A blown hydraulic hose stops a machine instantly and makes a mess doing it. It usually happens at the worst time — a loader mid-cycle, a dump box halfway up, a picker with a load on the hook — and the machine can't be moved or used until the line is replaced and the system topped up.
We build and replace hydraulic hose on-site around Fort St. John. Rather than pulling a hose off, driving it to town, waiting for it to be made up and driving back, the assembly gets made at your location and installed the same visit. That covers trucks, trailers, excavators, loaders, skid steers, farm equipment and just about anything else running hydraulics in this region.
The obvious one — a line lets go under pressure and dumps fluid. We identify the correct hose type, pressure rating and fitting configuration, build the replacement and get the system refilled and purged rather than just patching the symptom.
Fluid seeping at a crimp or fitting is a hose telling you it's near the end. Catching it before it bursts avoids the downtime, the fluid loss and the cleanup — and on a lease site, the environmental headache.
Hoses rubbing against a frame member, another hose or a moving component wear through from the outside. Replacing the hose without fixing the routing or adding protection just resets the clock on the same failure.
A cylinder that drifts under load, leaks past the rod seal or won't hold position usually needs a seal kit or rod work. We diagnose whether it's the cylinder, a valve, or a pressure problem before anything gets pulled apart.
Weak or slow hydraulic function, noise from the pump, or a PTO that won't engage. Causes range from low fluid and a restricted suction line to a worn pump or a PTO shift problem, and testing tells them apart.
Water in the system, mixed fluids, or a filter that hasn't been changed in years cause overheating, sluggish operation and premature component wear. Fixing the hose without addressing contamination just shortens the life of the next one.
Hose calls are usually quick if we know the machine and the line before we head out. A photo saves everyone time.
Make and model, which function, and roughly where the hose runs. Photos of the failure and the fittings are the single most useful thing you can send.
Common sizes, pressure ratings and fitting styles travel with the service truck, along with hydraulic oil to refill.
The old assembly is measured and matched, or built to fit if the original is destroyed or was routed badly to begin with.
The system gets topped up, air purged and the function cycled and checked for leaks before we call it done.
If the hose failed because of routing, chafing or heat, you'll hear about it — otherwise the new one goes the same way.
Anything with a hydraulic system in this region is fair game, whether it's on a highway truck or out in a field.
Hydraulic hose work is dispatched from Fort St. John to Charlie Lake, Taylor, Montney, Buick, Wonowon, Hudson's Hope, Dawson Creek and Chetwynd, plus lease roads, pits and farm yards throughout the area. See the full service area.
No hauling a machine to town over a single line, and no sending someone in with a hose while everyone else waits.
Correct pressure rating, hose type and fitting configuration for the machine, not the closest thing on a shelf.
We look at why the hose failed — chafe point, heat, routing, contamination — so the replacement lasts longer than the original did.
Usually yes. If the fittings are intact enough to identify, or the ports on the machine can be measured, we can build an assembly that fits. Photos before you clean anything up help.
Yes, common hydraulic oils travel with the service truck. If your machine takes a specialty fluid, mention it on the phone so we can bring the right one.
Once we're on-site, many hose jobs are done in well under an hour. The variable is access — a line buried in a boom or behind a deck takes longer than one on the outside of a frame rail.
Seal kit work on smaller cylinders is often possible on-site with the right conditions. Larger cylinders, or ones with rod or bore damage, generally need shop work, and we'll tell you which one you're looking at.
If nearby hoses are the same age and show cracking or chafing, replacing them while the machine is already down is usually cheaper than a second failure next month. We'll show you what we see and let you decide.
We'll contain what we reasonably can during the repair, but formal spill response and reporting is the site operator's responsibility under their own procedures.
More answers on the general service FAQ.
Call with the machine and the failed line, send a photo if you can, and we'll come build and install the replacement where the equipment sits.
On-site diagnostics and hydraulic repair for excavators.
Wheel loader and backhoe repair at your pit or yard.
Breakdown response when a line lets go on the highway.
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