Securing extra hydraulic hose

[OldcrowP51]

The grapple I got comes with extra hydraulic hose for full tilt.
What are you guys doing to secure it so it doesn’t get pinched or torn from the machine?
Using a bungee cord for now.

 

[TheOldHokie]

Works for me but I am kind of anal about plumbing. So I would shorten them up and come off the tee at 90 to the right running along the grapple. I would ditch the 90's at the couplers and come straight in with a smaller working loop in the hose. All that exposed hose will get snagged.

Dan

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

You've done the best thing, it's a bungee cord or cloth covered spring in most cases.
There are spring loaded hoses ( coiled) available but they are stupid expensive.
Yea shortening them is not advisable, because yes you'll use the length up when you dump fully.

 

[D2Cat]

I made a flexible spring with a quick connect to mount to the loader so it's easy to take off and leave with the grapple. The base (circular part) is clamped, and stays with the loader.

 

[D2Cat]

Using a grapple you have to be careful some material doesn't snag the quick attach levers and release one. Then you can get the attachment plates out of time.

Here's a simple solution, a couple of 1/4" holes at the end of each lever.

 

[TheOldHokie]

I made a flexible spring with a quick connect to mount to the loader so it's easy to take off and leave with the grapple. The base (circular part) is clamped, and stays with the loader.

Exactly what I had in mind.

Dan

 

[Chanceywd]

I used a muffler clamp with a short piece of pipe and then part of an overhead door spring. It is mounted on the cross tube of the loader and stays on all the time. I have that chain link zip tied in place to try for fit and it worked ok for keeping it out of harms way in testing. I have been dealing with carpal tunnel surgery and had the second done feb 7th so no real testing but hoping in a couple moths to give it a work out with my firewood I do each spring. The Spring hook needs a little more heating and bending to finish.

Like others said I think the hoses could be a little shorter, maybe a foot?

Bill

 

[Kurtee]

I run my hoses under the pivot bar for the bucket and back up to the couplers. Works for me.

 

[mikester]

The grapple I got comes with extra hydraulic hose for full tilt.
What are you guys doing to secure it so it doesn’t get pinched or torn from the machine?
Using a bungee cord for now.
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I'd weld a metal tang and mount hose clamps to take the strain when your hose flexes.

https://www.princessauto.com/en/twin-hose-mounting-clamps/product/PA1000000624

Right now all your hose strain will be on the fitting which is easy to snap off.

I'd also suggest going with a 45 degree on your couplers instead of the 90's you currently have. Hose sleeve on the loose parts will prevent the rubber hose from wearing and kinking when it rubs.

 

[BIGO]

I use a bungee cord. Works fine

 

[Lazy Sod]

Using a grapple you have to be careful some material doesn't snag the quick attach levers and release one. Then you can get the attachment plates out of time.

Here's a simple solution, a couple of 1/4" holes at the end of each lever.

That's a good use for that rubber thing that's useless in it's original purpose of holding the drop arms together. Fairly soon after I bought my Kubota, I replaced the turnbuckle stabilisers with the much better telescopic ones that rendered the rubber thing as surplus.

Why manufacturers persist with turnbuckles in this day and age I don't know. I had a 78 hp Fiat that had telescopic ones when manufactured in 1983!

 

[D2Cat]

LS, it's all about cost and being competitive. On smaller machines those apparently simple things add up quickly and take space that is sometime at a premium.

 

[BobInSD]

My JD 3020 had them in '64. By the time I bought it in '06, not so much.