Hose reel cart with tray constructed from plastic and metal structural components

A portable hose reel cart for windably holding an elongated hose member and for use in transporting said hose member between a storage location and a use location;

• said hose reel cart comprising:
• two substantially vertical rear corner posts, each having an upper end and a lower end, said rear corner posts being constructed of an inner metal portion and an outer polymeric portion;
• two substantially vertical front corner posts, each having an upper end and a lower end, said front corner posts being constructed of an inner metal portion and an outer polymeric portion;
• a tray including a rectangular shaped base, an upward extending front wall, an upward extending rear wall, two upwardly extending sidewalls therebetween and four corner sleeves, said corner sleeves constructed and arranged to cooperate with said upper ends of said front and said rear corner posts;
• a pair of opposingly oriented structural wheel support panels extending between said front and said rear corner posts, each said wheel support panel including a front and a rear sleeve, wherein said front sleeve is constructed and arranged to cooperate with said lower end of said front corner posts and wherein said rear sleeve is constructed and arranged to cooperate with said lower end of said rear corner posts;
• at least two pneumatic floatation tire assemblies rotatably secured to each of said wheel support panels;
• a pair of opposingly oriented structural panels being disposed in parallel spaced apart relation with respect to each other and disposed substantially transverse with respect to said pair of wheel support panels, said structural panels each including a centrally located aperture constructed and arranged to accept a crank or a hose coupler, each said structural panel also including a sleeve integrally formed onto each end of said structural panel, wherein said sleeves are constructed and arranged to cooperate with and extend between either said front corner posts or said rear corner posts to define an enclosure;
• a structural handle member, said structural handle member including a gripping portion, a first and a second distal end, and a pair of sleeve portions, said sleeve portions integrally formed into each of said first and said second distal ends of said gripping portion, said sleeve portions constructed and arranged to cooperate with said upper ends of said rear corner posts;
• a spool positioned between said structural panels and operably connected thereto for rotation of said spool about an axis of rotation, said spool having a hub defining said axis of rotation and a pair of flanges at opposing ends of said hub and perpendicular to said axis of rotation;
• a crank assembly releasably insertable through one of said structural panel centrally located apertures, thereby providing direct coupling to said spool for providing manual rotational movement of said spool in relation to said enclosure;
• a hose coupler including a sliding seal arrangement releasably insertable through a centrally located aperture in one of said structural panel centrally located apertures, said sliding seal arrangement constructed and arranged for connection to a source of pressurized fluid in a manner that allows rotation of said spool about said axis of rotation.