Decent quality grease gun?

JOHNTHOMAS · Oct 17, 2018

Do some of you guys work for the government, you know, always willing to spend other peoples money and time but pay nothing yourselves? :laughing::laughing::laughing: Yep, a retired gvmnt worker myself and a happy free user of TBN for many years and also Facebook. So far neither has charged me a dime and I'm sure I could tell them both how to do a better job unless they want me to pay them some money. I utilized another tractor forum a few years before finding TBN so I appreciate TBN and no longer use the other forum which probably has like and thumbs up blocks to speed and go rather than make a bit of a contribution that may take 10 seconds instead of one. I know, I know you just want to contribute/give of your time a very, very, very small dose with little to no meaning. I also don't text, I prefer talking to people so we can be sure we're talking about the same thing and not some sort of regional difference confusing the conversation. Just me a happy TBN user.

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downsizingnow48 · Oct 17, 2018

JOHNTHOMAS said:
I appreciate TBN and no longer use the other forum which probably has like and thumbs up blocks to speed and go rather than make a bit of a contribution that may take 10 seconds instead of one. I know, I know you just want to contribute/give of your time a very, very, very small dose with little to no meaning.

Very well said. I like that TBN does not have "like" buttons. Take a moment and let folks know what you liked or did not like about a comment. It is the content that makes TBN useful.

buckeyefarmer · Oct 17, 2018

^^^^^^^ like ^^^^^^^^^^

JWR · Oct 17, 2018

John Thomas said: I know, I know you just want to contribute/give of your time a very, very, very small dose with little to no meaning.

That is a harsh, baseless conclusion which happens to be wrong. You do not know.

Dislike.

ryan08 · Oct 17, 2018

Ok, I read how everybody loves the LNL coupler and so I went on flea-bay and saw a few slightly different versions of the thing. I was hesitant to pay $29 for one of these but there are some for $13 that if they work, could be a good thing. Has anybody used one of these clone LNL couplers? Are they any good?

JOHNTHOMAS · Oct 18, 2018

JWR said:
John Thomas said: I know, I know you just want to contribute/give of your time a very, very, very small dose with little to no meaning.

That is a harsh, baseless conclusion which happens to be wrong. You do not know.

Dislike.

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shooterdon · Oct 18, 2018

To get back on track.....

What works for the hobby owner that uses one or two tubes a year may be frustrating for someone who uses a tube or more a month. Your opinions would be more useful if you stated....."I use about x tubes of grease a year and use a ________" Another valid point made in this thread is that if you are greasing during winter (real cold temperatures) you may need a gun with higher pressure.

Although an expensive gun will work well for almost any application, it may not be needed for all applications.

BTW, I have a very cheap gun I have owned for over 30 years when I did my own car maintenance, and for the last half dozen years to grease my lawn tractor. I will keep using it for the JD I got this year until it breaks. I doubt it will be replaced by a $150 battery operated unit. Sometimes good enough is good enough.

JOHNTHOMAS · Oct 19, 2018

shooterdon said:
To get back on track.....

What works for the hobby owner that uses one or two tubes a year may be frustrating for someone who uses a tube or more a month. Your opinions would be more useful if you stated....."I use about x tubes of grease a year and use a ________" Another valid point made in this thread is that if you are greasing during winter (real cold temperatures) you may need a gun with higher pressure.

Although an expensive gun will work well for almost any application, it may not be needed for all applications.

BTW, I have a very cheap gun I have owned for over 30 years when I did my own car maintenance, and for the last half dozen years to grease my lawn tractor. I will keep using it for the JD I got this year until it breaks. I doubt it will be replaced by a $150 battery operated unit. Sometimes good enough is good enough.

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Diggin It · Oct 19, 2018

I asked this somewhere before, but don't recall if I saw an answer or not. How do you clean an older gun with some of the grease hardened up? I have two or three that need to be taken apart and cleaned, including the hose and tips. Can they be soaked in Mineral Spirits or similar? Air to blow out the hoses?

shooterdon · Oct 19, 2018

Diggin It said:
I asked this somewhere before, but don't recall if I saw an answer or not. How do you clean an older gun with some of the grease hardened up? I have two or three that need to be taken apart and cleaned, including the hose and tips. Can they be soaked in Mineral Spirits or similar? Air to blow out the hoses?

I have never done it, but I would start with soaking it for a few days in mineral spirits or something like Gunk...but the Gunk may cost more than the old gun is worth. Unless the gun has some semimetal value, it looks like a decent new one is about $35... I know what I would do.