[Tim82]

Hi, I use minibore tubing as my main hose from trolley to pole. I want a miniature hozelock reel to fix onto my trolley. I actually saw a black hozelock one in a customers garden once but have yet to ask where they got it from! I've scoured all places like ebay and b & q and can't find one anywhere. Anybody got one or know where to get one or if there is a hose reel especially made for tubing? Say the side of a regular hose reel is about 30 cms wide, I could do with one about half the size. Thanks.

[L.J.Thorpe]

minibore?
why do you want a small reel then
microbore is more compact
if you want to mount hose on trolley get a cheap "half moon " hose hanger from wilkos and mount it on uprights of trolley frame
imo just get a reel tho
or use long pole hose
dont really get why you want a "small " reel

[Wayne Thomas]

minibore?
why do you want a small reel then
microbore is more compact
if you want to mount hose on trolley get a cheap "half moon " hose hanger from wilkos and mount it on uprights of trolley frame
imo just get a reel tho
or use long pole hose
dont really get why you want a "small " reel

I think it's so that he can wheel the trolley to the house and run the hose (from hosereel) around the house in one go without moving the trolley.
Best thing would be to swap the minibore for microbore hose and store just enough on a half moon or simply extend the length of pole hose used to overcome this need for a hosereel mounting on your trolley.

[Tim82]

That didn't really answer my Q but thanks for the attention

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough. I use tubing instead of the yellow hose as it's lighter and takes up less room on a trolley system. Looking for a compact reel to fix on trolley so as it would take up less room, would be lighter, and the one I saw would easily hold 100 metres of tubing. I like to park the trolley in one spot at each house so I'm not messing about moving it.

What exactly is a half moon?

[Tim82]

P.S. I meant microbore tubing on the first post (D'oh!).

Also I want a reel as I think it'd be a lot quicker winding the tubing up rather than wrapping it in loops around the handle as I do at the moment between houses. See what I mean?

[jaykie]

could you not make something like this from purefreedom and attach to side of trolley

www.ebay.co.uk/POLE-HOSE-TIDY-WATER-FED-POLE-WINDOW-CLEANING_W0QQitemZ250242297372QQcmdZViewItem

[L.J.Thorpe]

a half moon is just a cheap plastic hanger
i used one on trolley to start out with
pain in ###
just get a small plastic hozelok reel and use microbore on that

[Tim82]

Thanks for the ebay link, I'm trying to get out of wrapping it around something and want to reel it up as it'd be quicker and would keep my hands free of dirt and grit.

That's what I'm looking for. A cheap plastic reel, as small as possible. Like I mentioned in my first post, I saw a plastic hozelock reel in a customer's garden and it was about half the size of the regular size reel(which is to bulky to fix on a trolley - I've tried it!). I've not found one on the hozelock website or anywhere else I've looked online and places like B & Q and Homebase offline.

[jaykie]

www.ebay.co.uk/HOZELOCK-MINI-AUTO-HOSE-REEL-SYSTEM-FITTINGS-10M-NEW_W0QQitemZ250244041358QQcmdZViewItem


what about this.

Chris

[Tim82]

That's the normal size hose reel. And way too big and heavy for a little trolley. I'm looking for one half the size.

Thanks though!! Keep searching

[L.J.Thorpe]

my crappy plastic reel bungees on top of barrell if i need it
it was 20 quid b+q  i use about 10 mtrs of half inch backing then 60 mtrs micro

[L.J.Thorpe]

go on ebay
search hose reels
look at the kingfisher 20m one
that looks about size i mean

[jaykie]

i thought most hose reels hold 30 meter which is what i have in garden but the link i put on is 10 meter

[Tim82]

yeah i've seen that kingfisher reel on ebay, but seriously there's one that's half the size. It's like a mini reel. It's driving me crazy not finding it! I'm gonna have to steal that one from my customers garden

[jonah]

Mr thorpe your avitar is getting on my nerves ! , please remove it cos you come across as argumentative , and it took me ages to spell that last long word !

[L.J.Thorpe]

jaykie i could not get that link to work but i cant do owt on net
a small reel is great with trolley
even if you carry it
park trolley do job
use trolley out of van
jobs on

[jonah]

jaykie i could not get that link to work but i cant do owt on net
a small reel is great with trolley
even if you carry it
park trolley do job
use trolley out of van
jobs on

no it isnt

[L.J.Thorpe]

jonah  
wheres ya girl thingy gone
night all early start for me

[jonah]

jonah  
wheres ya girl thingy gone
night all early start for me

money grabber !

[jaykie]

yes it is