Grease guns

Ron

Ron

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So after having the same grease gun for pretty much my entire adult life, my son ran it over last fall.
I replaced it with a HF special that instead of threading onto the body had a quick lock set up and it worked. It was a grease gun, I squeezed grease came out. What more do you expect?

A couple weeks back we were working on something and went to use it and is has a seal somewhere inside that has failed and no grease comes out. Shockingly it is leaking around the bdy and this quick change setup. Liked the idea of quick change execution not so hot.

So I replaced it with whatever was hanging on the rack at Oreillys last week and had to use it this weekend. POS lacks the pressure to push grease in and yes its fully purged.

So now Im in the market for another new grease gun. My 3rd in 3 months after using the same one for 20 years. So tool nerds is there such a thing as a quality grease gun?

Thought about springing for the milwaukee M18 battery powered model but seems overkill
 
If you own a tractor or equipment, get battery powered.
 
You can borrow my M18 and see if you like it. Just bring it back full. It emptys out faster than a normal one because I actually use it. Best part is being able to really put a lot of pressure on the hose to keep it on in weird positions or crappy fittings, and not having to worry about pumping with the other hand.

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Have nothing to add, but also curious, b/c I've been using the same one for 20+ years and I hate it b/c I can't seem to load it w/o getting grease everywhere, also bought a cheap quick-change thing and also had it fail. Luckily still have the old one.

This is one of those cases where you think, "This is a pretty simple device, shouldn't any version just work", yet no, anything can apparently be poorly engineered.
 
Does dewalt have a decent option? I already own a ton of dewalt 20V tools and would hate to mix in another brand with incompatible batteries; that’s why I rarely use my Snap On cordless impact anymore.
 
If you have air available another option is the $100ish dollar Lincoln grease gun. I got mine from Northern Tool. It's a full auto gun, LOL. The hf air grease gun is semi auto, FYI but much cheaper.

I got so pissed at my old hand pump gun I beat it flat with a sledgehammer. To this day it's the nicest grease gun I've ever used. I grease my trail rig after every trip and do a post run inspection at the same time, plus I maintain the families fleet of 10 or so cars so it sees frequent use. I would prefer to use it even over the giant roll around grease gun on the drum at work.
 
I havent used but a few brands. I say buy whatever you have the most batteries. Thats why I have a matco.
 
Tim C said:
If you have air available another option is the $100ish dollar Lincoln grease gun. I got mine from Northern Tool. It's a full auto gun, LOL. The hf air grease gun is semi auto, FYI but much cheaper.

I got so pissed at my old hand pump gun I beat it flat with a sledgehammer. To this day it's the nicest grease gun I've ever used. I grease my trail rig after every trip and do a post run inspection at the same time, plus I maintain the families fleet of 10 or so cars so it sees frequent use. I would prefer to use it even over the giant roll around grease gun on the drum at work.
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Air would require bringing the tractor to the shop and back to the work site That adds an hour to each day.
Its manual or battery powered for me.

The GGun is interesting just for the volume....but loading grease just sounds like a needlessly messy job.
 
I love my m18 Milwaukee .Probably the best battery gun I've used and I tend to use it more because it's convenient and easy . Also have a "John Deere" one. Idk who made it but when my dad bought a dozer he bought it for adjusting the tracks. That sucker puts out the psi. Then I ran it over with my skid steer and had to make it back round with the vise .still works good.
 
Ron said:
The GGun is interesting just for the volume....but loading grease just sounds like a needlessly messy job.
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Not messy at all. I use a masons trowel (and only for this). Scoop grease out of pail, dump into hopper. Scrape trowel on lip of bucket, then wipe clean.

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I have used the lincoln battery (at the time the only battery one), liked it. For stubborn fittings the JD dozer one hard to beat (favorite), lately been using a Napa manual, it's ok, don't last long but cheap and somewhat reliable.
 
@Ron i don’t mean to hijack or anything as I’m always down to find new (better) tools especially when it comes to maintenance. My question is the tip. Just the tip. I have had manual ones and also used the battery powered ones; both Dewalt and Milwaukee. They all accomplish the mission but my issue is the weird angle you always run into and the grease squirting out of the tip and not into the fitting itself. Anybody have a good tip they have found?
 
They also sell 90* couplers but they leak pretty good, but are useful for ball joints etc in tight places where you can't get straight onto the fitting. Advance etc carry them in store. As for straight couplers, I usually use the slip on/off though the locking ones look high quality and like they wouldn't leak much or give trouble to remove/attach.
 
Ron said:
Air would require bringing the tractor to the shop and back to the work site That adds an hour to each day.
Its manual or battery powered for me.

The GGun is interesting just for the volume....but loading grease just sounds like a needlessly messy job.
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New GGun comes with one of these.
@kaiser715. Thanks I'll be placing an order. I'm with @Tim C. Mines getting the hammer. Oreillys unit gonna die!
 
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