From experience, if you use 1/2" black poly pipe (5/8" ID) or other light weight tubing it usually takes 0.5 lb of weight per ft of hose. 100 ft of weighted 5/8" ID hose weighs 50 lbs. I've seen the following used for weight: chain, welding cable, stranded cable, larger ID poly pipe filled with sand and the ends melted together. If sand filled garden hose is used it is better if it has small holes in the hose to let water inside to displace the air in the sand. Some have more time than money thus the desire for homemade weighted hose.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/14/11 08:15 PM.
