Jump to content

  • GUESTS

    If you want access to members only forums on HSO, you will gain access only when you Sign-in or Sign-Up .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member. ?

Flexable Gas Hose

Dan Smith

By Dan Smith
in Ice Fishing

 Share

Recommended Posts

Dan Smith Apprentice

Dan Smith

Posted
Posted

Does anybody know if there is a flexable gas hose that I can use with my buddy heater? The hose I now have gets so stiff and is not easy to work with. It is the green rubber gas hose that Blaines Farm & Fleet sells for the heaters. Any suggestions well appreciated! Smitty

Link to comment
Share on other sites
rocki Collaborator

rocki

Posted
Posted

Dan, there is a green buddy hose, which is very stiff in cold weather, and there is a black one that is much better, softer, and even at 0 degrees, very flexible. not sure which one you have, but i had the green one and sent it back and got the black one.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BartmanMN Grand Master

BartmanMN

Posted
Posted

What Rocki said is true. I have the green hose since it isn't supposed to leech chemicals into the filter, however it is stiff as rock when cold. I was out with someone who had the black line and I could not believe when I packed up his heater at the end of the night that it was still as soft as when I put it out. Kinda wish I bought that one instead now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
zepman Grand Master

zepman

Posted
Posted

Nice info to know. I bought the green one awhile back and have been swearing at the thing since. Almost impossible to hook a Mr. Heater/Cooker up with it and have the tank outside. I need to find the black hose. Have had to use my regular sunflower this last cold-snap.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bak2MN Proficient

bak2MN

Posted
Posted

For you guys that have the buddy heaters I was told by a guy (small engine mech) from our local fleet store that the green hose is the one you want to use because of the material in the black hose breaks down and plugs up the buddy heaters so they do not work. This is comeing from a guy that works on the heaters and tears them apart for a living. He got this info right from Mr Buddy support people. He wasnt sure if he would still by one yet.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Dan Smith Apprentice

Dan Smith

Posted
  • Author
Posted

For you guys that have the buddy heaters I was told by a guy (small engine mech) from our local fleet store that the green hose is the one you want to use because of the material in the black hose breaks down and plugs up the buddy heaters so they do not work. This is comeing from a guy that works on the heaters and tears them apart for a living. He got this info right from Mr Buddy support people. He wasnt sure if he would still by one yet.

If you buy the filter for the hose, that should save on the contaminates getting into your heater....right? Smitty

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BartmanMN Grand Master

BartmanMN

Posted
Posted

Originally Posted By: bak2MN
For you guys that have the buddy heaters I was told by a guy (small engine mech) from our local fleet store that the green hose is the one you want to use because of the material in the black hose breaks down and plugs up the buddy heaters so they do not work. This is comeing from a guy that works on the heaters and tears them apart for a living. He got this info right from Mr Buddy support people. He wasnt sure if he would still by one yet.

If you buy the filter for the hose, that should save on the contaminates getting into your heater....right? Smitty

That is the impression I was under. Change your filter once a year and you would be fine. I thought I heard that you didn't need the filter with the green hose, but the guy at Gander could not confirm that, so I felt the extra $10 would be worth it to keep my new Big buddy working for a long time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mimic Shiner Contributor

Mimic Shiner

Posted
Posted

I think it says right on the Big Buddy box that the ID number for the green hose does not need the filter, thus I bought that one. But like others have said it does seem very stiff in cold weather. I have torqued it quite a bit though and knock on wood, it hasn't broke and I can always get propane through it. One of my buddys has the 5' black hose. Much more flexible but it would be nice if they would make one that didn't need the filter.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now ↓↓↓ or ask your question and then register. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • rundrave
      Problems with Yetti

      By rundrave · Posted

      got this tackled today took about 3 hours to get both sides done. Didnt even get to use a torch....   Thought I was golden with just jacking it up and I could get to everything but no luck. Had to remove the entire axle hub and brake assembly to get to what I needed. Was a pain but still better then taking off the entire pivot arm.    Axle bearings were already greased and in great shape thankfully. Got both leaf springs installed and its ready for the road again.   Probably going to have my electric brakes checked, I am not touching anything with the brake drums. Based on what I saw it doesn't look like my electric brakes have been working anyway. Brakes are nice to have if its slippery out
    • Macgyver55
      Random Daily Pics

      By Macgyver55 · Posted

    • smurfy
      Just Food and Drink

      By smurfy · Posted

      By The way that didn't work either!! Screw it I'll just use the cellular. 
    • Wanderer
      Just Food and Drink

      By Wanderer · Posted

      It’s done automatically.  You might need an actual person to clear that log in stuff up.   Trash your laptop history if you haven’t tried that already.
    • smurfy
      Just Food and Drink

      By smurfy · Posted

      😂 yea pretty amazing how b o o b i e s gets flagged, but they can't respond or tell me why I  can't get logged in here on my laptop but I can on my cellular  😪
    • Mike89
      Just Food and Drink

      By Mike89 · Posted

      I grilled some brats yesterday, maybe next weekend will the next round...  
    • Wanderer
      Just Food and Drink

      By Wanderer · Posted

      You got word censored cuz you said        B o o b ies….. haha.   Yeah, no… grilling is on hiatus for a bit.
    • smurfy
      Just Food and Drink

      By smurfy · Posted

      Chicken mine,  melded in Mccormick poultry seasoning for 24 hours.  Grill will get a break till the frigid temps go away!
    • Mike89
      Problems with Yetti

      By Mike89 · Posted

      good luck!!!   
    • rundrave
      Problems with Yetti

      By rundrave · Posted

      we had some nice weather yesterday and this conundrum was driving me crazy  so I drove up to the house to take another look. I got a bunch of goodies via ups yesterday (cables,  winch ratchet parts, handles, leaf springs etc).   I wanted to make sure the new leaf springs I got fit. I got everything laid out and ready to go. Will be busy this weekend with kids stuff and too cold to fish anyway, but I will try to get back up there again next weekend and get it done. I don't think it will be bad once I get it lifted up.    For anyone in the google verse, the leaf springs are 4 leafs and measure 25 1/4" eye  to eye per Yetti. I didnt want to pay their markup so just got something else comparable rated for the same weight.   I am a first time wheel house owner, this is all new to me. My house didn't come with any handles for the rear cables? I was told this week by someone in the industry that cordless drills do not have enough brake to lower it slow enough and it can damage the cables and the ratchets in the winches.  I put on a handle last night and it is 100% better than using a drill, unfortatenly I found out the hard way lol and will only use the ICNutz to raise the house now.

  • Topics

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

  I accept