Newbie to hydrolics

[jimmer2880]

MudTrekker,

you're lucky. My local TSC doesn't carry any hydraulics.... Total bummer when I need something on a weekend, not to mention the other places are considerably more $$$ I'm sure.

 

[kennyd]

Same quality, much better price.

I just had 6 hoses made for my snowplow at Tipco in Owings Mills, they use Aeroquip hose and Eaton fittings. Definatly NOT the same quality as the TSC stuff

 

[MudtrekkerMD]

Making hoses is not very hard. I used to do it as a kid in Eastern Oregon (now they call it the Oregon Outback) working for a Chevron garage that ended up fixing a lot of the HD Logging Eqt in the Pacific NW Mountains. We were so far out in the toolies that it was a 140 miles to anywhere else that would do it, so we bought a HD Hydraulic hose connection kit and a bunch of hose and fittings from NAPA Auto Parts and once it was delivered, we were in the hose building business.

Made a lot of hoses for all kinds of Logging and Farm Egt and never had a leak or comeback. It's not hard IF you have the proper tools and supplies, but alas, I'm not goiing to buy a very expensive kit to do the ocasional hose for myself or neighbors now..

Sure am glad I don't have to fix those big old tires off the Rubber Tire Skidders any longer, that was a chore, specially when they brought the skidder in to have it removed and booted..... Semi and Tractor tires are easy compaired to those. Watched a safety cage go thru a wall once when a split rim blew up.

Just a bit of remembering of the good ol'days!
Does that mean I'm getting old??? Naw, just better!

MudtrekkerMD

 

[Wayne County Hose]

The actual making of the hose is the easy part. It's buying the $40,000 in tooling and $160,000 in inventory that's the hard part.

 

[firemanpat2910]

Ummmm, being the kinder, gentler me, I am going to withhold comment on the quality.

You crack me up!!!! so the orriginal poster now has two lengths of cheap hose with cheap ends, connected in the middle with a cheap fitting. I would keep a bar of soap handy .... somebody is gonna get a hydraulic shower.

when eddie talks about a lake I listen
when harve talks about a fence I listen
when 33rl builds a house I listen
when Wayne county hose talks abou hydraulics I listen