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Blew a hydraulic hose on a pier job in Norfolk, and the fix took longer than the dive
Last Tuesday we were doing a pier inspection in Norfolk when the return hose on my Stanley HP28 let go about 20 minutes into the shift, spraying fluid all over the tender deck and shutting us down. We had a spare back at the shop but nobody had the right JIC fitting, so we lost close to 3 hours scrambling between a NAPA and a hydraulic shop across town. Do any of you keep a full fitting kit on the boat, or do you just roll the dice and hope the shop has what you need?
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margaret6929d ago
Man, three hours stuck hunting down one fitting sounds rough but is it really worth dragging a whole kit on board every time? I ran a pier job for years with a beat up old hose crimper and a coffee can of spare ends, and yeah we got bit once or twice, but that was maybe one day out of fifty. Half the guys I know just carry two spare hoses already made up and call it good, since a full kit is heavy, rusts, and you never have the one size you actually need anyway. The real fix is figuring out why the return line blew at 20 minutes, because if it was rubbing on something you'll be back at NAPA next week no matter how many fittings are in the box. Sometimes you eat the downtime and move on.
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