does anyone make there own hoses

Businesses are in business to make money, not give stuff away.  They are also providing a service - making hydraulic hoses so you don't have to.  They are not ripping anyone off.

and im not knocking anyone for making money i just mean taking advantage of people  and doing business the way it should be are two dif things 

Were the Amish hoses custom made or prefabricated?

   Having just replaced ALL the hoses on my backhoe and the loader,,I can attest to the fact,,,there is a great difference in pricing on hydraulic hoses/ fittings. My initial thought was to replace as I went along with this project so's not to have a big outlay of dollars,,but that fell thru on the very first purchase,,,,!! I went to the local hydraulic hose place and promptly laid out $67 for 1 (one) 3/4" X 24" hose W/ one swivel, and one piece of 1 1/2" suction hose,,,,!! I figured at that rate,,this project was goin to run into the $1,000's pretty quick,!!!
I got some great advice from ole Dan here and looked at Surplus Center online and wound up buying all the hoses needed for the loader for just over $100. they have a great selection of pre-made hoses if those sizes and lengths will work for you. After doin some more "scrounging" on the net,,I find Global Hose Co has even better pricing for their pre-made hoses,,so,,,I ordered all the hoses for the backhoe from them for less than $180 shipping included,,!!
If I had more than 3-4 pieces of equipment using hydraulic hoses, I think buying a crimper and some bulk 1/2" and 3/4" hoses would be a good investment.
TSC did have some pre-made hoses, but they were not competitive on their pricing at all.
Hope this short story helps someone,,,,,

Oh and crimp one of them ends wrong and get a oil bath that will make you realize quickly that you want to have someone who does it more often make them up.

Its like anything else, if you're in the hose business, you buy in bulk. Its cheaper purchasing anything in bulk. Fittings are not cheap period! Especially when it comes to swivels, and "O" ring style fittings. Some manufacturers are a little more expensive than others. When making hydraulic hoses, one has to know what type fittings work with the hose it is designed for. You just can't crimp a fitting on a hose and expect it to work. That's okay if ya want to blow yer' head off. I've been making hydraulic hoses for years for our bucket trucks at work and other heavy equipment. The bucket trucks of coarse are man lifts, so its super important to make sure you use the correct components together. Hose pricing also depends on the pressure usage also. Higher hose pressures, higher prices. Its all relative. An outfit that offers to make a few hoses with a small inventory is going to be expensive because like I said, the overhead is high for them, so of coarse the price is high. An outfit that specializes in hydraulic hose assy's and all components, and anything you need, will be cheaper because of the inventory they carry and amount they spend on hose and components, the pricing will be much better...
Steve@B&B

Just yesterday we blew a metric hydraulic hose on our big CNC lathe, I was able to go to the Parker Store and have two hoses made and return to the shop before the guys could get the mess cleaned up, I didn't question the price, just wrote the check, service like that is worth more than the price of the hoses and fittings. But, for what it's worth, two 3/8" diameter, 5000 psi hoses each being 150" long with fittings came to $164.00 total, and I would have gladly paid three times that without question just to get back up and running. There may be places in town that are cheaper, but I know that Parker has always had what I need on the shelf and if they don't, they will have it by 9:00 am the next morning, so I take all my business there to support them and the service they provide.

Edited by Ken(MI) - 18 May 2016 at 7:47am

Well Joe, couple years ago when I was needing hoses for my HD5 dozer, I could buy all the hoses that would fit up to it for the price of one in town... and wrote about that here because I was so impressed with the quality of the hose too.
  But.... when I visit the local o'reilly and the co-op, I look in the hose trash barrel for replaceable fittings and if I find them, I ask if I can take them... and walk out with home repair parts...but you have to know the correct size for what they match up with.

and if I didn't grab them, it would just get trashed.
 

i got the same hoses both 12ft for 190$ months  ago  cause the old ones was shot.  went and got those yesterday for another mulcher for 87$ yesterday   

Its called "Capitalism". There are shops in town that will make a hose up, but seem annoyed they have to and charge the "I couldn't really be bothered" price. Princess Auto is smart, they have a fully equipped hydraulic shop in the store, hoses made while you wait, pre-made hoses, fittings, oil, etc, etc. They are cheaper than anyone in town, service with a smile, so, they sell a lot of hydraulic associated items. And, they make money, staff are well paid, everybodies happy...Trev.

Charlie has it right. I've looked at buying the equipment to make my own hoses to save from running to town. The issue wasn't the crimper machine cost or bulk hose cost. It was the cost all stocking all sorts of fittings to always have the right one. There are so many, o-ring, pipe thread, 1/2", 3/8", 90's, and swivels. Than we'd have to spend a bunch to have sitting in a drawer, or still be needing to run to town anyways..

I recently bought a hose crimping machine and fittings and hose stock.
The crimper is usually the expensive part. Usually $1200 to $2000. If you need dies, they run around $280 a set. I ended up spending over $500 for hose and fitting.
The NAPA fittings were over twice the price of the ones I ordered.

some of the price in getting hoses made is the expensive liability insurance they have to provide. Your shop makes a hose, and said hose blows, injuring or even killing someone, look out! 

we looked into it at our shop and it may have been worth it  forty years ago when every thing was either jic or npt but not now  with metric, o,ring, bppt  and all the others its hard to go to a well stocked store and have the fittings needed