The more equipment the more the preventative maintenance. We seem to skip that step being busy . Sounds like a job for a young man who wants to learn .
Maintenance is critical. One thing I like to do is not let the gas powered equipment sit too long without using. With my health I haven’t did much for 9 months, so I try to start them once per month and let them idle for a couple minutes
Looks like it works good. Good rule is if your equipment needs fuel it time to grease. It snowed 12 inches hour from here couple nights ago. Winter hanging on. Nice video
With the amount of equipment you have to run your firewood operation, I think it would be easy to justify the $200 expense for the makita grease gun. Any time you can make a maintenance task easier (like greasing), you'll be more likely to do it regularly.
Well Brad I could tell you one thing it would last probably longer than my guys on losing it. I had bought a good dewalt grease gun and my guys lost it after about a month. I went back to the pistol pump grease guns for them.
One thing you might want to do different is not use grease in the jack for the trailer. I learned an old school trucker trick from my dad if you open the cover on the jack and poor ¼-½ of a quart of oil inside on the gears, they crank a lot easier. Especially in the colder winter temperatures. Only bad part is the oil runs down the legs and makes a mess so I don't do it unless I know the trailer won't be on a customers driveway for 2 or 3 days.
Interesting product. I hope it works out. For my regular job, I work on a tugboat. We have one of the Milwaukee battery powered grease guns. It works really well considering we have hundreds of zerks to deal with. It's bulky and awkward and a lot of times, I'll just go back to the pistol grip gun if I'm just doing one piece of equipment. I just use the pistol grip gun for my firewood operation. Maintenance is a critical thing for sure. Thanks for a great video!
Glad you reminded me, forgot to do dump trailer yesterday!! Guess I need to make a checklist!! Great grease gun attachment!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
WOOW… I bought a 12V Lincoln grease gun back in 2011 for $130. Priceless when you have a degenerative wrist issue due to a broken bone. The labor time alone makes these things worth every penny. Skid steers and loaders every time the 10-place on the hourmeter changes. Dump trucks we did at the end of every day especially on the hinge pins. Gravel conveyors were a continuous round as the day happened.
A power grease gun is definitely a need when you have that much equipment to grease, love my Milwaukee grease gun! Only downside if when greasing is that easy you burn threw the tubes🤣
That attachment appears to work ok, but like you said time will tell. As for the maintenance…. I worked on farms as a kid, then cars, moved on to industrial maintenance (foundries, machine shops and then automated assembly equipment). We always went by the saying “Production is king” which meant that you don’t make money if equipment is down. Example: The one automated line I had lost $14.72 every SECOND it was down. You can bet that line was well maintained. A little time in maintenance save a lot of time fixing!
Nice find Brad. All of the electric grease guns are heavy. That looks awkward due to how far down the tube the handle is. I’m curious as to how well it will hold up for you. Have a good one.
Hello Mr. Brad. spend a few mins now greasing or hours later replacing bearings, and those special door hinges that you will never be able to get parts to replace will last forever if you take care of them, not to mention that speed and ease of operation are maintained, IF they could find a grease that tasted good, I would put it in my coffee, I might last as long as my equipment.
Hi Brad, admire you thriftiness, but out of character for someone who has two expensive dump-trailers, new conveyor/ splitter and other top kit! Over here farmers commonly say….’the best and cheapest mechanics are oil & grease.’ So, on the grease gun, at $200 + it’s a small price to pay for the real deal! Remember that cliche…”buy nice, instead of buying twice.’ However, a bit of cheap research makes for good vids on TH-cam!! Moreover, my personal opinion is that you run a top woodyard, and good TH-cam channel. Keep it up! Len (Devon 🇬🇧)
I think you should've just spent the $. I got a Lincoln 14.4v which was 5-6 yrs ago. Don't remember how much it was. So far it's survived the rigors of a small dairy farm just fine. Only problem I have is it has just one battery
New to the greasing process. How much grease do you know is going in to each hook up and how much do you know to put in each point that needs greasing ??
I got one from saker and as Brad said, sometimes it's too big. I've had it blow off of some fittings that were in the wide open. But it is nice when you can use it
Lock n lube makes great attachments Brad for the grease guns locks the tip in nicely so you don't have to hold it on.
The more equipment the more the preventative maintenance. We seem to skip that step being busy . Sounds like a job for a young man who wants to learn .
Maintenance is critical. One thing I like to do is not let the gas powered equipment sit too long without using. With my health I haven’t did much for 9 months, so I try to start them once per month and let them idle for a couple minutes
Looks like it works good. Good rule is if your equipment needs fuel it time to grease. It snowed 12 inches hour from here couple nights ago. Winter hanging on. Nice video
With the amount of equipment you have to run your firewood operation, I think it would be easy to justify the $200 expense for the makita grease gun. Any time you can make a maintenance task easier (like greasing), you'll be more likely to do it regularly.
Nice find, Brad. I might have to try that. Take care 👍
The red harbor freight one is cheap works well and looks just like the Milwaukee
Thanks for reminding me. Time to grease all of my equipment
Keep us posted, I too could not justify the price of the Milwaukee, but I'd love to have one 😁
Check out the lumax grease coupler. Very compact. Been using it for years on my milwaukee grease gun.
Brad, the new grease gun looks like equipment from "Ghost Busters". Good luck with it.
Man that stockpile looked amazing holly mole!
Molee
Great job 👍Brad ❤😊you got things set for the next time around
Well Brad I could tell you one thing it would last probably longer than my guys on losing it. I had bought a good dewalt grease gun and my guys lost it after about a month. I went back to the pistol pump grease guns for them.
One thing you might want to do different is not use grease in the jack for the trailer. I learned an old school trucker trick from my dad if you open the cover on the jack and poor ¼-½ of a quart of oil inside on the gears, they crank a lot easier. Especially in the colder winter temperatures. Only bad part is the oil runs down the legs and makes a mess so I don't do it unless I know the trailer won't be on a customers driveway for 2 or 3 days.
Interesting product. I hope it works out. For my regular job, I work on a tugboat. We have one of the Milwaukee battery powered grease guns. It works really well considering we have hundreds of zerks to deal with. It's bulky and awkward and a lot of times, I'll just go back to the pistol grip gun if I'm just doing one piece of equipment. I just use the pistol grip gun for my firewood operation.
Maintenance is a critical thing for sure.
Thanks for a great video!
Don't forget the lonely old wheelbarrow!
LOL
I appreciate the trigger control you have on your grease gun.
It would be tragic for you to have a negligent discharged grease.
Glad you reminded me, forgot to do dump trailer yesterday!! Guess I need to make a checklist!! Great grease gun attachment!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
It's probably not much bulkier than the actual battery-powered grease gun, so if it holds up, you're in money.
WOOW…
I bought a 12V Lincoln grease gun back in 2011 for $130.
Priceless when you have a degenerative wrist issue due to a broken bone.
The labor time alone makes these things worth every penny.
Skid steers and loaders every time the 10-place on the hourmeter changes.
Dump trucks we did at the end of every day especially on the hinge pins.
Gravel conveyors were a continuous round as the day happened.
A power grease gun is definitely a need when you have that much equipment to grease, love my Milwaukee grease gun! Only downside if when greasing is that easy you burn threw the tubes🤣
Great video and it was nice to see you use the safety stop on the trailer not many people remember to do that
That attachment appears to work ok, but like you said time will tell. As for the maintenance…. I worked on farms as a kid, then cars, moved on to industrial maintenance (foundries, machine shops and then automated assembly equipment). We always went by the saying “Production is king” which meant that you don’t make money if equipment is down. Example: The one automated line I had lost $14.72 every SECOND it was down. You can bet that line was well maintained. A little time in maintenance save a lot of time fixing!
Never heard of such a thing. I mean the drill attachment not maintenance..LOL curious how it holds up for you. Take care Brad.
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And now you are going step on the grease on the ground and track into the house. Looks like it should work out for you
Lol
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It’s happen to me before
Nice find Brad. All of the electric grease guns are heavy. That looks awkward due to how far down the tube the handle is. I’m curious as to how well it will hold up for you. Have a good one.
Hello Mr. Brad. spend a few mins now greasing or hours later replacing bearings, and those special door hinges that you will never be able to get parts to replace will last forever if you take care of them, not to mention that speed and ease of operation are maintained, IF they could find a grease that tasted good, I would put it in my coffee, I might last as long as my equipment.
Lol
Nice grease gun, never knew about a drill attachment. What a way to save a $160.00
Thanks Brad, hope the kids chips and bedding are doing them well. Great time to learn
Very cool, Im with you I can't justify the$200 for a grease gun but I'll be interested how well your drill attachment holds up. 👍
How often are you to lube up the conveyor chain? It looks like a dry film lube would be needed due to the dirt and dust.
I’ve been keeping used motor oil on the chain
Hi Brad, admire you thriftiness, but out of character for someone who has two expensive dump-trailers, new conveyor/ splitter and other top kit! Over here farmers commonly say….’the best and cheapest mechanics are oil & grease.’ So, on the grease gun, at $200 + it’s a small price to pay for the real deal! Remember that cliche…”buy nice, instead of buying twice.’ However, a bit of cheap research makes for good vids on TH-cam!! Moreover, my personal opinion is that you run a top woodyard, and good TH-cam channel. Keep it up! Len (Devon 🇬🇧)
Thanks Len. I’ll have the real deal eventually
I think you should've just spent the $. I got a Lincoln 14.4v which was 5-6 yrs ago. Don't remember how much it was. So far it's survived the rigors of a small dairy farm just fine. Only problem I have is it has just one battery
I’ll eventually step up to the real deal
200 for a grease gun, be money well spent doing all that greasing every week. Tools are the most important thing in any buisness
New to the greasing process. How much grease do you know is going in to each hook up and how much do you know to put in each point that needs greasing ??
For the dump trailers and skid loader I grease until I see the old grease start to push out of the pins
#2 hahahaha. I was thinking about getting one of them couplers. Now you have me thinking it might be a waste of money.
I found one that is thin with two levers you squeeze to put it on. So far it works great.
I got one from saker and as Brad said, sometimes it's too big. I've had it blow off of some fittings that were in the wide open. But it is nice when you can use it
I've thought about getting a trigger grease gun what do you think about them compared to a regular grease gun?
Much faster
What about the truck
Believe it or or not there are no grease fittings. Everything is sealed and you replace when it goes bad
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