No I dont have any excess hose. The reels are bolted into the van floor. When I work I park the van, Open the rear doors, Put the safety cone out, and start pulling the hose out, I walk as I pull and as I walk I pull 1 meter lengths that I hold in my left hand, I sometimes will walk past the house that I am starting on if their are lots of cars on the drive or obstacles all the while garthering lengths of hose in my left hand, when I have judged I have enough length, I will walk letting a coil of hose drop to the ground as I walk. Its an art to judge it correctly but I never get frustrated with an hose snagging because it rarely happens.
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The poles are 2 x 24' poles, Mini poles and a combination of 18' poles.
Nel