Battery grease gun

My grease and guns are in an unheated shop or machine shed. Makes them hard to pump in the winter if I want to grease the loader before using it for a while. Don't know how the air gun would work. If I was smart I would bring one in the basement the night before but nobody ever accused me of being that.
 
When I first started the job I retired from, we had some blue grease called Arctic Blue. We would be greasing equipment out in sub zero weather without being able to keep the guns warm. Seemed to work good but management said it was too expensive.

DAC
 
Cvans said:
Grease must’ve been worth more than the employees. Sounds like a typical cost cutting move.
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The equipment was getting abused because of it too and we told management. They didn't seem to care that we couldn't get grease pumped into vital pieces of equipment. Of course it was us grunts that had to fix things in sub-zero weather after bearings would fail or bushings would seize up. Sure glad I'm out of there!

DAC
 
I've had enough! My hands are hurting bad and I still didn't get done doing a lube on the old Denali today. Changed oil and of course about 3 pumps into doing the lube, the tube ran out. That's fine, I just bought some a few days ago. Unscrewed the tube and the spring stayed in the cartridge. Held a lot of grease in the spring. Put in a new cartridge anyway replacing the spring. Threads are about stripped out on the tube but got it together. Seemed to pump so did a few more zirks. Had to use a 90* coupling and the gun wouldn't pump through it! Cleaned out that coupling and still no grease coming through. That was enough of that crap!

Couldn't find the one Bill got but I'm looking at this one.


Any opinions? 4 out of 5 star rating. I like the long hose and 2 batteries.

DAC
 
I have a couple of the hand squeeze type guns that seldom get used. Have an air powered gun that works great if you don't mind dragging the air hoe around with you. In my case this only amounts to a few feet or less for the mowers. Have two of the lever type guns, one with a 90° coupler and the other with the lock on coupler. Main issue with either battery or air is unless you put enough grease in to push it out the seal you don't really know if the grease is getting where it is supposed to. They have the same issue with the newer grease banks on the big farm equipment. My neighbor burned up his second season bailer last year because a bearing went out due to no grease from the grease back. 3 months later tried to run a steel tile inlet through the corn head destroying it. Insurance company cancelled him. To many claims as they were both high dollar claims.
 
Looks good . Should do the trick.
I Bought a Harbor freight one earlier this year. Works well.
As far as not pushing grease thru , my dad taught me back in the 50s that you grease until you see old grease come from the bearing or bushing and then stop. If I don't see it move I stop and check the zerk fitting, pull it off and if there is no new grease past it then it is plugged. I fix it or put in a new zerk fitting.
 
Thanks for the input, guys! Valuable info! I used electric ones a lot at my former job and kind of figured out a feel and sound if they don't pump. We had several grease banks on equipment too where it was impossible to see or hear grease coming out at the intended place. Now and then we would take in a ladder and could see where fresh grease had run down the side. Never had bearing failure during the 19 years I was there at least. Lots of other bearing failures but not the ones on the banks. We did replace the steel lines once and went to rubber hydraulic type hoses from the banks to the bearings. Steel lines had rusted off in places. This gun may be different, but I think it will be the one I order. I can see most everything I grease here at home, so not worried about that.

DAC
 
 
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MFDAC said:
I almost went to HF to get a grease gun during this sale.

Guess what? They are out of the battery charger starter kits and no word on when they may get more---LOL! Probably still will order the Amazon one.

DAC
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That has been a real hot item in this area also. Carolyn got the 2 batteries and big charger for $20 when she bought the battery chain saw. Jury is still out if I like the battery chain saw or not. For one thing it does not turn near fast enough. Other models like Milwaukee by the time you by the saw, 2 barratries and their charger you will have over $500 invested. Carolyn likes hers for cutting saplings, rose bushes, etc.
 
MFDAC said:
I've had enough! My hands are hurting bad and I still didn't get done doing a lube on the old Denali today. Changed oil and of course about 3 pumps into doing the lube, the tube ran out. That's fine, I just bought some a few days ago. Unscrewed the tube and the spring stayed in the cartridge. Held a lot of grease in the spring. Put in a new cartridge anyway replacing the spring. Threads are about stripped out on the tube but got it together. Seemed to pump so did a few more zirks. Had to use a 90* coupling and the gun wouldn't pump through it! Cleaned out that coupling and still no grease coming through. That was enough of that crap!

Couldn't find the one Bill got but I'm looking at this one.


Any opinions? 4 out of 5 star rating. I like the long hose and 2 batteries.

DAC
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That grease gun you put up looks to be a decent buy.. Get a lot of little goodies with it also.
The one I purchased a year ago I see is no longer available for whatever reason. Still working good so that's a good thing.
Way I look at it is they all work great till they don't.
 
The grease cartridge has more to do with it than the gun I think. I got some in a box lot at auction, generic, plain white tube but plastic. Out of 4 or 6 different guns I have one that will use those cartridges. Rest the plunger will not slide down inside the tube to push the grease out.
 
chieffan said:
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That has been a real hot item in this area also. Carolyn got the 2 batteries and big charger for $20 when she bought the battery chain saw. Jury is still out if I like the battery chain saw or not. For one thing it does not turn near fast enough. Other models like Milwaukee by the time you by the saw, 2 barratries and their charger you will have over $500 invested. Carolyn likes hers for cutting saplings, rose bushes, etc.
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I have a battery chain pole saw. Your right. they are slower and tend to be kind of jumpy. It does work for hard to reach branches. It's not heavy but you get that 3 or 4 pounds out on the end of a pole, my shoulders don't work so good with it!

4getgto said:
That grease gun you put up looks to be a decent buy.. Get a lot of little goodies with it also.
The one I purchased a year ago I see is no longer available for whatever reason. Still working good so that's a good thing.
Way I look at it is they all work great till they don't.
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Still haven't ordered it but will this weekend, Bill. Waited for my "welfare" check to be deposited---LOL!

DAC
 
Looking back the NAPA air driven grease gun I had might have worked better if I had reduced the air pressure. I cycled so fast that the grease would cavitate all the time. Usually the regulator is at about 100psi. Maybe if I had cut it back to 60 or 70 psi It would have worked better. The DeWalt works so well that I didn't bother with it anymore.
 
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