I just wanted to share a tip on Hose Management.

Do you guys ever get your hoses tangled and twisted together.

It is a pain to undo 200'-300' of hose. It also cost you money

when you have employees spending time at every job untangling 

hoses. I have a "system" I use at every job. 

I have 2 hose reels mounted on back of my truck so hoses can be pulled 

from either side of my truck. 

Hose reel 1 has 200' of 3/4" hose for rinsing

Hose reel 2 has 200' of 1/2" KuriTech Chemical hose

I have a loose 100' 3/4" hose I connect to my clients house back to the truck

to feed my 200' on a reel, and to fill my tank.

I pull hose from the reel closest to the home 1st, then I pull the second hose using the first reel as a guide.

I keep one hose on the "inside" and one hose on the "outside" to keep them separate. When I finish with the chem hose in the back

and the side of the home, I lay it out up front, then pull it to the other side of the home and lay it out again.

It takes all of 30 seconds to lay the hose out neatly.

I did not get pictures of all the hose layouts as I got into the work and forgot to keep taking pics of the hose, but

you will get the idea by what I have.

I always work in this order:

1- Far back corner of home from were I pulled the hose

2- Work down the side were the hose was pulled (Back to front of home)

3- Pull hose to the opposite side of home to back corner of were I started (Work Back to front)

4- Come across the front from far side to nearest side of were the truck is parked

This allows me to layout the hose and reel it up quickly.

How about you guys? Do you have a system that works for you?

* Pic 1 - Hose Reels Mounted

* Pic 2 - Hoses pulled from the truck 

* Pic 3 - Hoses pulled around the back corner of the house

* Pic 4 - Hoses pulled to the far corner in the back of the home

* Pic 5 - Hoses neatly separated and ready for work

* Pic 6 - Hose pulled to the front and laid out 

* Pic 7 - Hose pulled to the front and laid out