Crimping tool for jetter lines

[gear junkie]

What do you prefer? Hydralic or manual? Any great brands? Any to stay away from? Not worth the price and just get a hose shop to crimp them?

[PLUMBER RICK]

ben, with all the hoses, i have from stainless steel to thermo plastic, i've only blown a few. personally i doubt you'll ever need to have your own crimper. plus you need dies for all the sizes and brands.

there is a cheaper way to go with a press and set of dies. but still unless you have it on the job site, you might as well go to the hose shop.

so far, i've never needed one:D

rick.

[Ace Sewer]

I have a hydralic crimper, a hand pump one kind of like a porta-power. I have two dies, one for my jetter hose, one for garden hose ends. It serves my purposes nicely. I got it free from parker for spending enough on one order of hose and fittings. It is 100mi down to Denver to a decent hose shop for me. The local auto parts place said they could crimp my hose; I lost a 3/8 warthog when their crimp blew off. I find my jetter hose wears mostly in the first 40' or so. Less than 200'-250' is useless to me, so I buy 400' and cut off the worn end and recrimp when needed instead of buying 250' of hose every time I wear out the first 40'.

[Root Ranger]

For my small hose jetter 4000psi @ 6.7gallons , 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4" I use the synflex manual crimper but for 3000psi @ 14 gallons with 3/8" and 1/2" hoses I`ll be getting a hydraulic assembly bolted to my truck.
The down time cost with onboard tooling vs packup driving to the hose shop, makes sense to have it onboard just in case.