rockmeupto125 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I'm redoing the lines on my front end loader because the last two times I started it up, one of the flexible lines blew out. So if I have to replace 8 hoses (or 12 if I do the valve as well) that's going to add up. Paid $13 for one, would like to pay less. Got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peepa Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 PM me the specifics and Ill see what i can find out on a price. It may take a few days tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliXXir Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Found this link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmeupto125 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Thanks, guys. Those fitting each cost more than a complete line made up. I'm not positive what to order, as I'm also in a quandary about the hose size. The one I had made up is 1/4 NPT male x2 with 3/8th's ID and is bulky and very hard to radius. I need to saw the old line apart and see what ID it is. Although the restriction of the 1/4 NPT seems obvious, there might be a flow difference with 1/4 ID line versus 3/8ths...even with the 1/4 fittings on each end. Any fluid dynamics guys in here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliXXir Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 ID increases are easily calculated -- it will increase the speed in which the fluid moves by reducing friction and subsequent functionality of the liquid circuit. Typically, however, there are restrictors in the distribution blocks that make the ID a required minimum but increases in hose ID typically won't do anything positive or negative for you. It is worth looking to see if the hose diameter maximum even matters. That's about all I recall from my Toro era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmeupto125 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 I looked extensively online and couldn't find the answer. I makes sense to me that if you have a foot long hose with a 1/4 inch opening at either end, it will not flow significantly faster with a 3/8ths diameter line. I could accept that there might be friction losses over a length of 10 feet that would indicate the need for a larger ID hose, but loss over the course of a foot doesn't seem realistic. And I'm not smart enough to figure it out today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrideCX Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I looked extensively online and couldn't find the answer. I makes sense to me that if you have a foot long hose with a 1/4 inch opening at either end, it will not flow significantly faster with a 3/8ths diameter line. I could accept that there might be friction losses over a length of 10 feet that would indicate the need for a larger ID hose, but loss over the course of a foot doesn't seem realistic. And I'm not smart enough to figure it out today. On that short of a hose you won't notice the difference in flow unless you were to put it on a flow meter. Yes over a 10' or longer hose you would notice the reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmeupto125 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 I sawed that hose in half (okay, I used a bolt cutter, alright?) and see that the ID of the original line is 1/4 inch. Sooo that's settled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrideCX Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I sawed that hose in half (okay, I used a bolt cutter, alright?) and see that the ID of the original line is 1/4 inch. Sooo that's settled. There ya go. Now get that damn thing back to work..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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