OK. I think I get the gist. Despite the fact that my machines do not generally get worked as hard as most, the loader and backhoe require a grease for extreme pressure. Stepping back from it, it makes sense. I think my hope at the time of asking the question was to get rid of this black "awful" stuff. When greasing, as you all know, we look for grease to be oozing out a bit. Sometimes, I've overshot and a big glob of the black grease appears. It's a mess, even on a rag. Yuk. But, I digress.
Decision: I'm going to use the red and tacky in the manual grease gun and an extreme pressure grease of some kind...moly or lithium...in the new DeWalt.
You'd think I was a construction supervisor or something, wouldn't you? My little machine is 20 years old this year (only under my care for 3 1/3 years). It had not been well-maintained, imho, but it has been so enjoyable getting it back "up to par." I've had to replace hydraulic hoses, remove the backhoe control valve to clean it, figure out and repair the fuel leak at the injectors, correcting a hydraulic fluid leak at the drain plug from a stripped bolt and mangled threads in the housing, along with all the fluid and filter changes. That progress has been aided in great part due to the input from this board. This has been my first exposure to a diesel as well as to anything hydraulic. Had I known...I would've done this years ago when I was a young woman! I want to keep it operational since this will probably be the last one of this kind that I buy.
Thank you, everyone! Don't let it go to your head, but you are the greatest!
TG
By the way...a bit off topic here but I'm preparing to change the fan belt. I can't believe that process to get this done...what was Kubota thinking?! One more thing to figure out! Gotta' love it.
