Abstract: A tool to facilitate placement of a flaccidly flexible protective sleeve onto a hose includes a hollow tube to receive the protective sleeve thereon, and a conical end portion removably attached to the tube for facilitating sliding placement of the protective sleeve onto the tube. In use, a protective sleeve is slid over the conical end portion and onto the tube, the end portion is removed from the tube, and a hose is passed through the hollow center of the tube. The protective sleeve is then slid off the end of the tube onto the hose simultaneously as the hose is pulled through the tube to thereby transfer the protective sleeve onto the hose.