2 Hose Breaks Today....

[rwcarpet]

Had 2 hose breaks today....both Goodyears. Both older and seldom used. First was right at the machine. Second was at the far end of a 300 foot run. Had to send Tony back to the shop to try to find a usable hose to finish up. First time I've had problems with the GY neptune, but they were old hoses. Guess I'll be replacing a few hoses next week.

I still don't trust the non-wire hoses.

 

[Bob Foster]

Cut 2 feet of each end and reverse the direction every year on GY. If you run a high heat TM use only for 2 years and toss them.

 

[KevinL]

I had a gy break yesterday.Only third time in 10 years. It wasn't violent. just started spraying out of small hole. I aimed it at carpet and helper shut down truck pretty quick. Not very black at all. Cleaned right up.

 

[Larry Cobb]

RW;

We switched away from Goodyear due to the "black death" problem.

The new blue wire-braid hose is good to 275° :

http://http://www3.cobbcarpet.com/zen3/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=72&products_id=4387

Larry

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Website says 250.

 

[boazcan]

Had 2 hose breaks today....both Goodyears.

I still don't trust the non-wire hoses.

If you have to replace some anyway, buy a length of parflex to use and see how you like it. If you don't like it, send it to me. 8) I'll pay shipping.

 

[mirf]

A least nothing was damaged.

 

[rwcarpet]

RW;

We switched away from Goodyear due to the "black death" problem.

The new blue wire-braid hose is good to 275° :

http://ccs5.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=72&products_id=4387

Larry

The "black death" was the only problem I had yesterday when first using the old hoses. It went away after a few strokes.

 

[Mike Draper]

hose is so cheap why not replace it after 12 months?

 

[Bucey]

hose is so cheap why not replace it after 12 months?

that's what i do. just put in my fresh 200' on Thursday! I put that in my list of GM each year.

 

[rwcarpet]

hose is so cheap why not replace it after 12 months?

Cause I'm old and I just forget.......