Poly braid hose kinking

[JDhomeservices]

My feed hose keeps kinking. Anyone have any ideas how to make it stop doing that? Should I use a longer hose between the filter and the pump?

 

["Red"]

Mount your filter in a fixed location and make the hose no longer that necessary keeping the hose as straight as possible. Another thing you can do is create a loop in the hose and tie (or tape) it off to itself, this will help reenforce the hose.

Just an example.

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[Larry Millette]

I would re- route it so that it doesn't have to make such a u turn. Yes this would probably involve using a longer feed line.

 

[Russ Johnson]

Yep. Needs to be longer for a sweeping turn into the pump.

 

[Ron Musgraves]

Get rig of it, use this

Also throw a Valve to attach a Garden hose Direct if needed

 

[Christopher]

I agree, get rid of that hose, when the pump is pulling hard, that soft walled hose will kink easily, especially on hot days and we are not even in the hottest part of the year yet.

Get some thick walled hose or the kind with the wire running through it, that clear polybraid collapsed with my rig in the past so I changed it out and went with larger diameter hose so the pump would not cavitate.

I would also get a larger filter screen, that one is kind of small and if you get a good amount of trash in the line, that one will clog up fast. There are the big blue bowl types out there that many guys have gone to, myself included that are basically the same thing but many times larger for more surface to clog up giving you more run time.

There are many threads about this on this forum if you want to see what other guys have rigged up.

 

[extremecleantn]

We use tiger flex its very rigid and last a very long time, give me a call if you need some also I would make the hose a larger diameter then reduce it t the machine

 

[Sirocco Jerry]

simplest fix.. install a 90 degree hose barb. best fix.. replumb for dual-feed. .. and Ron's idea of adding Garden Hose connection for pressure feed will save you LOTS of troubleshooting time on an otherwise bad day. .. .. and of course.. come to my pressure washer troubleshooting and bulletproofing class.

 

[Steven Rowlett]

I always use the red heavy duty water hose. I also used a larger size than required. I ran a 1" supply hose on my 5.5 gpm pump. It was not necessary but I never had problems.

 

[Rance]

Here is a video of basic plumbing of a TS 2021 pump duel feed. 3/4" PVC and 3/4" heater hose from tee into pump.

 

[Scott Stone]

There are a lot of right answers on this thread. I use non-collapsing 1" line to all of my machines. I try and keep the hose as short as possible, but it doesn't work, because of how the truck is set up. We have had zero feed problems, or pump problems since I got rid of those darn AR pumps.