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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: smearo on November 13, 2010, 10:03:01 pm

Title: hosereels
Post by: smearo on November 13, 2010, 10:03:01 pm

how do you secure yr hosereel when in transit  ??? ;D

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: darren clarke on November 13, 2010, 10:14:57 pm

1 is loose and is plastic, the metal on is screwed down with pipe clips

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: smearo on November 13, 2010, 10:17:50 pm

cheers bm but i want flexibility of taken in and out of van
with ease is this possible with pipe clips

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: darren clarke on November 13, 2010, 10:21:35 pm

cant they are screwed down,  as that is the way i wanted that one,

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: smearo on November 13, 2010, 10:26:06 pm

what is the main reel you use then mate

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: Ian101 on November 13, 2010, 11:34:52 pm

have an old tyre in back of van that hose reel lays on

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: windiewasher on November 13, 2010, 11:45:33 pm

just gets thrown in the back ready for me to take out when i need it!

Quote from: smear on November 13, 2010, 10:03:01 pm

how do you secure yr hosereel when in transit  ??? ;D

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: darren clarke on November 13, 2010, 11:46:23 pm

metal is the main one,  i use the other when i have help in ,  bought as a spare

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: SB Cleaning on November 14, 2010, 12:01:37 am

I just use a couple of bungee straps :)

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: DaveG on November 14, 2010, 08:40:49 am

Quote from: SB Cleaning on November 14, 2010, 12:01:37 am

I just use a couple of bungee straps :)

me too

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: Slash on November 14, 2010, 03:31:22 pm

I have bolted 3 x 2 pieces of wood about a foot long,it protects the paintwork on the reels and stops it from moving round the van ;)

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: Carl2009 on November 14, 2010, 03:46:19 pm

I sit my hose in one of these: http://www.garden-goodies.co.uk/acatalog/Garland_Garden_Trays_G45.html Brilliant for catching drips. I have another of these trays that my 2 x barrels sit in.

The reel is secured by bungies that stop it falling over. In an accident the reel would be stopped flying forward by a big plastic tool chest and my Pure Freedom tank  ;) ..... just before the tank heads through the bulkhead of my Trafic and squashes me.

Do we all get too worked up by this safety thing. My local palleted goods courier company has shrink wrapped goods on pallets forklifted into their Merc vans and strapped down using ratchet straps through the existing interior load securing points. The bulkhead is their to stop you getting squashed, but getting hit from behind by your system is gonna be the least of your problems if you are travelling at more than 30mph imo. The inertia of your van + system hitting something reasonably substantial is going to do for you anyway. Or have I got this wrong (cue new thread about system safety)...

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: smearo on November 14, 2010, 07:53:03 pm

cheers guys im gonna try the bungee and
will post next weekend on my thoughts ::) ::)

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: Smudger on November 14, 2010, 08:21:00 pm

 ???

mine just sits in the middle of the van - its never moved or fallen over   ;D

Darran

Title: Re: hosereels
Post by: rich fraser on November 14, 2010, 09:01:30 pm

I have a 65mtr hozelock hosereel that takes 110 mtr of microbore. The hosereel comes with brackets to hang it on the wall. I bolted these into the van and the hose reel can now be removed in a matter of seconds. I think they will proably work with any hosereel. They cant be much more than a tenner out of B&Q