Cordless grease guns

[MChalkley]

Dozernut - I have just concluded extensive research in the "Grease vs. Lipstick" project you assigned me to work on. (When a TBN buddy's marriage is on the line, I call that an assignment.) As evidence of the thoroughness of my research, I submit the fact that I'm sleeping in the doghouse tonight.

I know my conclusions will come as something of a surprise to you, and you're justified in being skeptical, but I ask that you trust me in this: Use the Amsoil. Your wife will think the bright red is a hussy's lipstick, and the "fruity" smell is unquestionably cheap perfume. Trust me. If you're right about your wife's reaction, your problems are over. If you're wrong, they're just beginning. I know mine are. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MChalkley]

Rowski - <font color=blue>How often do you grease your EF-500, specifically the loader and backhoe? Would you say that you grease less by using synthetic grease?</font color=blue>

I use synthetic grease for three reasons: 1) They drastically reduce wear. 2) They aren't adversely affected by cold and heat nearly as much, which contributes to reason #1. 3) They resist "washout" a lot better, which also contributes to #1. I don't think synthetic grease, in and of itself, does too much to increase the time between greasing intervals. However, I wouldn't use #2 petroleum grease in anything but the hottest weather, but I can use synthetic #2 year round because of factor #2 above. I do believe that you can extend the interval between greasings with #2 vs. #1. So, from that standpoint, synthetic helps. The EF-500 manual says to grease everything "daily". (I assume they mean only when you're using it.) I don't grease it daily, even when I'm using it all day. I grease it every 25 hours. If I didn't use the backhoe at all (or hardly at all) during that 25 hours, it gets skipped. I used to grease the Kubotas every 25 hours, too, even though they recommended 10. I never had anything show any wear at all on any of the Kubotas.

I remember your asking about cordless grease guns a while back. At the time I wasn't interested. I thought about answering your message anyway, but decided that would be one of the few times I would refrain from talking about something I didn't know anything about. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Dozernut]

Sir: If there is anything I can do to help you in your time of trouble, " I'm in the dog house now", Please let me know! Anyone who works so diligently performing tests on grease for the benifit of MANkind deserves reverence and adoration. Tell the boss that I drove hundreds of miles and held you at greasegun point and made you do that despicable act or acts. I was with you all night and no way could you have done what you are so unjustly accused of. Blame it on the dog, this sometimes works when strange odors are present. If you don't have a dog, say it was the Amsoil. Maybe I can stage a fund raiser, we have some attorneys in the brotherhood who will rush to your aid, well maybe mosey. Maybe your rights were violated, no miranda warning- that is if your wife's name is Miranda, and we can get you off on a technicality. I still have some of that binder twine so you can strategically place some "blond" hairs. You could say you were abducted by aliens and brain washed so you will have no memory of the alleged crime. Let me know if you live through this turbulent period, we are all pulling for you! Keep pushing dirt it keeps you young! R.B. aka: Dozernut