In his case, the bit of hose could be forced over an end of the handle, but he says you can also cut the hose lengthwise and just slip it over the bail while it's still on the waterer. Moving from ...

If missing, place new rubber washers into the hose ends along the inside of the end fitting. If a leak is within a foot of the male or female connectors, cut off the end of the hose and replace ...