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Posted by W. eWatson on July 12, 2008, 12:04 pm
I happened to buy a 75' 5/8" garden hose the other day, and after uncoiling
it found it was too short. I asked the h/w store if they would take it back,
but they said only if it's rewrapped in a form that make it salable. Since
the packaging is intact, my problem is rewinding it. I measured a wrapped
one at the store, and the center is about 6" across, and the stack of coils
is 6". I figure if I could find a cylinder 6" in diameter that's maybe 8 to
10" in length I could do it. So far I've not found such a cylinder. Maybe
I'm overlooking a simpler solution?
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Posted by dpb on July 12, 2008, 12:11 pm
W. eWatson wrote:
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> ... Maybe I'm overlooking a simpler solution?
Yeah, buy another 25-footer or whatever you need for the extra length...
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 12, 2008, 12:21 pm
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>I happened to buy a 75' 5/8" garden hose the other day, and after uncoiling
>it found it was too short. I asked the h/w store if they would take it
>back, but they said only if it's rewrapped in a form that make it salable.
>Since the packaging is intact, my problem is rewinding it. I measured a
>wrapped one at the store, and the center is about 6" across, and the stack
>of coils is 6". I figure if I could find a cylinder 6" in diameter that's
>maybe 8 to 10" in length I could do it. So far I've not found such a
>cylinder. Maybe I'm overlooking a simpler solution?
Buy another 50' and a Rapid Reel to hold it all. www.rapidreel.com Best
damned hose reel I ever had.
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Posted by Nate Nagel on July 12, 2008, 12:34 pm
W. eWatson wrote:
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> I happened to buy a 75' 5/8" garden hose the other day, and after
> uncoiling it found it was too short. I asked the h/w store if they would
> take it back, but they said only if it's rewrapped in a form that make
> it salable. Since the packaging is intact, my problem is rewinding it. I
> measured a wrapped one at the store, and the center is about 6" across,
> and the stack of coils is 6". I figure if I could find a cylinder 6" in
> diameter that's maybe 8 to 10" in length I could do it. So far I've not
> found such a cylinder. Maybe I'm overlooking a simpler solution?
Is it less than 75' long or too short for your purposes? If the former,
tell them it's not salable anyway and you expect a refund. If the
latter, why would you want to return it? Just buy another hose and put
the two of them together.
nate
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Posted by W. eWatson on July 12, 2008, 1:38 pm
Nate Nagel wrote:
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> W. eWatson wrote:
>> I happened to buy a 75' 5/8" garden hose the other day, and after
>> uncoiling it found it was too short. I asked the h/w store if they
>> would take it back, but they said only if it's rewrapped in a form
>> that make it salable. Since the packaging is intact, my problem is
>> rewinding it. I measured a wrapped one at the store, and the center is
>> about 6" across, and the stack of coils is 6". I figure if I could
>> find a cylinder 6" in diameter that's maybe 8 to 10" in length I could
>> do it. So far I've not found such a cylinder. Maybe I'm overlooking a
>> simpler solution?
>
> Is it less than 75' long or too short for your purposes? If the former,
> tell them it's not salable anyway and you expect a refund. If the
> latter, why would you want to return it? Just buy another hose and put
> the two of them together.
>
> nate
>
I have about 600' of garden hoses! I'm on 6.75 acres of property and need it
for various purposes. Potential fires, and keeping some trees on the
property well watered during our drought like conditions in N. Calif this
summer. 500' are spread out right now. I got tired of moving the hoses around.
Yeah, I might keep it, but if there's a simple solution, I'll do it.
Otherwise, it's a keeper. It was too short for the particular purpose I had
in mind.
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