Repairs to Your Cox Electric Hose Reel

Maybe you want a reason to upgrade to an Cox electric hose reel, maybe you just need replacement parts. Qspray can help you with both to keep you and your clients happy.

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Cox Hose Reels - How to Ensure A Chemical Leak

Cox hose reels can be an important component of your pest control / weed control power sprayers.  This photo shows a problem we frequently see on the Cox Reels.




There is too much weight hanging off this Cox Hose Reel Swivel.  There are a couple of steel fittings and a ball valve.   This weight puts too much weight and stress on the orings in the Cox Hose Reel Swivel.
 There are 2 rubber orings and two teflon orings in the hose reel swivel.  Chemicals, pressure, hard use and extreme temperatures are hard on these orings.  You need to plan on rebuilding the swivel periodically.  Hanging all this additional weight on the swivel, along with the additional torque from opening & closing the ball valve, signficantly reduce o-ring life.  When an o-ring wears out, your hose reel leaks chemicals.
Inspect your reel and move any heavy plumbing to another location.
Keep an extra o-ring kit on hand to do maintenance and prevent leaks.

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Cox Hose Reels

Cox hose reels are an important part of a pest control sprayer or weed control spray rig.  Like other components, some common sense is required when operating your Cox reel.
One look at these photos will confirm the old adage that common sense is not too common.



The technician was allowing the hose to rub against the vehicle when winding the hose.  2 obvious issues:
1.  Pest control company needs to be inspecting his pest control vehicles.
2.  Pest control tech needs a serious attitude adjustment.
But wait, there's more.....



In this photo, the damage is even worse.  The hose is digging grooves into the pest control vehicle bed liner.  If this is what is happening the hard plastic liner, what's happnening to the hose?  Can you say "chemical spill"?

Cox Hose Reels Maintenance Tips

Avoid Cox Hose Reel Problems with these Real Hose Tips

1.  Swivel – The hose reel swivel (on the side of the reel) allows the drum to turn when rolling and unrolling the hose.  The swivel contains rubber o-rings that are exposed to heavy use, chemical exposure and temperature extremes.  The o-rings will wear out, allowing chemical to leak.  The leak starts as a drip but quickly becomes a steady flow.
1. Standardize swivels on all vehicles for ease of maintenance
2. Use viton o-rings for longer life
3. Keep an extra set of swivel o-rings in stock so that repairs can be completed promptly
4. Ensure technicians know that even small leaks must be reported and repaired immediately. 

2. Hose – A few simple tips can extend hose life and reduce chemical spills
1. When rewinding hose, run the hose through a rag to remove grit, and debris that will reduce hose life
2. Inspect hose, particularly the first 20 feet for wear and damage.  If it looks bad, don’t wait for it to leak, cut it off.  This will prevent chemical spills and downtime.
3. Reversing the hose periodically will even the wear and can extend hose life.\

3. Reel Safety- Manual Reels
1.  Inspect the Cox Hose reel lock.  Is it there? Is it intact?  Does it operate properly, i.e., does the lock fit completely and securely into the receiving hole on the reel disk? 
2. Instruct technicians to check and secure the reel after each stop.  Failure to do so can result in the hose unrolling on the road behind the vehicle, leading to equipment damage, downtime, repair expenses and lawsuits. 
3. Our experience is that these reel locks have more problems on trailer sprayers, possibly due to increased bouncing from a rougher ride.

4. Reel Safety – Electric Reels
1. Electric reels do not have a reel lock.  If they did, you would be buying a new reel every time your tech burned out the motor trying to rewind a locked reel.   Since there is no lock, it is critical that the spray gun (other other tool) be well secured in the vehicle.  If the gun were to bounce out of the truck, there is no brake to prevent the entire hose from winding out behind the truck.   This is particularly important for trailer sprayers.
2. Ensure the hose is evenly wound around the reel drum.  If the hose is wound on one side of the reel, it can push the reel off center.  This will eventually destroy the drive gear and result in significant repair expense.

Pest Control Hose Reels

I am pleased to introduce CoxHoseReels.com - to make it easy for pest control & weed control professionals to find hose reels for their power sprayers.                 


We have a large inventory of the most commonly used hose reels, hose reel swivels and roller guides.

We will add large termite pretreat reels and hose reel parts in the near future.