HELP!:QD's on line are frozen stuck!

[jinman]

Yep, I guess that is the only way not too troublesome anyway.

Fluid loss, how much can I afford on hydraulics? Every time I disconnect I would be losing quite a bit. I would figure that eventually I would be needing to top the fluids off every so often.

If yoiu bungee the hose up higher than the cylinders, you'll get very little seepage, probably less than a tablespoon full. I don't think it will be significant. Of course, that much fluid on a concrete floor will look like a huge spill once it spreads out.

I disconnected my FEL one time early in the morning when it was in the low 70's. I folded the hoses back over themselves neatly so they would not hang down onto the ground. By the afternoon, the temperature was over 100 degrees and the FEL was sitting directly in the sun. My guess is that the hoses were probably 130 degrees or more. The pressure was so great inside the hoses that they unfolded and stood out stiff and straight. I had to loosen the ends just to be able to bend the hoses. I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes. I kept thinking how lucky I was that the hoses didn't explode under that pressure.