A wheeled line irrigation system has a water main supported on a plurality of towers and has a truss built of truss rods attached to the water main to support a plurality of drop hoses connected to the water main over the trusses for distribution of irrigation water from an irrigation system to the crops below. A truss rod hose sling is attached to a truss rod and to a hose for holding the hose to the truss rod to guide the hose over the truss rod.