PNEUMATIC GREASE GUNS

[BIGNASTY]

Im finally going to build a REAL SHOP for all the equipment maintenance in our family. Looking at Pneumatic Grease Guns for a minimum of 25 gal drum for stationary use, and I suppose a hand pump type for field use also a retracting hose & gun for oil 55 gal drum type.

ANY BRAND SUGGESTIONS?

 

[cojhl2]

Lincoln all the way!

 

[jhenderson]

Lincoln in the shop and an 18 volt Milwaukee for the field. DeWalt also makes a fine unit. I went a long time without a battery powered grease gun. I should have done it long ago. I also recommend a Loc-N-lube coupler for both grease guns. If you go Milwaukee for the battery unit, specify the SAE thread hose.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Lincoln in the shop and an 18 volt Milwaukee for the field. DeWalt also makes a fine unit. I went a long time without a battery powered grease gun. I should have done it long ago. I also recommend a Loc-N-lube coupler for both grease guns. If you go Milwaukee for the battery unit, specify the SAE thread hose.

Thanks for the ideas, going into town and see Santa to give him my wish-list. Im also looking into the ability to build in a Service Pit into the floor in both Commiefornia & Montana they weren't allowed.

 

[NIsaacs]

I had an Alemite mounted on a 1/4 drum back in my log truck days, it was a good unit. You could sure waste a lot of grease real quick if you had a plugged up/damaged grease zerk

 

[jhenderson]

When I worked for the frame and front end shop in Providence we had pits. That pit is nice. The lift might be a little much. We had built in stairs. That pit is long and deep but to be truly useful it needs at least one I beam across the pit, set level with the floor for jacking .

 

[TFucili]

I had an Alemite mounted on a 1/4 drum back in my log truck days, it was a good unit. You could sure waste a lot of grease real quick if you had a plugged up/damaged grease zerk

I think my uncle had an Alemite setup. I do remember that for tough or restricted fittings we would have to go to a manual gun. The pneumatic would move a lot of grease but didn't have much push.

 

[BIGNASTY]

The reason for a pit is that I dont know of many lifts (That I can afford) that can lift a lot of farm equipment. Most of the old tractors that I play with are actually frameless the engine & gearbox/rearend are the supporting structure. When I split them apart to work on either or I use cribbing to support each end

 

[jhenderson]

Google truck service pit design. All the pro prefab units have jacking platforms on rails. Too rich for me but it does show the need for a flush mount area for heavy lifting.

 

[Jim W]

I throw my pneumatic grease gun in the garbage can, going back to a manual grease gun. The xxxx air hose always got in the way with my creeper when I was using the grease gun under the vehicles.
I know in IL if you have a service pit; you need to provide a catch basin for liquids that needs to be pumped out by a waste hauler. They do not want grease and oil mixing with the ground water and/or the sanitary sewer system. A friend of mine had to put one in for his garage for his needs.

 

[AKDoug]

We have an Alemite setup in our shop. We go through two 120lb drums a year and have so for a decade. It has held up just fine. We have a hose reel and 50' of hose to go with it. It's priceless for lubing heavy equipment. For periodic maintenance on our trucks (pickups and semi's) we reach for the battery powered grease guns, there is no need for the volume a pneumatic provides for most truck lubing applications. We have a DeWalt in one shop and a Milwaukee in the other. I have no real preference for one or the other.

 

[NIsaacs]

If you have log trucks/trailers with bunks that turn you don't want to use a hand grease gun. They take about a 1/2 of tube each. If the cup and saucer is worn out they can take more. Some used 4 zerks and the multi groove style used 8.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Picked up a Milwaukee M18, 18 volt for the hand held portable & a Lock N Lube end for it

 

[BIGNASTY]

If you have log trucks/trailers with bunks that turn you don't want to use a hand grease gun. They take about a 1/2 of tube each. If the cup and saucer is worn out they can take more. Some used 4 zerks and the multi groove style used 8.

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NOPE Nick Im fresh out of log trucks

 

[BIGNASTY]

Grease gun works GREAT!!! Milwaukee M18, 18 volt.

Did the Spring time service on almost all the equipment getting ready for work, went through 4 tubes of grease LOTS of oil & filters. Even serviced the air compressor to fill tires.

 

[jhenderson]

Glad you like it. The locknlube is expensive but once you use it it’s hard to go back.