Here's why you grease your loader faithfully.

[ultrarunner]

I have an old Model A ear tool for stubborn grease fittings.

It is similar to the chisel that you load with a teaspoon of grease, push is up against the fitting and smack the other end with the brass hammer... hasn't failed me yet.

No idea the psi a hammer smack would generate.

My manual grease gun is pistol grip and has two settings... volume on one and pressure when switched.

 

[DieselBound]

While reading another thread on this site I ran across this grease gun:

Amazon.com: G. Gun Grease Gun - The frustration-free Grease Gun - Quick and Easy greasing - 6.5ft flex hose standard - LockNLube Lock-on, Clip-off grease coupler fitted standard - Mess-free, Waste Free - Durable Industrial Strength Construction - Heavy-duty, 1�,��� psi Foot Operated Grease Gun - INCLUDES Shipping!: Automotive

Going to go back to my normal analysis paralysis mode now

OK, perhaps this (another discovery from a TBN thread) is really all I need (main problem is in holding the hose securely on zerks- if I go back to using my manual gun then this would probably be sufficient):

LockNLube | Grease Gun Coupler Tips. Free US Shipping.

 

[bdog]

That G gun looks cool but it is heavy and seems it would be a hassle moving it around. With a Lock n Lube I move around quickly greasing my machines. I think repositioning the G gun would slow me down.

 

[DieselBound]

bdog, from what I've read I believe that the advantages with the G.Gun are that you can hold a lot of grease (not sure anyone like changing cartridges and dealing with priming the guns) and that it doesn't require you to use weak/injured hands (that's the primary factor that someone had for getting one).

I wish that I'd heard about the LockNLube a long time ago. Not sure if this would solve my issue of trying to get the coupler on the horribly located fittings on my Kubota.

 

[stuckmotor]

Perhaps the birthday coming up will solve that. Got to get my wife to read this thread.

I think I'll give my wife a grease gun for her birthday, too.

 

[DieselBound]

I think I'll give my wife a grease gun for her birthday, too.

Ha ha! I got my wife a machete for Christmas one year!

 

[Travelover]

Ha ha! I got my wife a machete for Christmas one year!

Brave man. :laughing:

 

[oldballs]

I think I'll give my wife a grease gun for her birthday, too.

And maybe she will buy a vacuum cleaner for you................ that has zerk fittings.

 

[k0ua]

And maybe she will buy a vacuum cleaner for you................ that has zerk fittings.

That vacuum better have some grease in it suitable for high speed. Those turbin fans in Vacuum's really spin fast. :laughing:

 

[DieselBound]

Brave man. :laughing:

It's been several years ago and I'm still in one piece!:thumbsup: