For those of you with bent HP hoses, and reading SPG's with stages on top

[fixxervi6]

Ok so let me get this straight

You guys lay stages on TOP of your side mount cyindler, you have HP 6" hoses that point DOWN, to read the pressure guage on the stage you just grab the gauge and pull it up to read it, right?

[atedeschi]

mine are bent and i just grab the tank valve n pull foward, for stages. primary tanks are bent as well but i can just look and see them. They used to lay on the tanks but when scootering i had to slow down or stop to see them.

[chilldive]

I don't see what the issue is. Mine are 6 inch hoses, bent and and tied to the first stage. They stay that way permanently - I never undo them. My oldest ones have been that way for the last 6 or 7 years - no problem. Everyone on our team does it that way - no problem. Then all you do is slide the stage forward, peak at the pressure and keep truckin'. Easy to do while scootering or wherever.

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Ok so let me get this straight

You guys lay stages on TOP of your side mount cyindler, you have HP 6" hoses that point DOWN, to read the pressure guage on the stage you just grab the gauge and pull it up to read it, right?

I'm laying stages on TOP of my sidemount cylinders, have a 6" HP hose that points BACK(not down) along the side of the tank. I grab the gauge and pull it up to read it.

[FW]

I don't see what the issue is. Mine are 6 inch hoses, bent and and tied to the first stage. They stay that way permanently - I never undo them. My oldest ones have been that way for the last 6 or 7 years - no problem. Everyone on our team does it that way - no problem. Then all you do is slide the stage forward, peak at the pressure and keep truckin'. Easy to do while scootering or wherever.

Consider yourself lucky. I did that with stage and sidemount tanks, and the hp hoses developed cracks where the bends were, in a year or so.

[jkhaywood]

Consider yourself lucky. I did that with stage and sidemount tanks, and the hp hoses developed cracks where the bends were, in a year or so.

I must be lucky as well as I have had the same exprience as chilldive. After doing this for ten or so years I have never had one go. I have replaced some after 5-6 years as they started to look bad (some cracks in the outer covering near the bend), but never had a failure nor have my buddies.

[fixxervi6]

None of mine have cracked and they have many years on them.

[FW]

I must be lucky as well as I have had the same exprience as chilldive. After doing this for ten or so years I have never had one go. I have replaced some after 5-6 years as they started to look bad (some cracks in the outer covering near the bend), but never had a failure nor have my buddies.

I didn't say they blew, just had cracks in the outer covering. You never know what that is doing to the inner hose, though.

[giles45shop]

Ditto on the cracks in the outer covering. I bought a DS4/TX50 stage set-up about 6 months ago that had a 6" hose permanently tied up. I looked at it last week and there was a crack in the outer covering. On my O2 cylinder I use a loop of bungee cord to hold the gauge to the first stage. That way I just loop it over the first stage and then when I'm done I can un-loop it and the 6" hose can straighten out for storage.

John

[RN]

Ok so let me get this straight

You guys lay stages on TOP of your side mount cyindler, you have HP 6" hoses that point DOWN, to read the pressure guage on the stage you just grab the gauge and pull it up to read it, right?

It's hanging a little lower than I'd like it to in this photo (probably because I pull it forward to look at it a couple times a dive), but it gives you an idea of its configuration.