The 10 hour rule

[o2l]

When I (new guy) took delivery of 'her" 2920, I was told that the 10 hour rule about greasing the FEL was holy writ, to the point of stopping all work to grease the pivot points before continuing. Is this rule inviolable? If not, what leeway do I have in extending the 10 hour rule. We have 8.5 hours on the clock and about 3 hours of work to do. Thanks for all the help so far.

 

[neilbedwell]

I pretty much squirt a little grease into my FEL after every use. Now, mind you, if all I do is run the bush hog or tiller then there's no point in greasing the FEL, BUT I've been known to do it anyway. Why not just go ahead and grease everything right now, BEFORE you perform the 3 hours of work and call it good?

 

[Mathias NY]

Most fuel tanks will give you enough to last for an 8-10 hour work day. With this in mind, I try to grease the loader and PTO shafts every time I fill the tank. if you can get into the habit, it's not hard to remember.

 

[k0ua]

When I (new guy) took delivery of 'her" 2920, I was told that the 10 hour rule about greasing the FEL was holy writ, to the point of stopping all work to grease the pivot points before continuing. Is this rule inviolable? If not, what leeway do I have in extending the 10 hour rule. We have 8.5 hours on the clock and about 3 hours of work to do. Thanks for all the help so far.

11.5 hours of work on the FEL between greasing is certainly not going to hurt anything. Just grease it when your done, but another question would be why not grease it now? That won't hurt either.

James K0UA

 

[kevinj]

When I (new guy) took delivery of 'her" 2920, I was told that the 10 hour rule about greasing the FEL was holy writ, to the point of stopping all work to grease the pivot points before continuing. Is this rule inviolable? If not, what leeway do I have in extending the 10 hour rule. We have 8.5 hours on the clock and about 3 hours of work to do. Thanks for all the help so far.

I doubt the whole 8.5 is on the loader. Of course you greased it before you started:thumbsup:

 

[s219]

If you weren't using the loader heavily the first 10 hours, then I think you'll be just fine skating past 10 hours a little bit before greasing. I wouldn't worry about it, but don't procrastinate once you get on the other side of 10.

My practice is to check the hour meter when I am loading the tractor on my trailer for work, and if I am within 1-2 hours of the 10X multiple, I will grease it right there while I'm at home. Just seems better than dealing with it on the job somewhere else, especially since I don't always pay attention to the hour meter when I am busy with other things.

 

[Deano]

I doubt the whole 8.5 is on the loader. Of course you greased it before you started:thumbsup:

Agree. Sometimes I use my BX24 for 10 hours and do not use the connected backhoe. I do not grease it if it was not used.
But, same thought, greasing more won't hurt anything!

Deano

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

You've heard from the OCD guys that follow the rules.:laughing::laughing: You probably won't hear from the other 95% of us that may do it every 50 hours or so more or less.

 

[Agrantina]

8-10 hrs thats alot!!!- My FEL starts to make alot of nosie after 3-4 hrs of work I have to stop and feed them!...:confused2:

AndyG

 

[ruren]

Remember that this is a guideline that someone came up with as a good average for how often to grease the equipment across all of the working conditions it can encounter, not a precise operation. I do it every time it hits a 10 hour mark on the meter, but would never stop the middle of work to keep from going a half hour or an hour over. You are not going to damage anything.

On the other hand I will hit it with grease in between the 10 hour marks if I have only been using it an hour or two at a time over a long period to push out any water etc. and sometimes if it has been worked in nasty mud or such and I feel it needs to be freshened up. If it makes you feel better to grease more often you won't hurt anything.