Rewinding a Garden Hose?

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 W. eWatson
 2008-07-12 09:04:19
 Rewinding a Garden Hose?
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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 dpb
 2008-07-12 11:11:43
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
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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 Edwin Pawlowski
 2008-07-12 12:21:34
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
"W. eWatson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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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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 Nate Nagel
 2008-07-12 12:34:34
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
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

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 W. eWatson
 2008-07-12 10:38:43
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
Nate Nagel wrote:
> 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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 dpb
 2008-07-12 13:15:38
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
W. eWatson wrote:
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> 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.

Well, if the particular purpose hasn't gone away, the short one to make
up the difference may be more handy in the long run as two pieces
instead of another really long one, anyway.

If you're determined, sounds like a 1-lb coffee can or similar would be
about the right size; a piece of 5" or so pvc drain, make a tube out of
cardboard, a cutoff of a piece of firewood, ... any number of things out
to be serviceable as a core I'd think...

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 mm
 2008-07-12 15:23:43
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:15:38 -0500, dpb <[email protected]> wrote:

>W. eWatson wrote:
>...
>> 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.
>
>Well, if the particular purpose hasn't gone away, the short one to make
>up the difference may be more handy in the long run as two pieces
>instead of another really long one, anyway.
>
>If you're determined, sounds like a 1-lb coffee can or similar would be
>about the right size; a piece of 5" or so pvc drain, make a tube out of
>cardboard, a cutoff of a piece of firewood, ... any number of things out
>to be serviceable as a core I'd think...

Yeah, I think I'd rath3er use a 5" CORE THAn a 6" CORE anyhow. It
would be hard to keep it firmly on the core while winding, but if I'm
wrong about that, you can make the core bigger by wrapping a towel
around it.
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 aemeijers
 2008-07-12 19:39:51
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mm wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:15:38 -0500, dpb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> W. eWatson wrote:
>> ...
>>> 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.
>> Well, if the particular purpose hasn't gone away, the short one to make
>> up the difference may be more handy in the long run as two pieces
>> instead of another really long one, anyway.
>>
>> If you're determined, sounds like a 1-lb coffee can or similar would be
>> about the right size; a piece of 5" or so pvc drain, make a tube out of
>> cardboard, a cutoff of a piece of firewood, ... any number of things out
>> to be serviceable as a core I'd think...
>
> Yeah, I think I'd rath3er use a 5" CORE THAn a 6" CORE anyhow. It
> would be hard to keep it firmly on the core while winding, but if I'm
> wrong about that, you can make the core bigger by wrapping a towel
> around it.

Personally, I'd just keep it as a spare- my time is worth more than the
hour it would take fighting with it and returning it for twenty bucks or
so. But I understand how things get when something ticks you off, so if
you still want to return it, leave it out in the sun for an hour before
you re-roll it. That will make the hose much more cooperative, since
they are spooled up at the factory still warm. (According to 'How Its
Made' TV show, at least.)

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 W. eWatson
 2008-07-18 08:45:03
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
aemeijers wrote:
> mm wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:15:38 -0500, dpb <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> W. eWatson wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> 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.
>>> Well, if the particular purpose hasn't gone away, the short one to
>>> make up the difference may be more handy in the long run as two
>>> pieces instead of another really long one, anyway.
>>>
>>> If you're determined, sounds like a 1-lb coffee can or similar would
>>> be about the right size; a piece of 5" or so pvc drain, make a tube
>>> out of cardboard, a cutoff of a piece of firewood, ... any number of
>>> things out to be serviceable as a core I'd think...
>>
>> Yeah, I think I'd rath3er use a 5" CORE THAn a 6" CORE anyhow. It
>> would be hard to keep it firmly on the core while winding, but if I'm
>> wrong about that, you can make the core bigger by wrapping a towel
>> around it.
>
> Personally, I'd just keep it as a spare- my time is worth more than the
> hour it would take fighting with it and returning it for twenty bucks or
> so. But I understand how things get when something ticks you off, so if
> you still want to return it, leave it out in the sun for an hour before
> you re-roll it. That will make the hose much more cooperative, since
> they are spooled up at the factory still warm. (According to 'How Its
> Made' TV show, at least.)
>
> --
> aem sends...
Interesting heat idea. This hose cost $45.00.
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 Norminn
 2008-07-12 17:33:18
 Re: Rewinding a Garden Hose?
dpb wrote:

> W. eWatson wrote:
> ...
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Well, if the particular purpose hasn't gone away, the short one to
> make up the difference may be more handy in the long run as two pieces
> instead of another really long one, anyway.
>
> If you're determined, sounds like a 1-lb coffee can or similar would
> be about the right size; a piece of 5" or so pvc drain, make a tube
> out of cardboard, a cutoff of a piece of firewood, ... any number of
> things out to be serviceable as a core I'd think...
>
> --
>
Put a pointy nozzle on the hose. Stick the nozzle into an empty coke
bottle. Start winding.

Or, if you have a saw horse, cut the ends off the coke bottle, stick a
pipe or 2x through it,
put that into the saw horse. Wind.

Or move the dang faucet 25 ft. closer to what you want to water. That
would be the "high
tech" solution :o)