.00....so it is not that expensive to keep some fittings and generic (NPT) hoses on hand that can be used to fix a myriad different hydraulic hose links until an actual replacement can be ordered...

As long as you have enough hose (s) and the fittings to use them being able to keep working with a temporary repair will save you much more than the cost of a few spare parts...

 

[Sonny580]

Looked into the hose business one time-----Aint NO way you could make anything doing that! as for own use here, its MODIFY/ADAPT everything to standard size. dont look pretty but saves a big hassle trying to get that odd ball ends stuff.

 

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That's much better than at my local shops, I'm in a rural where the choices are a saw shop and a deep sea ship outfitter. I get mine from Surp. Cent. in 2-3 days. I am open to better suppliers.

I'm rural too, but this shop was a trucking business in the area for many years and apparently services the whole area. It's 10mi from me, which works well for me, probably just lucky that they're here.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Handy to have a good friend that makes hoses/hard lines and has the best assortment of fittings for a hundred miles.

I used one of those do it yourself "skive"??? fittings once, and it failed!

Since I have that friend, I don't need or try to keep much. What I do find invaluable are caps and plugs for various configurations,

 

[STx]

The key is to buy adapter fittings (primarily f/m swivel) that convert whatever is on you machines to NPT...(the swivel fittings make connections a breeze)...Then along with the fittings buy an assortment (length and size) of hose assemblies....

...for instance a 3/8" x 48" hose assembly is $7.00 at S_C...a 1/2" x 48" is $9.00 a 6' is $11.00....so it is not that expensive to keep some fittings and generic (NPT) hoses on hand that can be used to fix a myriad different hydraulic hose links until an actual replacement can be ordered...

As long as you have enough hose (s) and the fittings to use them being able to keep working with a temporary repair will save you much more than the cost of a few spare parts...

That's actually a priority good idea. If I got adapters for all my odd stuff, I could keep a small hose inventory. I've got British, Metric and SAE hose ends right now so it's hard to keep spares for everything.