Blew a hydraulic hose on my 60 ton at the Fort Wayne job, and the backup plan was a mess

Cora Jenkins · 2026-10-14T22:15:04.453607+00:00

Last Thursday around 2pm I was swinging a truss load when the boom hoist hose let go and dumped oil all over the deck. I got the load down slow and safe but then spent 45 minutes hunting for a replacement hose and nobody in town had the right fitting. Ended up borrowing one off a competitor's rig parked two lots over, which felt weird but he was cool about it. What do you all keep on the truck for spare hoses, and do you carry pre-made assemblies or just fittings and crimp them yourself?

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