Greasing tractors +/-

[boatmoter]

My problem is not with the grease itself but with my Milwaukee battery powered grease gun. No matter what I do it seems to get air bound and not work. I gave up on it and went back to hand powered.

I bought a chinese one,it has not skipped a beat yet

 

[dadohead]

I use John Deere SD Polyurea. It's what we tested tractors with in the lab, field, and built with on the JD assembly line. They even dabbed it on connectors as a dielectric. As mentioned though, frequency is more important than brand. Stick with what works for you too; some grease types are incompatible.

 

[tjandrews]

Small farm here, three tractors, all over 25 years old, 1 that's 73 and still going strong. Also a variety of experienced equipment, all of which needs at least some greasing at regular intervals.

I don't obsess over the type of grease, and for gun grease I use the same thing for everything. That would be whatever the local Tractor Supply has on the best sale when I go looking for it.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

My battery Milwaukee sometimes is difficult to bleed to start, but one purged it pumps out the red and tacky just fine!

 

[PA-Kubota]

Local big-box auto parts store stocks red & tacky so I went with that. Label says has lithium in it. Also got tired over the years and invested in ridgid 18V grease gun since I have more of their tools... all have lifetime warranty including batteries.

NOW, pulled hose off and zerk fitting broke so I may upgrade to quick release fitting.

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new project... get the broken zerk out.

 

[Tinhack]

An electric gun would have been nice, but we managed just fine with the manual ones.

The hand powered guns always gave me fits. Trying to hold the gun up AND hold the connector straight on the zerk then trying to pump with one hand. I went with several Off-brand lock and lube style adapters and they all leaked after a few months. After going with a Real LockNLube, I bought another. I like them so much, I bought the LockNFlate for my air inflater. I now use two DeWalt electric grease guns. One with Moly and one with Red N Tacky. Hand pumping is so old, like me.

No matter what I do it seems to get air bound and not work. I gave up on it and went back to hand powered.

A quick read of the directions will probably make it work.

 

[lectro88]

Just curious what type of grease in everyone using? From general to moly based... what's your choice?
BTW have tractor supply close and many big box auto-parts stores.
thanks

I’m probably going to be the underdog here.
I use Schaeher’s 231 Moly ? I don’t remember exactly I have CASE’s of each I bought 8-9 years ago for my excavator, one is for roller bearings the other is extreme high pressure, it’s a nasty black smelly grease that you might recall the odor if you have been around a truck stop, the railroads used to run this grease but I can’t say for sure right now.
The worst thing about the stuff is if you get it on you or your clothes, it’s there for a while.
Schaeffer makes their own grease in smaller controlled batches and I remember one of the pitch’s was the time they took to make a batch was a lot longer, like days longer to than others brands.
Schaeffer’s has served me well.
Tractors don’t get the same abuse as heavier equipment so any grease as long as you do grease is fine in my opinion.
At the end of the day even the wrong grease is better than no grease, same goes for oil.
I like the red and tacky grease and white lithium also.
Cheers.

 

[Ronald G]

Just curious what type of grease in everyone using? From general to moly based... what's your choice?
BTW have tractor supply close and many big box auto-parts stores.
thanks

One grease I would never use again is Amzoil all purpose, after about two hours use you could hear the pins rattle like there was no grease in them, pure garbage.
I use Mobile Delvac. What a difference. Its a high pressure extreme lithium based grease my implements are dead quiet now, wont change.

 

[tbear640]

Just curious what type of grease in everyone using? From general to moly based... what's your choice?
BTW have tractor supply close and many big box auto-parts stores.
thanks

I have used Mobil synthetic grease for at least 20 years, I’ve never had any problems with it.

 

[Racer4]

I bought a chinese one,it has not skipped a beat yet

Same here. It’s been great so far, and it uses DW batteries.

 

[manzer7]

Just curious what type of grease in everyone using? From general to moly based... what's your choice?
BTW have tractor supply close and many big box auto-parts stores.
thanks

I use TRC 880 #2. GREAT stuff !
It lasts forever as compared to others. They've been in business since 1922 started with oil well drilling.

 

[sockmonkey]

Just curious what type of grease in everyone using? From general to moly based... what's your choice?
BTW have tractor supply close and many big box auto-parts stores.
thanks

Mobil 1 red synthetic. ONLY

 

[Lineman North Florida]

My problem is not with the grease itself but with my Milwaukee battery powered grease gun. No matter what I do it seems to get air bound and not work. I gave up on it and went back to hand powered.

Do you use the button on the end to purge the air? Running it completely dry makes it a little more time consuming but still not a big deal.

 

[paulsharvey]

Local big-box auto parts store stocks red & tacky so I went with that. Label says has lithium in it. Also got tired over the years and invested in ridgid 18V grease gun since I have more of their tools... all have lifetime warranty including batteries.

NOW, pulled hose off and zerk fitting broke so I may upgrade to quick release fitting.

​

new project... get the broken zerk out.

I have rigid as well, and like rigid, but now there are Many dewalt or Milwaukee compatible tools, and it just doesnt seem like anyone makes 3rd party tools that match Rigid. There are some $60 import grease guns on Amazon if you already are in the Dewalt line up

 

[semo54]

When I got my Kubota kx033-4 mini ex. I decided to get a 5 gal. pail of Mobilux EP2, because it's one of the 2 greases listed in the operators manual, and because of the many grease points on the machine as well as how frequent the machine needs to be greased. I also got a Makita gun because I already had (4) 5 amp hr. batteries. With the Lincoln manual grease pump model # 1296 that attaches to the top of the 5 gallon pail, you can fill the gun easily. This has worked flawlessly for me over the 2+ yrs. I've had it. Great system! I feel that rather than over think the brand of grease to use, just go with the manufacturer's reco. It's probably more important to do the greasing often than choosing the brand of grease. That is if it is recommended by the manufacturer.

 

[lemen]

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To remove broken zerks I use a cheap set of these:Linkse schroefuitdraai/tapset 6 delig - Hofstra-tijnje

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Just be carefull they snap easily, but a zerk never need much force to remove.

Some of you use molycote grease. I did also until I found out that parts rust quicker.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

This is what I carry in my side box of my semi-truck, has a few million miles on it!

Bought it over 40 years ago ... I don't use the bleed screw on this, or the button on my M12 Milwaukee to purge the air, I just don't screw the tube in all the way, then pump or squeeze the trigger until it's happy!

I actually prefer the manual over the electric ...

 

[wheelbuilder]

I use Valvoline Cerulean for anything with a bearing (u-joints, wheel bearings) and Valvoline Palladium (has molly) for anything else. Both are EP grease, cheap and available locally. If I could find it, I'd love to try TRC 880, or their Paragon 3000, but I'm not finding it local.

 

[SW OR John W]

Very interested in this thread.

I've been running the Harbor Freight stuff, but wondering if I should change.

Noticed recently that I had a ton of "blow back" in my DeWalt 18V grease gun, half the grease was behind the plunger in the metal tube instead of coming out the front when I went to change it.

Figured it might be a problem with the grease/quality/quality of the tube, or a problem with how I'm using the grease gun.

 

[dicktill]

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Use it on my tractor, skid steer, trucks and implements.

I have this too and have never had needed any bleeding.