Electric grease gun

[whatsupdoc]

After greasing my mini excavator with a manual grease gun, I finally broke down and bought an electric grease gun. Greasing the tractor is a joy compared to hitting all the grease points on the excavator and man I am tired of pumping.

Hopefully this should make greasing everything faster with less cursing like when the end pops off and greases my shirt or puling the hose while under something causing the pump handle to spin and give me a black eye.

I did some research and ended up with the Makita. It was delivered today and when I went to pick up the box I thought wow this is heavy. Now I understand why they supply a strap.
So we shall see if its worth the expense.

 

[lmichael]

Yep I bought a DeWalt and it weighs a ton. I'll be putting it to use in the spring again when my G2160 comes out of hibernation

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I had one of those air powered ,30 gallon old skool shop grease gun setups.Sure made FAST work of greasing everything ! Since I downsized, I had no need of it,gave it away.

 

[mike0000]

Went Dewalt due to ties to that platform, loKNlube was a great addition to it. Works great.

 

[rudder35]

I bought the Dewalt also. Much easier on old arthritic hands. Also bought the impact wrench with the same battery. It's a beast.

 

[Old Machinist]

I also have the DeWalt for my backhoe. I don't bother with it for the tractors and anything with less than a few fittings. My backhoe goes through two tubes of grease at a interval so pumping that much is a chore without the cordless.

 

[mcmxi]

Went Dewalt due to ties to that platform, loKNlube was a great addition to it. Works great.

I have three conventional grease guns and the DeWalt battery version. I also bought DeWalt at least five years ago since I'm heavily invested in their batteries. I did buy a Milwaukie impact a few years ago which is awesome but I only have one battery with it so not invested in Milwaukie batteries yet. I would say that if I were starting out I would probably lean towards Milwaukie for battery powered tools, despite having lots of DeWalt tools which have proven to be excellent.

I have lots of things to grease, and typically use manual grease guns for anything where feedback is required, but for me it's the LockNLube connector that is the game changer, regardless of whether it's on the end of a manual, battery or air powered grease gun.

 

[Tx Jim]

I have a Dewalt grease gun. I like it but Dewalt could have performed better design when it applies to changing out the batteries. Batteries are difficult to swap for an older, weaker person.

 

[ItBmine]

Add me to the Dewalt list. Yes it is heavy. And I find it very hard to bleed the air when I replace cartridges. The bleeder does almost nothing. I finally figured out if I don't screw new cartridge in tight until I get grease out hose, then I can tighten and it's good.
But it is strong. I've got grease into fittings two new hand guns couldn't on old abused machines.

I saw another brand after I bought it, I can't remember if it was an Alemite or Milwaukee, but it had an actual digital gauge on it to tell you how much grease is in it.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

I looked at Milwaukee since I'm in Milwaukee and almost all my battery tools are Milwaukee, BUT when the company was purchased by the Chinese their quality went down, they refused to warranty thousands of defective lithium batteries (bad design) after dropping parts supply for NiCd and brushed tools (doubled the price of NiCd and stopped selling brushes), and internally created a devicive management system that blamed employees for the company failures due to managerial failures related to "cost cutting" the employees had warned them wouldn't work (gaslighting). They also deleted negative posts on their corporate forum en mass to hide what was going on. (Note most of my power tools are Milwaukee and have been for decades so it's not like I have an axe to grind--it's the exact opposite, I just can no longer get OEM parts for them unfortunately.)

Despite all that I still looked at their grease gun recently, and determined the plastic gear system wasn't what I wanted to use in sub-zero temperatures due to plastic becoming brittle in cold weather coupled with reports the newer plastics are made off-shore and not strong like previously. Also, off-shored parts tend to be unavailable 5 years later (like members reported about tractor part unavailability), and I've determined those risks are too great for my purposes given the tool price.

Since I don't want to invest in yet another battery system I looked at pneumatic, and if I owned a backhoe I'd buy Lincoln's unit.

Since I've just a little BX and vehicles to maintain I'll get the Lock-N-Lube single hand dual-mode pro model (with long hose) when it's back in stock and still save over $250, plus have excellent portability without the need for batteries or air. Yup, I too have old hands, so I'll use the single-handed greaser for standard grease and my long-handled greaser for bushings needing moly grease (which can require more pressure).

 

[Mowbizz]

Bought a Milwaukee years ago and never looked back. All my battery tools are Milwaukee except for some Harbor Freight yard tools…I use their most expensive “Atlas” line…trimmer, chainsaw, leaf blower and extended, hedge trimmer. No regrets with any of them…all use the same 80v battery.

 

[SDT]

Add me to the Dewalt list. Yes it is heavy. And I find it very hard to bleed the air when I replace cartridges. The bleeder does almost nothing. I finally figured out if I don't screw new cartridge in tight until I get grease out hose, then I can tighten and it's good.
But it is strong. I've got grease into fittings two new hand guns couldn't on old abused machines.

I saw another brand after I bought it, I can't remember if it was an Alemite or Milwaukee, but it had an actual digital gauge on it to tell you how much grease is in it.

I, also have a Dewalt, making it almost unanimous.

 

[Bmyers]

Another one for the DeWalt grease gun. Wasn't sure it was going to be worth the money, but now I wouldn't go without it.

 

[jyoutz]

I bought the HF Hercules gun a few months ago. They had a deal I couldn’t pass up: buy a 5AH battery and charger for $99, get a free tool. I chose the $139 gun as my free tool. I’m impressed with the quality and performance so far.

 

[hedgerow]

I grew up using air greasers feeding off a 15 gallon drum of grease at my folks business. In my own shop I always use air grease guns. Bought a battery Lincoln grease gun twenty plus years ago and use it out in the field. Its been a good gun zero issues with it. I too have moved over to Milwaukee tools from Dewalt. A few years back at the farm show they had a deal on a Milwaukee grease gun kit so I bought one and I really like it bleeds nice and so far it worked flawless. I ended up buying another one this year at the farm show again for my Christmas present. Now I have three air grease guns with different greases in them and three battery guns with different greases in them. Still have a couple hand manual grip guns in the shop with corn head picker grease in them.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

I hate greasing, even with a battery one......but the battery operated guns are way better than a manual one for sure.

I started with Dewalt years ago, so thats what I went with.

I don't think the bleeder works great, but the "not tightening it up" bleeding trick usually fixes that.

 

[Sidekick]

I went with the Milwaukee also. Started with Dewalt battery tools but their tool quality started going downhill a couple years ago with poor quality and warranty support . Definitely speeds up the job.

 

[Moose7060]

Another user of Milwaukee with LocNLube. Sure makes the task easier.