Roughneck Garden Hose Reel with Cart - Holds 150ft. x 5/8in. Hose
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Roughneck garden hose reel
Finally, no more plastic junk that does not work. More money.....yes, but will last a life time and IT WORKS! Worth the extra money.
August 13, 2012
I would give it 5 stars, BUT...
I bought 2 of these (1 for front, 1 for back yard). Both arrived in completely shredded boxes, but the contents were mostly intact.
PROs: Nice, heavy, all metal construction (unlike the cheap plastic carts) - so the cart doesn't move around or tip-over when you pull the hose. Beautiful, top quality brass swivel and plumbing hardware. No leaks (but see CONs). Stainless steel bolts, washers, stop-nuts, and crank assembly. The reel action is smooth, and there is a spring-loaded reel locking mechanism that can be engaged (see CONs below). Wheels are plastic with rubber tires, but not bad. The paint appears to be a heavy grey powder-coat, and it seems quite durable. Even the interconnect hose is high-quality.
CONs: If I were not mechanically adept, I might have returned them - there are several issues:
[1] Both units were missing a plastic spacer (1 was included, should have been 2 per) - so there was 1 trip to the hardware store.
[2] the male hose connector on the reel - where you would attach the beginning of your garden hose, points out at an odd angle, so your hose does not lie flat, makes a huge hump in the spool of hose. I solved the problem by installing a 45 degree brass elbow on the hose connector, and cutting-off the bend-relief on the hose end (another trip to the hardware store).
[3] there is a spring-loaded locking-pin to lock the reel position (nice idea). there is a 1" dia split-ring (like on a keychain) that is used to engage and disengage the locking-pin. The problem is that the brass hardware barely clears the split-ring - the ring gets hit on every rotation! On the first cart, the ring got caught at bent beyond usefulness. I had to cut it off and get an assortment of split-rings from the hardware store (3rd trip!) to find one that wasn't too small to be useable, but not to big to get caught on the plumbing every turn of the crank. I used a 3/4" - it still hits every time, but it doesn't get stuck (I wonder how long that will last?).
[4] the first reel worked at this point, but the second one had a major leak coming out the center of the reel. This required that I remove the reel from the cart, and disassemble the center-post (which arrived assembled from the factory). The problem turned out to be where the supply-hose connected to the brass swivel - the hose wouldn't thread-in far enough to seal against the washer (why wasn't this tested before leaving the factory??). I added another washer and re-assembled - but that failed after a few minutes (one of the washers de-formed inwards) Disassembled again, took trip #5 to the hardware store, got a heavy O-ring type of hose washer, re-assembled again and this time it worked.
This could be a top-quality hose reel cart. The overall assembly was fairly straightforward, but I did have some hole-alignment issues that required some extraordinary measures to get a few of the bolts in place. It does work well after spending all day fixing nagging quality and design issues, and I'm not too happy about all the extra time and money I spent to get these working.
June 25, 2011
hose reel
this reel is very well made. it is very heavy ,you don't have to worry about breaking it , fact is you could run over it with your car.
June 6, 2011
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