Cheap battery powered grease gun?
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shoot4fun
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Can't say for the cheap versions but my son has the Milwaukee that works with M12 Fuel batteries. That this is very nice! He is hard on tools, both use and criticisms, but really does think highly of the tool. He uses it regularly for lubing the dozer, skid steer, ZT lawnmowers, etc.
It seems you get what you pay for.
While I agree with this, think about greasing a couple corn headers/tractors/grain carts and augers every morning during harvest. Those electric grease guns were game changers when they came out. That said, they’re pretty damn expensive compared to the old way.
If you gotta have one, you don’t save much going with a Ryobi or Harbor Freight Earthquake brand. I’d get whatever you already have batteries for, Dewalt in my case.
shoot4fun
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A CAT dozer's treads are tightened by adding grease thru a fitting. The battery powered gun makes this a much faster job.
I've got a 15ft John Deere bushog that has IIRC 81 grease fittings and it takes 1-1/2 hours to grease, even with the battery powered grease gun. Sure, I could use a std gun for it and there are some fittings on it that I can't get to with the big lock on fitting it has(another great tool).
The mower has a big cv joint in the drive line that MUST be kept greased and greased properly or it'll cost ya $1200 pretty quick. It holds about 1/3-1/2 tube of grease each time it's greased and I think the manual says to grease it every 8 or 10 hours. That's just one fitting!
Yes, it's something you can live without but like many things, there's a better way!
I had a cheapo as well as a Lincoln and now have a DeWalt. Bite the bullet and buy a good one if you're gonna use it. They really shine for bearings etc that take a lot of grease and you only have one set of hands. If you've got a helper to do the pumping while you work the hose end, and he works cheap..don't buy one. I use to be that helper while Dad was alive and we farmed fairly big.
I cant squeeze the trigger anymore, so I purchase a battery powered one so I don't have to interrupt anyone else when I need to lube my Dillon press
Link
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WTF is so hard about moving a lever? Been doing it for years... decades... It's not that difficult.
Can we get any lazier
LOL Funny guy.
I'm 76 years old with a bad back etc. I use a grease gun a few times a year. A lot of times I have to lie on the ground so I can use both hands, wishing I had 3 hands. I agree buy once, cry once. I do have a bunch of 20V Dewalt stuff. I'm going to order a cheap one to see how it works.
PS I didn't know I would have to explain myself lol.
Can we get any lazier
LOL Funny guy.
I'm 76 years old with a bad back etc. I use a grease gun a few times a year. A lot of times I have to lie on the ground so I can use both hands, wishing I had 3 hands. I agree buy once, cry once. I do have a bunch of 20V Dewalt stuff. I'm going to order a cheap one to see how it works.
PS I didn't know I would have to explain myself lol.
farmerjohn
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Down hill side of 75 myself, front end loaders, skid-steer, track hoe, 2 dozers, plus wheel tractors and equipment. Between cattle and construction on a week of sunshine we burn around 600 gal of diesel plus a case or more of grease cartridges, have three of these and one yellow one. Ran over one but never replaced anything other than hoses and heads. Oh yeah, we use electric pumps for the diesel instead of the hand pumps and come to think of it I even have electric windows on my pickup. Dang thinking about it, I even have electric drills, grinders, powder scales, and even electric light.....
My friend has a custom built radish picker built on a 4 wheel drive John Deere corn harvester chassis, it harvests 14 rows at a time. I asked him how long does it take to grease with a hand powered grease gun. he says "we don't know it took so long the first time we used it we gave up and I bought a pneumatic gun." I have never seen so many pulleys and belts in my entire life. He told me that the ability to get in a wet field and harvest before anyone else made it pay for itself the first year.
gravelyctry
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There’s some auto lube systems (Lincoln) out therethat might be worth it for some of you folks that have to grease alot on a regular basis. I can’t say how good they are from an aftermarket standpoint , but I think it’s an option on some construction equipment.
bobinpa
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If you have the Dewalt batteries just order yourself a Dewalt grease gun. I fought it for a long time then got a Dewalt. Couldn't be happier. Makes the greasing go a lot faster and they build a lot of pressure too. Sometimes they push through a zerk that a manual gun may not..... I don't think buying a cheap one to try would give you an accurate taste of what a good one is like. The cheap one will be money wasted. The Dewalt will serve you for years. Good luck whichever way you go.
Adam in WI
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I have the Dewalt because that's the battery most of my tools take. I like it but the relief valve is annoying on stubborn fittings. I believe the M18 Milwaukee doesn't have this issue from the examples I've used. It seems to have a little more guts behind the grease.
Our first one was a Lincoln. It wasn't bad but I prefer the DeWalt. I think Lincoln introduced them and they were more expensive then, than a DeWalt now. The DeWalt is heavy but has a shoulder strap that's handy at times but admittedly, I don't use it until I get tired of packing it around and even then, there are times it's more of a nuisance than it's worth. I like the looks of the Milwaukee and I'll probably buy it next time but it's hard to get away from a battery style/tools. I've got a few Milwaukee tools so it won't be the only thing with that style battery. It appears to be more compact and lighter than the DeWalt but I haven't looked at the specs on them yet. Don't know the length but I like the long hose of the DeWalt.
I bought a Dewalt grease gun because I had a Dewalt battery half inch impact already. Guess I'm to lazy to pull on wrenches too! I was a pipe fitter for close to forty years. When I got in you used a bfh and a hammer wrench on everything. That gets old real fast. Its not that I'm lazy, its just I learned to work smarter not harder. Believe me, swinging a 10 pound hammer busting 3 or 4 inch nuts or use a spline gun, the choice is simple.
Incase you are not aware, you can buy a bare tool and save some money. I laughed the first time i saw one, but now I wouldnt be without one for what they cost with all i have to keep greased.
Exactly!
The Milwaukee 12 volt is reasonable size and weight. They also make a m18 grease gun as well, as far as i know dewalt does not make a smaller 12v grease gun
I want to say they did at one time but I may be wrong. Mines an 18 and I've got a couple of m18 tools so I may give the Milwaukee a try if/when the dewalt dies. Ironically, it put off a puff of smoke the other day. I hope it's just grease/oil on the brushes or something. Still working and it didn't smoke but just a few seconds and seemed to quit. Fingers crossed!
Maybe you got lucky and it only lost a little smoke. That is afterall what powers electric devices, dont ever buy that bs about electrons. Smoke does the work and once it leaks out you cant put it back in
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