Greasing the tractor

DaleW · Aug 14, 2000

I have for many years used a hand pumped grease gun for any greasing that I had to do on my equipment. This year for fathers day, my son gave me a Sears air powered grease gun and what a difference in getting the job done. It loads bulk or a cartridge and has a 16 inch flex adapter to get into those tight places. Don't know what I did without it all these years. Now there is no more pumping in cramped areas just plug on and shoot. Best of all it was only $29.00
Dale

roysallis · Aug 14, 2000

Isn't it great to have thoughtful kids!

W5FL · Aug 14, 2000

I did the same thing, but I had to buy it myself, and my kids just love it! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I think my Kubota dealer gets his grease from the competitor because the grease is definitely BLUE. The air gun sure makes easy work of the hard to reach areas with only one hand needed.

TomG · Aug 15, 2000

I like mine too (a CH I run from a portable air tank). It generally makes quick work of the greasing chore. However, I have gone back to the handgun several times for tough fittings. This particular air gun may not produce quite as pressure as the handgun can. In addition, the air gun stopped working last winter before I realized that It's a good idea to keep in a heated area.

fiddler kelly · Jul 14, 2007

yeah I got set up for air tools this year and when I went out one day to grease the tractor in the dead of winter in my garage where it is as cold inside as outside I started to grease the tractor and the grease come out of hetop of the gun throught htis little valve tiwas then that I clued into having the gun and grease in a warm area.

fiddler kelly · Jul 26, 2007

I havve been having trouble with greasing one of the points on my backhoe. , it is the lower point on the stablizer where the stablizer connects to the backhoe frame. I am having trouble with getting the grease to go in there. I am meeting with resistance. I removed the grease nippple and grease flows throught the nipple easily but when the npple is placed back into position the resistance is there again.

I tried backing off the niple a bit in case it was bottoming out on the pin but still meeting with resistance. Anyone with any ideas as to what may be going on. I had the garage look at it and they were not able to get the pin out ,they said it ws too tight a fit.

milkman · Jul 26, 2007

Just picked this up at Rural King yesterday, it was on sale w/coupon last week so I got a rain check, went back and they were in. I used it today, works good so far, was full of grease, had to charge the battery, no pumping, no air hose, only thing it's too big to carry around on the tractor where I have my old one. Price...$24.99 includes two batteries and charger and molded plastic carrying case. Might as well add a pic.
Rural King Farm and Home Internet Store

PAexcavator · Jul 26, 2007

RE: not taking grease.
Often it helps to attempt to put the grease in while carefully moving the stabilizer into contact with the ground, putting a little downward force onto it and then backing it off to the extreme upward position. If you do this very slowly, you should find a "sweet spot" that will let it take the grease. This same technique will work w/loaders and hoes too.

JerryG · Jul 26, 2007

PAexcavator said:
RE: not taking grease.
Often it helps to attempt to put the grease in while carefully moving the stabilizer into contact with the ground, putting a little downward force onto it and then backing it off to the extreme upward position. If you do this very slowly, you should find a "sweet spot" that will let it take the grease. This same technique will work w/loaders and hoes too.

Exactly. The pin is sitting on the zerk hole. It happens a lot on front end loaders. If you watch really close, you can see the pin shift positions. Then the grease will go in.

fiddler kelly · Jul 26, 2007

Actually I was looking at the pin ,not the nipple end when I was lowering it one day and noticed that it moved a bit when the stablizer brought up on the ground and then move the other way when moving it back up again. What I will do is the next time I grease it is when I feel the resistance in the grese gun I will move the stablizer and this should allow the grease in decreasing the pressure felt on the handle of the gun.