Richard
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
Did some stuff around the house yesterday. Decided to adjust something that's been needed ajusted on JCB. Got it done, (just tightened hose clamps for air filter). Got it done and decided to take chain saw out by burn pile to make about 4 cuts in tree to I could put entire tree onto burn pile rather than have it stick WAY out to side.
Couple cuts, was using backhoe to "sweep" it over to the pile then WHOOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH a geyser blew in front of my eyes (not in them, in front of them)
The hose to the dipperstick cylinder (middle one) not only blew, but it blew on the exposed side AND perfectly so it would eject directly into the air rather than into the machine, me, or onto ground.
To be honest, it is/was pretty impressive to see the force that the fluid exits with. Shut down, knew I was done for day. Then BAM, it hit me! I had a spare hose already in the garage. Bought it a number of years ago just for an occasion like this.
Walked back, grabbed new hose, wrench and 20 minutes later, had it fixed and finished out the burn pile.
Gotta love it when a plan like that comes together.
What intrigued me however is what I saw and after I had time to think about it.
The hose must have some stranded steel wire that wraps around the inner hose. I get that. This hose, though I don't have any REAL idea, might be 10 years old (could be more for all I know) This is what is intringing me....
I've probably had this machine for 20 years. I replaced these hoses ONCE as best I can recall. Where it gets interesting is there is another (entire) set of hoses that are on my mind.... the hoses to the loader. The hoses to the loader are the SAME ones I've had on there since the beginning. They appear to be what I'd call "braided steel" whereas the reinforcement on the dipperstick cylinder seems to be more of a "wrapped steel".
Would this make sense?
If you CAN get 'braided' reinforcement verses 'wrapped' reinforcement (it looks like the braids are individual braids that are then, braided...... the "wrapped" might be braided BUT it would be individual strands that are single braided verses what I might call double.
I might be butchering the terminology.... but from a raw AGE perspective, the loader hoses should be blowing (and I'm intending on replacing them) What I now want to know is, is a "double braid" a reality and is it evidently better? If so, how does one know that's what they're getting? Any brands to go after verses avoid?
Couple cuts, was using backhoe to "sweep" it over to the pile then WHOOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH a geyser blew in front of my eyes (not in them, in front of them)
The hose to the dipperstick cylinder (middle one) not only blew, but it blew on the exposed side AND perfectly so it would eject directly into the air rather than into the machine, me, or onto ground.
To be honest, it is/was pretty impressive to see the force that the fluid exits with. Shut down, knew I was done for day. Then BAM, it hit me! I had a spare hose already in the garage. Bought it a number of years ago just for an occasion like this.
Walked back, grabbed new hose, wrench and 20 minutes later, had it fixed and finished out the burn pile.
Gotta love it when a plan like that comes together.
What intrigued me however is what I saw and after I had time to think about it.
The hose must have some stranded steel wire that wraps around the inner hose. I get that. This hose, though I don't have any REAL idea, might be 10 years old (could be more for all I know) This is what is intringing me....
I've probably had this machine for 20 years. I replaced these hoses ONCE as best I can recall. Where it gets interesting is there is another (entire) set of hoses that are on my mind.... the hoses to the loader. The hoses to the loader are the SAME ones I've had on there since the beginning. They appear to be what I'd call "braided steel" whereas the reinforcement on the dipperstick cylinder seems to be more of a "wrapped steel".
Would this make sense?
If you CAN get 'braided' reinforcement verses 'wrapped' reinforcement (it looks like the braids are individual braids that are then, braided...... the "wrapped" might be braided BUT it would be individual strands that are single braided verses what I might call double.
I might be butchering the terminology.... but from a raw AGE perspective, the loader hoses should be blowing (and I'm intending on replacing them) What I now want to know is, is a "double braid" a reality and is it evidently better? If so, how does one know that's what they're getting? Any brands to go after verses avoid?
