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Discarded Fire Hose Reel Serves As Big Air Hose Reel
Lee Tolliver, Tok, Alaska: “I spotted a discarded fire hose reel at our local transfer station and figured I could put it to good use as a big air hose reel.
“I like to do work all over my yard – not just in the shop. My portable air compressor is not big enough to run tools or blow up big tires. So I
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Discarded Fire Hose Reel Serves As Big Air Hose Reel FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Lee Tolliver Tok Alaska: “I spotted a discarded fire hose reel at our local transfer station and figured I could put it to good use as a big air hose reel “I like to do work all over my yard – not just in the shop My portable air compressor is not big enough to run tools or blow up big tires So I decided to use the fire hose reel to load up a long air hose “I figured that if the fittings on the reel could contain water they would probably also hold air And they can with only a little bit of leakage I had to rework the fittings to fit the air hose and loaded up about 125 ft of 1/2-in hose The reel could hold a lot more so I’m planning to increase the total length to about 300 ft “When I’m done I roll up the hose by hand – mostly because I need the exercise It would be easy to add an electric motor and chain to drive the gear that’s still in place on one side The entire reel mounts on a hand cart so it’s easy to move around ”
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