On a farm, a split hose in February is an inconvenience. The same split in the middle of drilling, silage or harvest is a lost weather window, a contractor stood idle and a customer on the phone asking why the part is not on the shelf. For agricultural engineers, machinery dealers and the merchants who supply them, the job is simple to describe and hard to do: have the right hose in stock before the season starts, not after the first breakdown.
The winter service window is when that gets decided. Tractors, loaders, pumps and handlers come into the workshop, worn hose gets found, and the parts order for spring gets written. This guide covers which machine circuits the agricultural hose range handles, what to hold on the shelf, and how to buy it so the stock is in before the first busy week. If you want the duty-by-duty overview of fuel, water and slurry first, see our guide to hose and ducting for agriculture.
The Circuits We Cover — and the One We Don’t
Most hose failures on agricultural machinery fall into a handful of circuits. The stocked range covers the low-pressure ones that make up the bulk of service-bay replacements:
The exception is high-pressure hydraulic hose. Crimped hydraulic assemblies for loaders, linkage and implement circuits are a specialist product, and Hoses UK does not stock them. If a customer’s failure is on the hydraulic side, it needs a hydraulic hose specialist; keep that clear at the counter and you avoid the most expensive mismatch in agricultural hose.
The Stocked Lines at a Glance
Figures below are taken from the current product pages; prices are ex VAT at the time of writing, so always check the product page for today’s rate and full size list.
| Rubber Radiator Hose | EPDM, textile reinforced. Bores from 28mm x 38mm, 20 m coils. −40°C to +120°C (intermittent +135°C), up to 10 bar depending on size. 32mm x 42mm / 20 m: £101.50. |
| Rubber Heater Hose | EPDM, textile reinforced. 16mm x 25mm to 25mm x 36mm, 20 m coils. −40°C to +120°C, up to 10 bar. 16mm x 25mm / 20 m: £52.00. |
| Rubber Multi Purpose Hose | NBR/SBR tube, textile braid. 5mm to 25mm bore, 100 m and 50 m coils. −20°C to +120°C, up to 20 bar depending on size. 6mm x 13mm / 100 m: £140.00. |
| Rubber Air Line Hose | Textile reinforced. 6mm to 19mm bore, 60 m coils. Up to 20 bar depending on size, −20°C to +85°C. 10mm x 16mm / 60 m: £52.50. |
| PVC Layflat Hose | Polyester-braid reinforced. 25mm to 103mm bore, 100 m coils, blue or yellow. Up to 4 bar depending on size, −10°C to +70°C. 25mm / 100 m: £54.50. |
| Clips | Worm drive clips in packs of 10 from 9mm–12mm (£2.48) and T-bolt clamps in packs of 10 from 17mm–19mm (£3.97). |
Using the Winter Window: A Pre-Season Stock Plan
For a wider view of timing your buying around the year, our posts on planning for seasonal peaks and replacement cycles for fleet and plant hose cover forecasting and reorder points in more depth.
In-Season: Keeping the Gaps Short
For washdown and general yard supply, our water hose range sits alongside the machinery lines, and the full clamps and clips range covers the clip sizes to suit.
Ordering for the Season
Stocked orders dispatch within 1–2 working days of cleared payment, with next-day delivery available and same-day collection from our Mirfield warehouse. Every order is on pro-forma and settled before dispatch — no credit checks and no application stage, which is part of how the wholesale pricing and stock depth are kept where they are. New trade customers take £25 off their first order.
Building your pre-season hose order? Browse the agricultural range, or ask the team to check bores and coil lengths against your customers’ machines.
