That time I left a wet hose on the truck bed in July and melted a customer's astroturf

I was doing a routine treatment over in Maplewood last summer and finished up a job around 2pm. Left the hose coiled up on the metal truck bed in direct sun for maybe 45 minutes while I ate lunch. When I went to roll it up, the water inside had gotten so hot it basically steamed the astroturf underneath and left a permanent brown patch. Had to get the customer a $300 replacement and learned to drain hoses immediately after use. Anyone else had equipment cause weird damage like that?

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claire_wells8712d ago

Man that's brutal, never thought water in a hose could get that hot.

olivia_allen12d ago

Did you have to eat the full $300 or did you manage to split it somehow? What worked for me was keeping a couple of those cheap cotton towels in the truck to throw over the hose coil in summer. Traps the heat before it transfers to anything metal or plastic underneath. Also started parking with the bed facing away from the afternoon sun when I can. Saved my butt more than once with sensitive surfaces like that.

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