10 hour grease job question

[5030]

I use a Lincoln pneumatic cartridge gun with 150 psi compressor and retracting hose reel. The Lincoln has much better seals than you typical manual lever gun, so very little mess. I go through about a dozen cartridges per year or about 10 lbs per year. Works great for me.

Between 2 large frame Kubota tractors, 2 hay mowers, one disc, one sickle bar JD MoCo, 2 rotary rakes, a 575 New Holland square baler, a 450 New Holland round baler, a Kuhn tedder a Kubota UTV and my pickup I'd go through 12 cartridges in one session.

Much more prudent for me to use an air operated greaser and bulk grease. I buy my engine oil and hydraulic oil in 55 gallon drums delivered too. Store them in a drum rack with bungs and take out what I need and have the empty drum for drain oil that my supplier picks up. Might cost what seems like a lot initially, but when you factor out the total cost over the quantity used, it's a lot cheaper than buying small quantities and I get my supplies delivered ti the farm so no going to a store.

Only thing I don't buy in quantity is anti freeze because I don't change it every year and I don't use that much and my car and my wife's car get the same engine oil I use in my tractors and pickup.

Of course none of that works for a non farmer but I farm and have farming equipment. Believe me, every implement I own is festooned with grease fittings.

Do the same with fertilizer and chemicals. Fertilizer (46 Urea granulated, clay coated, by thee skid), chemicals by the largest size I can get. Don't use 28 liquid or Anhydrous.

 

[jgedmond]

Between 2 large frame Kubota tractors, 2 hay mowers, one disc, one sickle bar JD MoCo, 2 rotary rakes, a 575 New Holland square baler, a 450 New Holland round baler, a Kuhn tedder a Kubota UTV and my pickup I'd go through 12 cartridges in one session.

Much more prudent for me to use an air operated greaser and bulk grease. I buy my engine oil and hydraulic oil in 55 gallon drums delivered too. Store them in a drum rack with bungs and take out what I need and have the empty drum for drain oil that my supplier picks up. Might cost what seems like a lot initially, but when you factor out the total cost over the quantity used, it's a lot cheaper than buying small quantities and I get my supplies delivered ti the farm so no going to a store.

Only thing I don't buy in quantity is anti freeze because I don't change it every year and I don't use that much and my car and my wife's car get the same engine oil I use in my tractors and pickup.

Of course none of that works for a non farmer but I farm and have farming equipment. Believe me, every implement I own is festooned with grease fittings.

Do the same with fertilizer and chemicals. Fertilizer (46 Urea granulated, clay coated, by thee skid), chemicals by the largest size I can get. Don't use 28 liquid or Anhydrous.

Wow, cool! You are a farmer, I get it. I think that we all got it by now. The OP is just a simple weekend guy asking about servicing his one and only BX2380.

 

[4570Man]

Question posted by a newbie;(not me)...…. my manual states to grease my tractor every ten hours;is this really necessary ,I am getting tired of waking up at 2:00 a.m. to grease my tractor.

I hired a guy with a mini excavator to do some work for me and he followed that rule. His machine literally had chunks of grease falling off when he moved it.

 

[BX23S-1]

Wow, 7 pages, and people are still debating this?

 

[ramman666]

Wow, 7 pages, and people are still debating this?

I only see two pages, but it’s a good thing very helpful people I enjoy the help, opinions, and advice.

 

[BX23S-1]

I only see two pages, but it’s a good thing very helpful people I enjoy the help, opinions, and advice.

Yeah i would have to agree for the most of your statement, but sometimes having to weed out the pizzin contest`s though.... uuuugggg

 

[Oldoak]

I only see two pages, but it’s a good thing very helpful people I enjoy the help, opinions, and advice.

Yeah i would have to agree for the most of your statement, but sometimes having to weed out the pizzin contest`s though.... uuuugggg

Unfortunately, the same could be said about many topics here on TBN. And many times it involves a small group of the same people. :confused3:

 

[ovrszd]

Unfortunately, the same could be said about many topics here on TBN. And many times it involves a small group of the same people. :confused3:

Just shooting in the dark here.

95% of the posts here are done by less than 01% of the members.

 

[ramman666]

Just shooting in the dark here.

95% of the posts here are done by less than 01% of the members.

I would say a majority are the same. I found some great threads that I enjoy conversation in. Some great people and some people well you know my junk is bigger then yours type.

 

[repete]

ramman666, did you ever conclude what your grease plan is?