Anyone made their own? I have a 96 f150 and for the life of me I can’t get the replacement one on no matter what I do. Goofy thing snakes down underneath the engine and even though from the reservoir to the steering box is only a few inches I’m guessing there is a reason it has been made that long. I’m wondering if I could make my own and make it similar in length and just coil it around close to where the 2 ends meet cause there is plenty of room there instead of taking it clear under the truck ?

Most any quality hose shop can make it. Bring them your old hose and they will harvest what is needed from it and build you a new hose. Usually involves cutting the formed ends off and brazing them on to aero-quip style fittings and final assembly of formed ends to the flexible rubber components of the hose.