Ryobi Grease Gun

BuckeyeStateOfMind

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Hey everyone!

I am on the Ryobi tool platform (don't hate, their tools are legit for the basic DIY/home maintenance world). I am looking at their Grease gun for my b2601. Anything i should be concerned with by using a battery powered grease gun?
 
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Bmyers

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I use a battery powered DeWalt grease gun on my tractor all the time. I did add a Lock-N-Lube to the gun to make it easier for me.

The only thing I have noticed going from a regular grease gun to a battery powered, I use more grease because it is easy and quick.
 
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Been looking for a Ryobi grease gun for a while. Local supplier rarely has them in stock. Would be interested in hearing your experiences. For my use I like Ryobi tools. Good battery life and you can get reasonably priced aftermarket batteries if you need more. I need chargers now.
 

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I like the Ryobi 18 volt line.
* They have a wide selection of tools
* They haven't changed the battery platform. You can use NiCad, old lithium, and newer lithium all in the same tools
* They are good enough for all but the most serious user. I used the brushless impact driver on my bridge project https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/40-ft-span-bridge.48528/reply to drive over 200 structural lags among other things.
* I've thought about the grease gun, but I figure I'd have grease all over my batteries :confused:
 
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Bmyers

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* I've thought about the grease gun, but I figure I'd have grease all over my batteries :confused:
I have never had the issue with getting grease on the batteries. I generally make less of a mess than before. I just clamp on the Lock-N-Lube, pull trigger, unhook the Lock-N-Lube and move to the next one. The only struggle I have had is with the PTO grease fittings and would love to meet the engineer that thought that design was a good one.
 
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jabloomf1230

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I also have the Dewalt electric grease gun again to match my other battery tools. The hardest part was getting the stock nozzle off in order to put on my Lock-n-lube. My only suggestion is to use 3 or 4 trigger squeezes and no more. Any more and you will be wasting grease.
 

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I'm very sorry to inform you, your grease gun is not approved. The only approved grease gun of Orange Tractor Talks is the DeWalt one with the proper L&L Tip.
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Bulldog

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I also have the Dewalt electric grease gun again to match my other battery tools. The hardest part was getting the stock nozzle off in order to put on my Lock-n-lube. My only suggestion is to use 3 or 4 trigger squeezes and no more. Any more and you will be wasting grease.
That's one thing I really liked about the Milwaukee grease gun. You can set if for what you want, pull the trigger and it's stops itself.
 
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Hey everyone!

I am on the Ryobi tool platform (don't hate, their tools are legit for the basic DIY/home maintenance world). I am looking at their Grease gun for my b2601. Anything i should be concerned with by using a battery powered grease gun?
Give this video consideration before you buy one. Pretty good test of them in this video.

 

jabloomf1230

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As someone mentioned here previously, once you go down the road with one battery powered tool, you are somewhat locked into that brand. The batteries are a major expense and they aren't standardized. At this point I only buy bare tools since I have enough batteries and chargers.
 
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rlcotter

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I've slowly replaced my dewalt tools. The Ryobi HP+ system just outperforms it 🤷
I am also on the Ryobi platform, and it only made sense to go with the Ryobi grease gun. Zero complaints, other than I should have bought it sooner. Much easier/faster to do the job = doing it more often. I also have the lock-n-lube. No regrets what so ever.
 

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I went with an air-operated gun from O'Reilly's Auto parts. Even my tiny little pancake compressor makes plenty air for it at 90 PSI. It may not be quite as cool or convenient as a battery operated one, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper.
 

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I know it’s a very necessary thing but I hate greasing. I can’t keep from getting all Over myself. Lol. I wear glasses and it never fails that I smear grease on them.

I have really considered one of these and I have both Milwaukee and Dewalt cordless equipment. A friends wife can get me Milwaukee for cost so that’s a no brainer. I already have the lock and load so I need
To pull the trigger on one. I just never think about it until I need to grease my equipment.
 

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I know it’s a very necessary thing but I hate greasing. I can’t keep from getting all Over myself. Lol. I wear glasses and it never fails that I smear grease on them.

I have really considered one of these and I have both Milwaukee and Dewalt cordless equipment. A friends wife can get me Milwaukee for cost so that’s a no brainer. I already have the lock and load so I need
To pull the trigger on one. I just never think about it until I need to grease my equipment.
My guess is that you will like it once you buy it. If you can get it at cost, I would be jumping all over that.