Air hose

[keh]

Got tired of the air hose in shop being in the way on the floor. Not sure if automatic hose reel would work in my situation and besides, they are expensive. Coiled the hose into a 5 gallon bucket. Will see if I can make myself copil it back up after use now.

KEH

 

[smallbale]

get the hand crank unit from legacy instead. $72.00 for the reel and 100ft hose included. this is what we use daily in assembly shop. 3 of the units currently in use. will be putting in two more in next month or so. i do the electric cords in five gallon buckets but air hose did not work very well in them unless you let the air out of the hose each time.

 

[LongCase]

I have hand crank reels for sale,hold 100 ft of hose . the going price is 20.00 each. 262 629 5985

 

[Dusty MI]

I got a nice one from Grainger about 20 years ago. Need another one now but there a lot more money. TSC has them for about $65. But will it last like the one fromGrainger.

Dusty

 

[Ken-Pa]

Hey Long Case, can you please send me a couple pics of the reel you sell ? Where are they made & how much to ship 16323. Thanks, [email protected]

 

[Goose]

I just use a garden hose hanger and hang it on the wall.

 

[kenstrac]

I bought a auto hose reel last week at Lowes they had a closeout 50 FT 3/8 hose $32

 

[Fawteen]

Another vote for a hand-cranker here. Inexpensive, easy to use. If it's too much of a PITA (like coiling it into a bucket) chances are you won't do it.

Winding it back onto the reel takes a couple of seconds and stows it neatly. I love mine.

 

[TimV]

KEH: a few notes--taking the air out makes them much easier to coil, the rubber hoses work a lot better than the plastic ones, and I've had two problems with my hand-crank that have led to it not being used very much--the o-ring that seals the axle kept blowing and if you're not exactly square to the unit the hose always catches on the arms and mis-coils itself. I just was given a really nice auto-crank one for free, but so far it's cost me $40 in fittings to get it working! Haven't used it enough to form an opinion yet, though from using them in other places I do know that the single largest cause of failure on them is for people to use them like a tape measure--pull the hose out as far as it will go, then let it snap back in, which is a good way to destroy even a decent reel in short order.

 

[Dick L]

I kinda like my air hoses laying in coils all over my shop floor. As I get older it seems that I can sometimes trip over dry maple leaf. The hose on the floor helps me stay in the habit of picking up my feet when I walk rather than shuffle along. ^D

 

[fixerupper]

I've wound it up on on a car rim for probably 25 years now. The thought of an automatic reel has entered my mind a few times, but then I think about how trouble free the car rim is, and besides, it doesn't cost me anything.

The advantage to the reel is the hose comes out straight and doesn't have to be uncoiled. Jim

 

[Anonymous-0]

Dick,,, now that's a good idea,,, I would hope more would do the same, my wife trips over air,,, and then it's hospital time,,

you have a good idea, you should patent it...

 

[PJH]

KEH

I use a hand crank reel - cost about $30 at Rural King. It's the kind with smooth disks on the ends of the reel. Didn't think I'd like the ones with "spokes" to hold the hose on the reel.

It's mounted on the inside of an outside wall, and I cut a hole in the building just below the reel. I lined the hole inside and out with two of those surface mount bearing flanges to keep from cutting the hose. A piece of yellow tape lets me know when I'm near the end of the hose (from the outside). An old magnetic CB antenna base sticks over the hole and keeps the birds out.

Cheapskate Paul

 

[Bob Collins]

Every time I use my hand crank reel (which is often) I think what a great improvement over having the hose on the floor. I put a quarter turn valve near it because being a cheap one it leaks a little, with the valve off the hose is soon unpressurized and rolls up easily. Mine is a spoke type but I put a 4 bearing hose guide below it for ease of winding.

 

[keh]

Lots of good ideas. I don't have any problem letting the air out of the hose, I have a ball valve on the tank and cut the air off as well as the switch and the hose fittings leak enough air. I'll try the bucket a while and be on the look out for the other solutions mentioned.

KEH

 

[fixerupper]

I used to leave the hose laying on the floor in my old shop. One night I was walking across the shop in the dark cause the lights didn't work, kind of feeling my way across with my toes. I was a little tense cause I was afraid of running into something in the dark, when my foot bumped the trigger on the air wrench that was on the end of the hose. Boy did I jump! It was then that I decided to take the time to fix the lights and pick up the tools. Jim

 

[markiz41]

Hehe. I once stepped on a grinder throttle like that. It kicked and jumped 4 feet in the air like some sort of indian snake. Gotta keep a clean shop.

 

[MF294-4]

I have a hand crank spoke reel mounted at the door edge with a barn door hinge. It will swivel around to almost outside until the handle hits. Works better than mounted solid.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I disconnect all my air hoses when i'm finished with them. I have one 75' hose and one 50'hose. Each are kept on garden hose reels. When i need a hose i give it a good tug and she all comes out, when its time to put it away i hook it on the hose reel and crank away and all the hose comes to me. Works well for auto and construction. No problem if i have to take my hoses to the job site for air nailers or out to the field for repair/maintnance. I'm very please for 15 bucks each!