Choosing just one grease..

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Hysyde

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Since I just have a single grease gun at home (away from the farm shop) I'm trying to find recommendations on the best all-around grease (type/brand) that I can put to just about anything without too much fear of issues.

Obviously it will be a bit of a compromise, but I don't plan on buying a second grease gun, and swapping tubes is not an effective solution, or one I think I'd even do.

At home, the main consumers of grease are my little Ford 1210 with a FEL and a few attachments that take grease, and my Kubota F2100 mower. Other than that, it's ATVs and snowmobiles, but the snowmobile don't have many zerks on them nowadays. I bought a tube of low-temp Mystic grease years ago, and predictably never used it, as again, swapping tubes isn't a real option.

I have can of aviation moly (was used to grease sliding parts on a 25mm chain gun) that I slather on the odd part that it seems appropriate (i.e. sliding parts) or in the place of anti-sieze when I don't have any on hand.

If I put only one type in my gun, what should it be?
 
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I like it , Any grease is better than none.....
 
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For many many years I used only the Ford, Lincoln, Mercury Valvoline® Moly-Fortified Multi-Purpose Grease. I have NEVER had a wheel bearing fail with this grease. It is also rated for high pressure use and is suitable for pin and joint lubrication in most instances.
https://www.autozone.com/greases-an...rd-multi-purpose-grease-tube-14-1oz/54186_0_0

That said I have gone to multiple grease guns and I keep my DeWalt gun loaded with Amalie Pro Tac+ with 5% Moly Grease for my backhoe pins. The 5% moly is too thick for wheel bearings but stays in the high pressure pins longer and require less frequent greasing.
 
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I run a Dewalt gun with general purpose grease and a Milwaukee with red hi-temp grease for pto shafts and mower spindles
 
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I only buy grease with a extreme pressure EP rating now. That's what was recommended for the backhoe. Good for everything else and costs only a little more. Been buying TSC Traveler Premium.
 
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