South Africa has a well-developed hose trade: national service networks, brand distributors and many independent workshops that crimp for mines, farms, trucks and plants. An independent workshop can compare a proposed manufacturing source against its own service, technical and stock requirements. RHPL offers them a different source: a manufacturer that makes fittings, adaptors and assemblies itself, and builds the planned kits a workshop cannot spare crimping time for.
No dealer or stockist has been appointed in South Africa yet. The dealer model below is what we offer to workshops that apply.
What a dealer or trade buyer can order
Workshop stock
- Crimp fittings and matched ferrules for the hose series you crimp.
- Adaptors by thread pair: BSP, JIC, ORFS, metric 24°, NPT, flange and staple-lock.
- Bulk braided and spiral hose with the maker's datasheet.
- Zinc-nickel plated and stainless-steel fittings, which can be offered for wet underground, coastal or acid-plant customers.
Work you can pass to the factory
- Part-built assemblies (one end crimped) for local finishing.
- Finished, tagged assemblies for large or repeat orders.
- Machine-wise kits for your customers' planned shutdowns and rebuilds.
- Custom CNC adaptors and obsolete ends in small batches.
Why a workshop might use RHPL
- Slow movers. If your stock plan includes large flange fittings, metric 24° sizes or staple-lock ends, specify the quantities and series you want quoted. A planned replenishment order from a manufacturer can cover many of them in one go.
- Kit work at shutdown time. If several customer shutdowns overlap and exceed your available crimping capacity, you can request a quotation for manufactured kits. RHPL can build the planned kits, tagged with your customer's position names, while your team handles breakdowns.
- Odd ends. Two in-house CNCs let us make an adaptor that no catalogue lists.
- One consistent system. Hose and ferrule from matched series, crimped to the fitting maker's data, with test records.
How the dealer model works
| Item | How it works |
|---|---|
| Ownership of stock | The dealer buys and owns its stock. RHPL holds no stock in South Africa |
| Invoicing | The dealer invoices its own customers in its own name |
| Pricing | Trade terms are set in the written quotation; no prices are published |
| Territory | Agreed per dealer by province or mining belt, in writing |
| Branding | Dealer's own trading name on its invoices; the RHPL trace tag stays on every assembly |
| Payment | Paid to RHPL only to the account on RHPL's proforma invoice |
| Import | The dealer imports in its own name or through its clearing agent |
Planning a first trade order
Start with your own requirement list and stock records. Identify the fittings, ferrules and adaptors you want quoted, including any less frequent lines you choose to carry. Sort it by thread family and size if you can. We reply with questions on anything unclear, then a written quotation. A first order can mix workshop stock with a customer kit if you have one coming up.
Questions for a South African workshop order
- Dash size or millimetres? Both. We confirm the hose standard and inside diameter on the quotation.
- Which crimp data? Tell us your crimper and ferrule system; we quote hose and fittings that suit it, or supply ferrules from the same series as the hose.
- Labelling? Bags are labelled in English by description, thread family and size. Your stores codes can be added on request.
If you also supply mines
If your workshop holds vendor registrations at mines and wants RHPL to manufacture kits for those mines, the local supply partnership model may suit you better. A workshop can discuss both models where their scopes fit its proposed business.