Hot tar hose has multiple uses, with the most obvious being hot tar distribution and collection. This type of hose is also used for hot delivery and suction of oil, asphalt, and other flammable materials. There are also tar hoses for low heat. So, what hoses operate in what temperature ranges, and how much heat can these hoses withstand? Let's take a look.

The Low Temp Oil Return Hose

In a mind-boggling way, these hoses leave you wondering just what they could be used for. Never mind that the name of this product insinuates that there are low temperatures involved. This hose of the hot hose product family can be used in negative temperatures (i.e,, extreme cold) all the way up to temperatures nearing or above boiling water. You could pump boiling oil through this hose while sitting on an ice flow in the summer at the South Pole; that is essentially the vast difference in temperatures managed by this type of hose. 

The Standard Oil Return Hose

Just because you might want a good comparison to the low temp oil hose, the standard oil return hose withstands temperatures ranging from a little below freezing to double the temperature of boiling water. It cannot dip lower, although it can go slightly higher. You could use it to suction off an oil spill over the northernmost Great Lake in winter if part of the oil spill were on fire. It is something to consider, should you ever need hose for really hot oil in medium frigid temps. 

The Nitrile Hot Tar Hose

Nitrile is a rubber synthetic. It was designed to behave in some ways like rubber, but without the issues it creates for people who are allergic to rubber. It also is a little more resistant to heat than regular rubber, which is how this type of hot hose manages temps in a range between the low point of low temp oil return hoses to almost double the temperature of the high point of standard oil return hoses. It is the ideal hose for distributing hot tar and bitumen or asphalt to roadways and for repairing potholes. 

The Nitrile Heavy Duty Hot Tar Hose

This type of hose provides the same temperature limits as the regular nitrile hose. However, it is thicker and more durable. It can manage longer and more repetitive uses of burning hot substances, and it will wear out less often than the standard nitrile hose. If your company is going through hot tar hoses faster than you can afford to replace them, a heavy-duty version of what you are using might help.

For more information, speak to companies like Copperstate Hose.