The morning a 6-inch dredge hose split open mid-pump and flooded the barge deck

Last Tuesday, we were pumping sand at 80% load when the main discharge hose just blew apart, spraying mud and water everywhere for a solid two minutes before I could kill the engine. It took me and the deckhand four hours in 90 degree sun to rig a replacement and clean up the mess. Has anyone else had a hose failure that shut down your whole operation for the day?

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wilson.olivia16d ago

42 hours of downtime for a 6 inch hose is rough, but it's wild how the same thing happens on a smaller scale with garden hoses all summer long. It's like the universe just loves making us clean up random messes on the hottest days.

rodriguez.mia16d ago

Clean up on a hot day" - tip: get a hose repair kit with brass fittings, saves you every time.

nancy_king2916d ago

79 degrees and sunny with no clouds, that's when my hose gave out last July. The brass fitting on a repair kit is good advice most of the time, but 42 hours of downtime sounds more like a supply chain issue than a fitting problem. Your garden hose blowout at the worst possible moment, that's just the universe being a jerk with perfect timing. I had a brand new hose split at the nozzle on the hottest day last year, literally right when I needed to water my tomatoes. Those plastic connectors they give you these days really are garbage. Sometimes you just gotta replace the whole thing instead of patching it.