Hydraulic hose lifespan?
My American Dream diesel is 20 years old with 29000 miles. It has spent its entire life stored in climate controlled storage when not in use. I'm concerned whether I should see about having the hydrau...
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While the service life of most elastimer things is usually about 10 years out in the weather, it is not any kind of a given. Fuel lines in road vehicles now have to deal with non-gasoline components and that has been tough. Tires had to go from solvent carrier assemblies to low VOC materials and now have a shorter life on the shelf or on the road.
But, hydraulic lines have a pretty nice life. I just replace two that were over 40yo because the fabric jacket had decayed and fallen off and that made me nervous.
Matt
But, hydraulic lines have a pretty nice life. I just replace two that were over 40yo because the fabric jacket had decayed and fallen off and that made me nervous.
Matt
