Grease - is there no better way? Can we talk about this?

[4570Man]

Of course no one sits in one spot and moves the loader up and down and curling and dumping for 10 hours straight. I look at it that if I have the loader on and am using it off and on for 10 hours it needs greased.

With an excavator you pretty much are doing exactly that. I like to grease the bucket pin every 3-4 hours and the rest of the machine every other time I grease the bucket.

 

[tradosaurus]

Recommended service schedule for pedal and brake linkage on tractor and zero turn is 100 hours or annual. Tractor trunion and mower spindles are spec'd for 50 hours or twice annual. FEL pins are also spec'd at 50 hours, which is about 2x per year for me.

I don't put that many hours on my tractor. 30 hrs/yr. I have greased once a year and there is plenty of grease already in the areas needing grease.
I could probably go every 2 years.
I don't understand those greasing every 10 hrs.

 

[dodge man]

I don't put that many hours on my tractor. 30 hrs/yr. I have greased once a year and there is plenty of grease already in the areas needing grease.
I could probably go every 2 years.
I don't understand those greasing every 10 hrs.

You’re joking right? You use your tractor 30 hours a year so everyone should grease theirs once a year? You realize some people put 30 hours on their machine in 2 or 3 days, working in dirt, dust, mud and sand. 10 hours is not excessive.

 

[Fixastuff]

You’re joking right? You use your tractor 30 hours a year so everyone should grease theirs once a year? You realize some people put 30 hours on their machine in 2 or 3 days, working in dirt, dust, mud and sand. 10 hours is not excessive.

When you’re not fighting gravity it’s much easier on the loader pins.

 

[tradosaurus]

You’re joking right? You use your tractor 30 hours a year so everyone should grease theirs once a year? You realize some people put 30 hours on their machine in 2 or 3 days, working in dirt, dust, mud and sand. 10 hours is not excessive.

Not joking chief.
My Kubota maintenance schedule says to grease every 50 hrs so actually i'm ahead of schedule!

 

[dodge man]

You sure it says every 50 hours? I owned a smaller Kubota and it said 10 hours but of course I don’t have your maintenance schedule in front of me.

 

[tradosaurus]

You sure it says every 50 hours? I owned a smaller Kubota and it said 10 hours but of course I don’t have your maintenance schedule in front of me.

Kubota tractor manual

 

[dodge man]

The 50 hours is for fittings on the tractor, 10 hours is for the loader. Look in the separate loader manual.

 

[mjonesnh]

Just checked my New Holland manual. Calls out for tractor fittings every 50 hours. Grease tractor once a year which is 30-35hrs./yr. Loader gets greased every 8-10 hours of use.

 

[4570Man]

Not joking chief.
My Kubota maintenance schedule says to grease every 50 hrs so actually i'm ahead of schedule!

I don’t think any manual is calling for grease on the loader pins every 50 hours of actual use.