You don't have to hold and press the coupler on to the zerk to keep it there. It is clamped onto the zerk by hydraulic pressure from the grease flowing through it. The more back pressure to the grease pump sees, the more clamping pressure at the coupler. There are also mechanical couplers, like the Lock-N-Lube, or Lube Shuttle's safeLOCK coupler.
sure if everything is new but once the coupler or zerks wear a bit you usually have to help it out. the lock-n-lube and similar are pretty nice but they tend to have issues with tight spaces. they do however grab better then the standard couplers
blew my mind t’other day to discover that the hold-force in the coupler end was *adjustable*… I was wondering why some of them needed to be just about hammered off after the grease came up to pressure.
You forget that some zerks tend to lock the coupler on the zerk requiring verbal lubrication and pliers of a few wrenches to remove on account of the pressure being so high.
As the official triple-jointed, 90-pound, Filipino grease guy of my shop, I really appreciated you bringing light of my struggle to the world. It's always the worst access that gets ignored and won't take the schmoo
I'm not Filipino, but I did work for Jiffy Lube for a summer in Flagstaff, AZ after finishing my 4 yrs in the Marines, and I was that grease gun guy. I really actually liked it cause it could not get any worse, so I was happy, dirty all the time, but happy. I want to say I was making a whopping $3.62/hr. I didn't care about money, I was too adventurous, so the fact I was done by 3pm and could go rock-climbing on Mt. Elden, or hunting out in the cinder hills was heaven to me.
The trick is to hold the grease gun with your foot, so you can light the cigarette while pretending to use it with one hand. That's when the boss man thinks you are a pro
i just RAN to the comments section to mention this, i fucked up my monitor in the process, they dont work well when stepped on, i am concerned at the length of the opening of this product, maybe ave didnt remove everything from the tissue paper zipperedtool carrier so he didnt feel comfortable calling time??
repair tech with milwaukee here, your grease gun ever stop pumping in 2nd gear but works in first, grab a pick and try to slide the motor back and forth though the vent on the side and if she moves youve got a broken motor mount
As a helichopper techanic, this tool has been awesome. A couple years of work and it's still going strong. A single swashplate can hold more than a full load of schmoo if it has been cleaned out for inspection. Pumping more than a tube load of schmoo into the dirty, dirty couplers gets real old if you don't have a friend to help.
He called it a speed control, it's actually a pulse counter, up to 50 pumps while holding the trigger which I really like. The two speed is awesome, the lower speed allows full pressure for the stubborn clogged points. Three years on mine in the heavy equipment field and no issues with the rubber over moulding coming off
Yeah this, we have 300+ cranes and all the trucks and trailers you can shake a stick at, love these guns, i have two in my truck, the old one is still going and a conservative estimate would be that ive put 100+ cases of grease through it... nothing is falling apart, however they don't hold up that well when you suck in outriggers and forget you left one on the top of the beam....=/
I was about to comment on the same. I had one for packaging machine that had something like 30-40 nipples which I greased daily. I used one like this for I think it was five years and it looked just fine till the end.
gotta say the aircraft shop has 2 they use nightly and they both look to be in great shape 3 years later. and those guys can break a hammer head lol. he's being way to hard on this. it's a great grease gun. little pricey but worth it if you use it often.
This is a great video. I love everything ave does. Always entertaining and Informative. That being said you got a few things off on this one. I use this gun 6 days a week 8 months out of the year, on excavators, dozers, loaders, and skidsteers and they do the job well. We have 6 identical guns in the fleet and over the last 3 years we’ve only had one go down. The two speed isn’t intended for speed metering. It pumps at a higher psi on 1 than it does on 2. If a pin hasn't been greased in long enough that the grease hole is packed with metal powder, the gun will build pressure until it seizes the gear set and let’s out that high pitch tinnitus sound. You can then switch the gun to the low speed and 9 times out of 10 , blow the plug out of the grease hole and the pin will accept grease without being pulled. Switch the gun back to 2 and it happily chugs along until the next time you need more psi. That being said, don’t fucking do that. You have a fancy tool just grease your machine when your suppose to. I will say, something I noticed but never paid attention to or knew the cause of, is why they always get floppy after they’re covered in grease. They most definitely lose rigidity over time. That being said they Keep on working. One of the biggest pros of this tool is that the guys will actually grease machines (once they start squeaking) one of the cons is that they’ll put 3 tubes of grease in one machine because the thing shoots grease so fast and they think that the more they put in it the longer they can go before it needs greased again... the 200lb gorilla is something to behold... bottom line, this will make your life as an operator much easier if you treat it as an “instrument” like calipers or a scale or micrometer, instead of a “tool” like a shovel or a hammer. You don’t loan these to the other crew when they forgot theirs. You say something like, THIS IS MY GREASE GUN. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
Worked in printing for 5 years, at least once a week I had to crawl under the machine and grease the 160 so odd grease nipples. Best part was some of them had a female fitting with no snap connection. Had to hold the thing on at exactly the right angle or schmoo would fly everywhere except where it was supposed to go. Grease guns are the devil.
Amen Brother. I worked plastic extrusion about that long. Extruders want to be greased twice per *shift*. You don't have to crawl under (most of) them but they do run at 400 Frankensteins, have chain-driven rotating parts and have exposed 440V wiring.
It's the switch actually handling the full motor current or just signaling to the circuitry? They might have used a standard microswitch to make the trigger bear-proof. If it is in line with the full current flow, it will have it's life made easier by the MOSFETs doing all the dirty work, so it's not normally making or breaking the load directly.
And that's the thing... Shit like this will save money for the company... If they can put one of these and a box of 12 cartridges in each machine, they don't need to send the service truck around to do grease-ups with their air operated greaser pulling outta a 20kg bucket.
I've got the m12 version for 2 1/2 years now, over 100 tubes through it. never had an issue, over molding is still complete. no complains, fantastic tool
I’ve had this one for 5 months greasing a fleet of over 50 trucks and it’s been perfect. Never have to drag out the air hose or fumble for a flashlight it’s all right there on the tool. Plus since I’m at a shop I always use my batteries there and fully charged.
Had mine for 3 years of hard daily use and still going strong the over molding hasn't come off yet like other tools that have swelled and blistered used it in all weather conditions
My experience is that it depends on the grease, it's alright until you get some burnt hydraulic oil on there, then all the overmoulding goes sticky.Not just the outside either, the rubber just becomes sticky, you have to cut it off.
On account of the -40dungrease, the army had cables for their field telephones to put the batteries into the underwear of the phone operator. There should be such a cable for power tools also
I mean, yeah, it works, but golly i'd be nervous. For the same reason I refuse to use wireless ear-buds. I've seen footage of lithium batteries going off, to hell if I'm putting one in my ear, or near my junk.
I bought one in 2014. It's had boxes of grease cartridges through it, easily one of the best things I've ever bought. It took a very long time for the nipple coupler to crap out. I fitted a South African made lock on coupler ( it took some modding ) some time ago and this has proved to be great.
First I was puzzled why it looked like he was going open the box with a blade?., then he went real gentle with the Bosch must means he really wants to keep er.
YES a tool that I have used A LOT! Worked as a mechanic at wood pellet factory. One shift in a month I had to grease all fittings in factory (needed full shift 12 hrs roughly, give or take, depended on other stuff not breaking and length of coffee brakes) + some stuff had to be greased more frequent (like pellet mill bearings - stuff that spins fast) Worked great. Never had problems with it. Used approx. 20 grease tubes in that shift. And it never failed to pump grease in, I had truck drivers that asked me to grease stuff on trailers where due to salt on the road in winter they could not get by hand grease guns. 1,5 years I had that gun and no blisters on rubbery stuff either. Only thing its quite bulky for climbing ladder (shoulder strap was nice) and grease pipe broke off where it screws into gun, very small thread on it, easy to brake off. (dropped from table on concrete floor) Pump counter was very useful because pellet mill, hammer mill, chipper bearings was very sensitive to greasing. If put too much grease, bearings would start to heat up. (had sensors in bearing housings, pellet mill bearings usually ran 90-110 deg. C)
So I've had mine for 3 years 50 tubes through it minimum. Upgraded the end coupler to a clamp style,( lock lube). The greatest grease gun in the history of grease guns!. Don't remove the plunger to change out grease tube, lock it back and remove entire cylinder from tool. No plastic degradation, just awesome results:) thanks Ave, your channel rocks
Dan Fletcher I have one on my dewalt gun. But it won’t fit in tight, deeply recessed, or hard to get to places. All the places that won’t take grease because ppl are too lazy to take the time and do it right..
Same here. The small threads on front of the tube is the thing I have ever had a problem with. I am not sure why he was complaining about the tube turning it needs to turn you unscrew it in the front of the back. I've never even seen the back rubber plunger before.
Yeah was wondering if I’ve been doing it wrong my whole life, but couldn’t figure out a need to really care about the ease of taking the back of the tube off. Years of farm use and greasing old hillside combines (I’m pretty sure the 1470 is healed together with grease) and she’s still choochin.
@@RitzBlitz33 😂🤣😂🤣 if the thing has a hole you fill it with Greece. Love those guns I've used a dewalt and lincon gun but the milwalkee blows them out of the water coupled with a lock n lube coupler. I've only had troubles as far as accesility a couple times that a normal gun couldn't get and for those I just throw a 45° zero on that's the way it should be anyhow. At 10,000 psi I ain't taking the strain relief off the hose that's stupid IMO it will bust a hole in the hose right where your hand is holding it.
My shop has had one for about 3 years for the service truck, where it services about 15 to 20 semi trailers a day. Best and most durable grease gun I've ever used. Only problem is we stripped out the high speed part of the gears, so it only has low speed. The rubber is just fine all things considered lol
Funny how I watch a _Project Farm_ video on grease guns, and get recommended this. For those interested, this unit actually exceeded 10K PSI in the testing, at the slow speed, and 6K PSI in the fast speed.
These are becoming the industry standard for industry. I personally have 2! And have personally used them to pump high temp aluminum complex grease. Lubriplate to be specific
I love this thing. I can set it to 20 on slow speed for monthly geasing of the wheel loader, set it all the way up on fast to grease a fifth wheel. I put a locking tip on it.- why would you ever take the back off the tube? and why didnt you push the plunger forward? must be some weird Canadian thing
My wife uses one of these nearly everyday in the oilfield. Other than being grease stained it works and looks like new. The Lincoln she had they were always getting them worked on. Once they switched they've never had a problem with anything except the coupling getting filled with schmoo and not clamping.
Hey AVE - Thanks for all the tool teardowns. I have a bunch of MIlwaukie 40 yr old drills, grinders etc. They were all in good shape, but needed cleaning and inspection. Most could use a bearing or two, all of them got new seals. I cleaned and used aviation grease on the sealed bearings in most cases-new and existing. Some some small parts were needed. Anyway, it saved me throwing out a lot of great tools thanks to your many lessons. Perfect for homeowner use.
Best channel on RUclips. Stumbled upon it about a year ago and watch your videos almost daily. Funny to see the change in your mannerisms from when you first started. Def learned a lot and def strive to adopt your outlook on life. Keep up the great videos.
I tried to yell it, but he didn't hear me, also I never take the end cap off to replace the tube... course I replaced a plug with a zerk and use a pneumatic pump on a drum to fill it, no more expensive cartridges!
Had the dewalt when I was a crown lift technician. Went through a few tubes of grease a day most days. I used the Milwaukee which was nice since you could set the amount of pumps per pull of the trigger, however I preferred the potentiometer trigger in the dewalt and luckily I already had the 20v dewalt batteries.
@@jacobogden6710 I have both in my truck now and a Lincoln lever action. When the dewalt can’t force grease into a zirk, it pumps grease all over your shoes. The Milwaukee will force grease into anything. The Milwaukee is way faster and way cleaner. In the tractor business the dewalt is slightly better than the lever Lincoln if your machines have always been taken care of. In the tractor business the Milwaukee is king, it’s not an opinion, it’s obvious
@@jacobogden6710 while I was writing that I thought about what would happen if you removed the hydraulic relief valve from the dewalt and capped it off. It might be my tomorrow project
@@macbook802 like I said man, different strokes. I was a helicopter mechanic and industrial mechanic for most of my life. Never had an issue with the dewalt. Preferred the way it was set up over the Milwaukee. Wasn’t a brand thing, just like the dewalt design better on the grease gun.
We've used these for years on the farm and at my work around heavy equipment. The over molding has held up well and my only complaint is the factory tip and the strain relief like you mentioned. Otherwise no complaints. We have the fuel version with the blow molded case.
We used these in the plant (food production) for food grade grease because the confuser pinpointed the amount of grease going into the machines. Over or under greasing some of them was a costly mistake.
Ave.... You Are the Man....I am 60 years old and have had many questions in life!...You seem to be able(with ease) to answer a lot of them...PLEASE keep doing what you do!!!
I added a quick connect to my tri-axle's air tank. Pneumatic are so much better. They're the same price as a manual one, you don't have to fuck around with charging batteries and it's light and compact you can keep it in the cab.
@@dimerunner88 Yes! This is one thing I dislike about Pneumatic or battery powered grease guns as you cant feel the pressure difference when you are out of grease.
My friend bought one several years ago. He is a excavation guy so it gets a hot supper every day. He loves it and although the gun is a greasy mess the overmoulding hasn’t failed.
@ebulating Yes, overall quality wise you can't compare to Hilti. However, Not relative to price. Sure if you're a billionaire, or someone who makes a living with certain tools, using them all day every day, it might make sense to get that specific tool from Hilti. But even for a lot of professionals, getting a whole line of Hiltis, which is the only way to take care of the interchangeable battery convenience, is just either out of reach or not justifiable price wise.
I thought the tool guy got me to buy another gimmick when I picked one of these up back in 2015 or 2016. We had a automated controls technician come in to our place to repair our automated cardboard baler, and I noticed this electric grease gun, the tech was kind enough to let me use it and I was sold. Lucked out and got one for cheap from the tool truck guy, I believe I paid $125 for the bare m18 tool. I’ve never regretted spending that money, it’s saved me hours of wasted time greasing roll off truck beds and other time consuming grease jobs. 10/10 would recommend.
@@aaronwalsh7972 Also might have to talk to your supplier Unless your being supped 500kg refillable bulk handing pods then grease cartridges should be the same price per weight as a 5 gallon or 44 gallon drum Or certainly close enough its not worth messing around refilling grease guns by hand There's about $30 difference between a 44 gallon drum (205lts) and the equivalent in cartridges for me
I use one of these regularly. The best way to replace the grease tube is to remove the entire aluminum barrel, put tube in it, then thread the entire thing back in & release the plunger shaft. Nearly impossible to replace when removing end cap only. Don't ask how I know this. The bad thing with these is the high pressure. If you're not careful you can over-grease, which can destroy some linear bearing dust shields, etc. Just found out about you by watching Pratical Engineering show you saved him on. Enjoying your channel, you're doing things I've wanted to do for years.
Just like the mini chainsaw -it does have its applications. The mini chainsaw is great for people w mobility issues or like me a woman w less arm strength who loves judiciously murdering her yard and wants to be able to use her hands the rest of the week to make food and wipe my own ass.
I use mine all the time....it has the power for most stuck joints that don’t want to take grease.....I use the g-gunn occassionally. The g-gunn is by far the most powerful......
I love this grease gun, things actually get greased and it gets done regularly. The extra effort that would’ve otherwise been put into hand pumping, is put into taking care of the tool. A front end loader will take a good 3 tubes per 10 hours of operation, couple loaders, few skid steers, attachments, you get the idea, its a lot of work to keep things greased and this thing gets it done. Haven’t worn mine out and its been around for well over a year, it can die tomorrow and I wont shed a tear, more than paid for itself.
I've got an all metal one like that, at least I used to. I haven't seen in it in so long I am thinking the bro-inlaw might have ran away with it. Not that he's got anything to grease mind you he just thinks when he steals my tools that is a close to being a real man as he will ever get.
Depends on how may zerks you got to do and how often, I am in the 200 a week club and I used to use an air one but too often I wasn't near a compressor so had to manual grease them and 2 handing some of them was beyond difficult in the weird areas they are at and off a ladder.
Had 2 at the last shop i worked out. Both around 5 years old or more, never a problem with the case or tool at all. Dropped in oil buckets, coolant buckets(apprentices). Awesome for being a mobile tech and not wanting to run the old crappy air powered one/air conpressor.
I bought one for my work fleet semi mechanic and it's worked really well no major damage to report. I've had it for 3 years the black rubber is not flapping in the wind then again 3 years ago they could have been using different materiel. I recently had to send mine back for warranty work 2nd gear was no good. I got it back in a 1-2 weeks works great again. Happy customer so far...
Jeez, gimme the good old days when Red Tools came in an 18 gauge welded steel box that will last until the end of time. And not sexy little nylon luggage with pockets that look like fishnet stockings. On the other hand, maybe a schmoo squirter belongs in sexy little nylon luggage. I don't judge.
i work for a small excavating company, 4 trucks, 2 cranes, 2 skidders, a load, and a dozer. only 5 of us. i do all the maintaining of equipment. bought this last year, still holds up, love it. nothin better than it when you gotta do 50 grease zerks under 2 tractor trailer combos. also cat zerks are real tough, and this thing blows right through them
These grease guns are great. We used three of these to pump hunfreds of tubes of grease into four cranes, three excavators, two dozers, two articulated dump trucks, a roller, an I80 diesel hammer and two vibratory hammers over 9 months of the job and no issues at all.
Had mine for over 3 years, still chooching fine. Even after I left it on my tracks and ran over it with a 20t excavator, dickered the 9ah battery though 👎
have bought one a year ago. holding up well. run 6 tubes through daily. only 2 problems. triger lock broke and if dirt gets in it the check ball will need to be removed and cleaned. far better then the yellow ones, they have a pressure relief that pisses grease out on a stuck nip. that's where the slow speed helps with mo power
I have a question re: the switch, I'm slightly confused. I agree it's woefully underspec'd for switching 16+ Amps at DC. But don't the FETs do the power switching? Although the soldering and wire gauge of the switch connections suggest they're carrying more current than would be needed to tell the microcontroller to turn the power on.
Every modern microwave uses at least 2 of these for the safety interlocks on the door. I'd have to double check but I believe they pass full power. So they're more reliable than Uncle Bumblefuck leads you to believe with the caveat that the usual brands and qualitative differences make.
@@carlubambi5541 Thanks for the clarification. I'm a bit out of practice with electronics that uses actual Amps and motor controlling, it's all milli, micro and nano amps for me.
I thought this too. Then noticed that the red wire from the battery goes thru the switch to the pcb (10:22 12:08 its even labeled B+SW). So looks like the switch would have to break the full load if you release it while the motor is still running. The mosfets must just be there to stop the motor for the timed/metering function, and maybe a soft start. They probably don't want that switch to last tooo long anyway.
I have 2 of these and have had them for over 4yrs and absolutely love them. One is mine at my job the other is home for personal. Neither have had any issues at all and the runner in the handle is just as good as the day I got them. But, then again I do wipe them down often and keep them clean as well... always enjoy and look forward to your tool reviews and dissections.
Been using this grease gun for 6 years. It's covered in everything you can think of with no issues of the of the molding coming off or swelling/blistering. It's been used in Saskatchewan weather of -40C to 30C+. It's outlasted out Lincoln electric grease guns that everyone always brags about. It's probably pumped through 100,000+ tubes of grease as it gets used for 20+ Heavy equipment from loaders to dozers. This is one gun i can stand behind.
These things are as handy as a pocket on a shirt. Takes a good tube of grease to give the combine a once over for the day, now done with one handed lubrications. I have the Dewalt version myself, with the Lock N Lube coupler, which really make her slick, for most areas.
I use one of these grease guns very frequently. The low speed is good for greasing the track hoe mounted jack hammers. I installed one of the clip on zero fittings and have run a couple dozen cases of grease through it. No real issues. And the over molding is holding in place.
I'm on a class 1 railroad steel gang that replaces3k-6k feet of rail a day with a 35 man crew and 17 machines. I run any one of them on any given day and pack my grease gun with me. I grease Swingmasters, spikers, anchor machines, etc. I put about 5 tubes of grease through mine a week for three years. Never had a problem. Butylene is still holding strong.
Used one of these for greasing big natural gas valves. Had a different head on it but the pressure gauge would get up to upwards of 2000psi. Never noticed any issues with the over molding peaking off and it was USED hard and put away wet. I have since moved on and it was used before I got it and is still being used now to my knowledge
Used two of these for a year and a half to service a fleet of concrete trucks, total of around 40,000 zerks greased. Never had any trouble except getting them primed once in a while. They're pretty damn tough.
My nephew has one that we use on our fleet of trucks and construction equipment and we've used a lot of different battery operated grease guns and the Milwaukee is by far the best. He did change the grease tube with a Lincoln tube off of a old mechanical gun. They also make a Fuel brushless gun now. They do have a 5 year tool warranty, our first one got ran over by a truck and they replaced it free of charge. Lol...
We've had our Milwaukee for a couple harvests now, and we use it occasionally the rest of the year. No problems with the switch, overmolding hasn't degraded at all, even the small batteries last days and days in one of these. We love the metered number of pumps setting, and do use the two speed sometimes. We ran 3 old school Lincoln guns with 12v NiCad batteries for years and years. Those batteries were trash, the grease guns broke apart and the triggers would stick. They were much slower than the Milwaukee, and wouldn't push the same pressure. We see them as nothing but an upgrade for the farm, over the Lincolns, and with the amount of greasing we have to do we'd all have hands the size of baseball mitts if we ran the old manual guns. Oh another thing we do with all our grease guns is add a fill valve on the top and refill them from a bulk grease container. So we don't ever have to unscrew the tube off it unless there is an issue inside the gun. All in all we love the Milwaukee gun.
Bought 4 of these for our construction companies Telehandlers....2 of them have had switches replaced, 2 or so months of use each....wish I had of found this channel earlier....lol
We have several of these at work. They are great. We use them for a special synthetic grease for electric motor bearings. Have not had any of the rubber over-molding come off. We have one of the 12v versions as well. Not as skookem as the 18v.
I have this grease gun the rod gets pushed inside after the tube is installed it does not need to hang out the back in the way. The little battery that comes with will pump roughly 4 tubes through before it needs recharged. If you have multiple tools chances are you will put the battery somewhere else before it runs out. I've had it for about a year now. I pump in high gear usually but low gear blows through the crusted fittings usually or in the plastic camshaft bushings in tractor trailers has the ability to blow the fitting out of the bushing. It's a good unit I've had multiple cases of grease through mine now. Gets used daily.
I have had this grease gun for over 5 years, about two tunes of grease a day to grease the excavator I run. I keep it fairly clean and the over molding hasn't failed at all. Far better than the old Lincoln grease guns. Love this thing. Also the coupler stays attached to the zerk without having to hold it there, but i bought an after market coupler that I've been using for years that is better than the one that came with it.
We have 3 of these at work and they have held up very well over a couple of years of abusive use. You are correct the over molding does bubble and peel over time from contact with the grease. The most common failure is the hose splitting coming out of the gun.
Based on this boltr. I bought one of these and coupled it with a lock-n-lube. It’s pushing grease into places where grease has never been before. Immediately threw ALL the other grease guns away. The Milfucky may still have a few minor flaws but after dealing with the other junk for so long. I can totally live with it.
After greasing equipment by hand for 20 years I changed jobs to work on a companies fleet with 180 vans, 30 pickups, 12 dump trucks, 4 road graters, 3 loaders, 2 backhoes, and a street sweeper. I invested in one of these grease guns a year ago. And am happy with it so far. But i also take care of my tools and do not leave them laying around after a job is done. And I do not loan them out either. You have to try to take care of what makes your living.
You don't have to hold and press the coupler on to the zerk to keep it there. It is clamped onto the zerk by hydraulic pressure from the grease flowing through it. The more back pressure to the grease pump sees, the more clamping pressure at the coupler.
There are also mechanical couplers, like the Lock-N-Lube, or Lube Shuttle's safeLOCK coupler.
Therein lies the difference between theoretical and practical.
sure if everything is new but once the coupler or zerks wear a bit you usually have to help it out. the lock-n-lube and similar are pretty nice but they tend to have issues with tight spaces. they do however grab better then the standard couplers
@@arduinoversusevil2025
Yeah, I do agree with you. Real world most always kicks book learnin's A$$.
blew my mind t’other day to discover that the hold-force in the coupler end was *adjustable*… I was wondering why some of them needed to be just about hammered off after the grease came up to pressure.
You forget that some zerks tend to lock the coupler on the zerk requiring verbal lubrication and pliers of a few wrenches to remove on account of the pressure being so high.
As the official triple-jointed, 90-pound, Filipino grease guy of my shop, I really appreciated you bringing light of my struggle to the world.
It's always the worst access that gets ignored and won't take the schmoo
We told the new skinny kid at the shop a few years ago he was absolutely not allowed to gain any weight for the remainder of his career!
I'm not Filipino, but I did work for Jiffy Lube for a summer in Flagstaff, AZ after finishing my 4 yrs in the Marines, and I was that grease gun guy. I really actually liked it cause it could not get any worse, so I was happy, dirty all the time, but happy. I want to say I was making a whopping $3.62/hr.
I didn't care about money, I was too adventurous, so the fact I was done by 3pm and could go rock-climbing on Mt. Elden, or hunting out in the cinder hills was heaven to me.
I have to hire skinny guys to get between walls and flanges all the time
Crawling into the dry bays on top of a C-130 lmao
some people pay highly for greased up 90 pound triple joined filipino guys. gooooood bless.
I've never owned a grease gun that required less than 3 hands to operate.
The trick is to hold the grease gun with your foot, so you can light the cigarette while pretending to use it with one hand.
That's when the boss man thinks you are a pro
i’ve got the solution: pistol grip and hard pipe
Apply grease to finger tip .. then wipe on nipple and walk away .. easy as
Didn’t call time. Clock is still running.
d'OH!
@@arduinoversusevil2025 : I said it for you. "TIME!" I shouted. Couldn't help myself.
@@barkebaat Ditto
TIME!
i just RAN to the comments section to mention this, i fucked up my monitor in the process, they dont work well when stepped on, i am concerned at the length of the opening of this product, maybe ave didnt remove everything from the tissue paper zipperedtool carrier so he didnt feel comfortable calling time??
repair tech with milwaukee here, your grease gun ever stop pumping in 2nd gear but works in first, grab a pick and try to slide the motor back and forth though the vent on the side and if she moves youve got a broken motor mount
Most of them won't pump in high gear that's why I use Dewalt grease gun
At a certain age you gotta put your pride aside and recognize you can't release the schmoo like you used to
And all the firmness goes out of the high pressure line!!!! lol
Yes, and the body is beat, falling off a chassis that now days consists of about a 50-50 mix of rust and steel.
As a helichopper techanic, this tool has been awesome. A couple years of work and it's still going strong. A single swashplate can hold more than a full load of schmoo if it has been cleaned out for inspection. Pumping more than a tube load of schmoo into the dirty, dirty couplers gets real old if you don't have a friend to help.
I came for the schmoo, stayed for the double entendre.
guys, watch out, he came already
I came schmoo... Should I see a doctor?
I came for both.... twice
Those big black double ender ones always scare me. Enough shmoo in er though and a good pump it slides right in.
@@FakieStreams well, at least you weren't stuck holding the bag...so to speak.
"It's gonna be flapping in the breeze like a crackwhore's piss flaps"
I love your vid-jayhos. Learn a lot every time.
He called it a speed control, it's actually a pulse counter, up to 50 pumps while holding the trigger which I really like. The two speed is awesome, the lower speed allows full pressure for the stubborn clogged points. Three years on mine in the heavy equipment field and no issues with the rubber over moulding coming off
Same, we busted out high gear and I can say we sure do miss it.
Yeah this, we have 300+ cranes and all the trucks and trailers you can shake a stick at, love these guns, i have two in my truck, the old one is still going and a conservative estimate would be that ive put 100+ cases of grease through it... nothing is falling apart, however they don't hold up that well when you suck in outriggers and forget you left one on the top of the beam....=/
I was about to comment on the same. I had one for packaging machine that had something like 30-40 nipples which I greased daily. I used one like this for I think it was five years and it looked just fine till the end.
He corrects that at 22:00
Tis very useful.
gotta say the aircraft shop has 2 they use nightly and they both look to be in great shape 3 years later. and those guys can break a hammer head lol. he's being way to hard on this. it's a great grease gun. little pricey but worth it if you use it often.
This is a great video. I love everything ave does. Always entertaining and Informative. That being said you got a few things off on this one. I use this gun 6 days a week 8 months out of the year, on excavators, dozers, loaders, and skidsteers and they do the job well. We have 6 identical guns in the fleet and over the last 3 years we’ve only had one go down. The two speed isn’t intended for speed metering. It pumps at a higher psi on 1 than it does on 2. If a pin hasn't been greased in long enough that the grease hole is packed with metal powder, the gun will build pressure until it seizes the gear set and let’s out that high pitch tinnitus sound. You can then switch the gun to the low speed and 9 times out of 10 , blow the plug out of the grease hole and the pin will accept grease without being pulled. Switch the gun back to 2 and it happily chugs along until the next time you need more psi. That being said, don’t fucking do that. You have a fancy tool just grease your machine when your suppose to. I will say, something I noticed but never paid attention to or knew the cause of, is why they always get floppy after they’re covered in grease. They most definitely lose rigidity over time. That being said they Keep on working. One of the biggest pros of this tool is that the guys will actually grease machines (once they start squeaking) one of the cons is that they’ll put 3 tubes of grease in one machine because the thing shoots grease so fast and they think that the more they put in it the longer they can go before it needs greased again... the 200lb gorilla is something to behold... bottom line, this will make your life as an operator much easier if you treat it as an “instrument” like calipers or a scale or micrometer, instead of a “tool” like a shovel or a hammer. You don’t loan these to the other crew when they forgot theirs. You say something like, THIS IS MY GREASE GUN. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
Worked in printing for 5 years, at least once a week I had to crawl under the machine and grease the 160 so odd grease nipples. Best part was some of them had a female fitting with no snap connection. Had to hold the thing on at exactly the right angle or schmoo would fly everywhere except where it was supposed to go. Grease guns are the devil.
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Did you look into single point dispensers like Perma?
@@apcolleen funniest thing I have seen in a long time!
Amen Brother.
I worked plastic extrusion about that long. Extruders want to be greased twice per *shift*. You don't have to crawl under (most of) them but they do run at 400 Frankensteins, have chain-driven rotating parts and have exposed 440V wiring.
It's the switch actually handling the full motor current or just signaling to the circuitry? They might have used a standard microswitch to make the trigger bear-proof. If it is in line with the full current flow, it will have it's life made easier by the MOSFETs doing all the dirty work, so it's not normally making or breaking the load directly.
We had those at the mine, hundreds of grease points that needed a daily shot, no frackin way I'm using a manual goo gun on that.
No frackin??? I hope not you were mining not drilling jeez
45shfifty that’s what she said
If that's the case, no frackin way I'm using small tubes instead of the 30 gallon air pumper...
And that's the thing... Shit like this will save money for the company... If they can put one of these and a box of 12 cartridges in each machine, they don't need to send the service truck around to do grease-ups with their air operated greaser pulling outta a 20kg bucket.
Agree saved me alot of time and arm pump lol
I've got the m12 version for 2 1/2 years now, over 100 tubes through it. never had an issue, over molding is still complete. no complains, fantastic tool
I’ve had this one for 5 months greasing a fleet of over 50 trucks and it’s been perfect. Never have to drag out the air hose or fumble for a flashlight it’s all right there on the tool. Plus since I’m at a shop I always use my batteries there and fully charged.
get the Dewalt. Change ya life.
@@Big_AlMC pretty sure he just said he never had an issue and he had no complaints why would he want to just buy a brand new one ?
@@bmo14lax because
Had mine for 3 years of hard daily use and still going strong the over molding hasn't come off yet like other tools that have swelled and blistered used it in all weather conditions
We have a Dewalt that has been covered in grease for 4 years and it's still good. Well, as good as a Dewalt can be anyways.
My experience is that it depends on the grease, it's alright until you get some burnt hydraulic oil on there, then all the overmoulding goes sticky.Not just the outside either, the rubber just becomes sticky, you have to cut it off.
Can you fill these from a bucket with a pump on it or does it only take tubes?
@@brock9119 should be able to stick the tube in a pale of grease then pull the rod back might have to flip the seal on the end of the rod.
@@brock9119 it only takes tubes
That mini chainsaw has really payed for itself over the years
I have one and love it alot
On account of the -40dungrease, the army had cables for their field telephones to put the batteries into the underwear of the phone operator. There should be such a cable for power tools also
I mean, yeah, it works, but golly i'd be nervous. For the same reason I refuse to use wireless ear-buds. I've seen footage of lithium batteries going off, to hell if I'm putting one in my ear, or near my junk.
my 20v dewalt batteries work fine at -35c....... the grease is a different story......even winter grease is hard to pump
@@Vikingwerk At least you'd feel it heating up prior to the Interesting Event if it was against your skin.
I bought one in 2014. It's had boxes of grease cartridges through it, easily one of the best things I've ever bought. It took a very long time for the nipple coupler to crap out. I fitted a South African made lock on coupler ( it took some modding ) some time ago and this has proved to be great.
First I was puzzled why it looked like he was going open the box with a blade?., then he went real gentle with the Bosch must means he really wants to keep er.
Well he did pay around 368 Canstucky dollaroos for it.
@@OmegaGamingNetwork canukistan dollaroos 😊
Canuckistan kopecks
To use the delightful bag it mustn't have any grease in it. A small bag for the accessories might actually be useable
YES a tool that I have used A LOT! Worked as a mechanic at wood pellet factory. One shift in a month I had to grease all fittings in factory (needed full shift 12 hrs roughly, give or take, depended on other stuff not breaking and length of coffee brakes) + some stuff had to be greased more frequent (like pellet mill bearings - stuff that spins fast) Worked great. Never had problems with it. Used approx. 20 grease tubes in that shift. And it never failed to pump grease in, I had truck drivers that asked me to grease stuff on trailers where due to salt on the road in winter they could not get by hand grease guns. 1,5 years I had that gun and no blisters on rubbery stuff either. Only thing its quite bulky for climbing ladder (shoulder strap was nice) and grease pipe broke off where it screws into gun, very small thread on it, easy to brake off. (dropped from table on concrete floor) Pump counter was very useful because pellet mill, hammer mill, chipper bearings was very sensitive to greasing. If put too much grease, bearings would start to heat up. (had sensors in bearing housings, pellet mill bearings usually ran 90-110 deg. C)
TIME!! I got you AVE...
So I've had mine for 3 years
50 tubes through it minimum.
Upgraded the end coupler to a clamp style,( lock lube).
The greatest grease gun in the history of grease guns!.
Don't remove the plunger to change out grease tube, lock it back and remove entire cylinder from tool. No plastic degradation, just awesome results:) thanks Ave, your channel rocks
To be faiiiirrr, that two speed is pretty handy when you have a fitting that won’t take grease very well.
Just get a lock n lube tip for the thing, they're phenomenal
To be Faaaaaiiiiihhhhhr
Dan Fletcher I have one on my dewalt gun. But it won’t fit in tight, deeply recessed, or hard to get to places. All the places that won’t take grease because ppl are too lazy to take the time and do it right..
@@danfletcher6231 Exactly what I did and it's marvelous . I have the M12 and I love it , it blows through blocked zirks like a champ .
Tooooo beer faaaaiiiirrr
4 years of nearly daily use on the farm and the rubber is holding up fine on mine.
Same here. The small threads on front of the tube is the thing I have ever had a problem with. I am not sure why he was complaining about the tube turning it needs to turn you unscrew it in the front of the back. I've never even seen the back rubber plunger before.
Yeah was wondering if I’ve been doing it wrong my whole life, but couldn’t figure out a need to really care about the ease of taking the back of the tube off. Years of farm use and greasing old hillside combines (I’m pretty sure the 1470 is healed together with grease) and she’s still choochin.
@@RitzBlitz33 😂🤣😂🤣 if the thing has a hole you fill it with Greece. Love those guns I've used a dewalt and lincon gun but the milwalkee blows them out of the water coupled with a lock n lube coupler. I've only had troubles as far as accesility a couple times that a normal gun couldn't get and for those I just throw a 45° zero on that's the way it should be anyhow. At 10,000 psi I ain't taking the strain relief off the hose that's stupid IMO it will bust a hole in the hose right where your hand is holding it.
My shop has had one for about 3 years for the service truck, where it services about 15 to 20 semi trailers a day. Best and most durable grease gun I've ever used. Only problem is we stripped out the high speed part of the gears, so it only has low speed. The rubber is just fine all things considered lol
_"4 years of nearly daily use on the farm and the rubber is holding up fine on mine"_ And what about your grease gun?
Funny how I watch a _Project Farm_ video on grease guns, and get recommended this.
For those interested, this unit actually exceeded 10K PSI in the testing, at the slow speed, and 6K PSI in the fast speed.
These are becoming the industry standard for industry. I personally have 2! And have personally used them to pump high temp aluminum complex grease. Lubriplate to be specific
@@stevensko9153 personally he personally
I love this thing. I can set it to 20 on slow speed for monthly geasing of the wheel loader, set it all the way up on fast to grease a fifth wheel. I put a locking tip on it.- why would you ever take the back off the tube? and why didnt you push the plunger forward? must be some weird Canadian thing
Its not normal to do both those things? Ive never pushed the plunger in lol.
Yes, the switch on mine went first about after 6 months of medium use, they replaced for free but took a while to get back.
My wife uses one of these nearly everyday in the oilfield. Other than being grease stained it works and looks like new. The Lincoln she had they were always getting them worked on. Once they switched they've never had a problem with anything except the coupling getting filled with schmoo and not clamping.
Unscrew the whole grease tube not just the bottom cap! Works a lot better last longer
Yes, take whole tube out. Why would you unscrew the end??
Exactly
I was searching to see if anyone mentioned this before I did.
oprahs taint Yep. I was just thinking never have I undone the bottom
You undo the bottom if you use bulk grease and hand load it instead of a tube
Hey AVE - Thanks for all the tool teardowns. I have a bunch of MIlwaukie 40 yr old drills, grinders etc. They were all in good shape, but needed cleaning and inspection. Most could use a bearing or two, all of them got new seals. I cleaned and used aviation grease on the sealed bearings in most cases-new and existing. Some some small parts were needed. Anyway, it saved me throwing out a lot of great tools thanks to your many lessons. Perfect for homeowner use.
Hundreds of grease tubes have been through mine and it's never not self primed. Best cordless grease gun on the market.
A nice cloth caring case to hold a greasey tool.... brilliant
I always found it funny, 10 guys with "nothin' to do". The second a grease gun comes out & you can't find no one!
Best channel on RUclips. Stumbled upon it about a year ago and watch your videos almost daily. Funny to see the change in your mannerisms from when you first started. Def learned a lot and def strive to adopt your outlook on life. Keep up the great videos.
I have one, and I love that thing. I have a locking coupler on it, it has popped more than 1 stuck grease zerk in half.
😭 i never knew such a thing existed. Thank you thank you thank you
Thanks AvE, I never got the 'Birds & Grease' talk from my folks. Oh, and I assure you 10K pressure is reachable (when I was 14).
Push the handle in after you load up the schmoo, then it will fit in the case...
I was wondering about that. On my manual squirt gun this is what you do.
I tried to yell it, but he didn't hear me, also I never take the end cap off to replace the tube... course I replaced a plug with a zerk and use a pneumatic pump on a drum to fill it, no more expensive cartridges!
Something tells me that AvE has had his hands on enough shafts to know if they can be pushed in or not...
@@KevinReinartz Thats a good tip, gonna remember that one.
We've actually used this at our commercial garage the past couple years, no issues, grip plastics work well, not loose at all
Had the dewalt when I was a crown lift
technician. Went through a few tubes of grease a day most days. I used the Milwaukee which was nice since you could set the amount of pumps per pull of the trigger, however I preferred the potentiometer trigger in the dewalt and luckily I already had the 20v dewalt batteries.
Milwaukee kills the dewalt. No competition
@@macbook802 neat opinion. Different strokes for different folks. I like the Milwaukee impacts, I prefer the dewalt grease gun 🤷🏼♂️
@@jacobogden6710 I have both in my truck now and a Lincoln lever action. When the dewalt can’t force grease into a zirk, it pumps grease all over your shoes. The Milwaukee will force grease into anything. The Milwaukee is way faster and way cleaner. In the tractor business the dewalt is slightly better than the lever Lincoln if your machines have always been taken care of. In the tractor business the Milwaukee is king, it’s not an opinion, it’s obvious
@@jacobogden6710 while I was writing that I thought about what would happen if you removed the hydraulic relief valve from the dewalt and capped it off. It might be my tomorrow project
@@macbook802 like I said man, different strokes. I was a helicopter mechanic and industrial mechanic for most of my life. Never had an issue with the dewalt. Preferred the way it was set up over the Milwaukee. Wasn’t a brand thing, just like the dewalt design better on the grease gun.
We've used these for years on the farm and at my work around heavy equipment. The over molding has held up well and my only complaint is the factory tip and the strain relief like you mentioned. Otherwise no complaints. We have the fuel version with the blow molded case.
We used these in the plant (food production) for food grade grease because the confuser pinpointed the amount of grease going into the machines. Over or under greasing some of them was a costly mistake.
Ave.... You Are the Man....I am 60 years old and have had many questions in life!...You seem to be able(with ease) to answer a lot of them...PLEASE keep doing what you do!!!
I cant decide whether I watch AvE for his antics, or my love for gadgets and how they work.
5:30 , I have the same gun for the last ~5 years and I have never unscrewed that piston a single time 🤷
I own 2 of those and use them everyday! Great time saver and best grease gun on the market!
I added a quick connect to my tri-axle's air tank. Pneumatic are so much better. They're the same price as a manual one, you don't have to fuck around with charging batteries and it's light and compact you can keep it in the cab.
23:15 You missed a step in the load: "8. Release the rod from the retaining slot and press it completely into the barrel."
He left it out so that Dewclaw can step on it and bend it.
If you leave it out and unlatched, it's a great indicator of how much grease is left in the tube. The spring still pushes the grease into the pump.
@@dimerunner88 Beat me to it, was about to say the same thing
@@dimerunner88 Yes! This is one thing I dislike about Pneumatic or battery powered grease guns as you cant feel the pressure difference when you are out of grease.
@@osseo9947
You can here it free wheel
Pretty clear once your out of grease
Same as a premature one, it'll speed up
My friend bought one several years ago. He is a excavation guy so it gets a hot supper every day. He loves it and although the gun is a greasy mess the overmoulding hasn’t failed.
Milwaukee and Bosch have become more interested in good looking tools than proper working tools.
Milwaukee does still make a mean impact and hammer drill. No issues here but I do find some of their tools ridiculous.
Milwaukee makes the best tools on the market right now. Better than snap on or festool in most cases. What are you talking about?
B B. Nah, just as much garbage as the rest of em. They may have more frequent outliers which don’t suck but generally its all the same shyte.
@ebulating Yes, overall quality wise you can't compare to Hilti. However, Not relative to price. Sure if you're a billionaire, or someone who makes a living with certain tools, using them all day every day, it might make sense to get that specific tool from Hilti. But even for a lot of professionals, getting a whole line of Hiltis, which is the only way to take care of the interchangeable battery convenience, is just either out of reach or not justifiable price wise.
I thought the tool guy got me to buy another gimmick when I picked one of these up back in 2015 or 2016. We had a automated controls technician come in to our place to repair our automated cardboard baler, and I noticed this electric grease gun, the tech was kind enough to let me use it and I was sold. Lucked out and got one for cheap from the tool truck guy, I believe I paid $125 for the bare m18 tool. I’ve never regretted spending that money, it’s saved me hours of wasted time greasing roll off truck beds and other time consuming grease jobs. 10/10 would recommend.
6:47 you never have to take the back off like that..ive had one for 3 years servicing heavy equipment...
Then you by your grease the expensive way. Much cheaper in a 5 gallon bucket, and scoop it out and stick it in the end
@@aaronwalsh7972
Still do it the same way
No need to take the back off
Most manual guns don't have a removable end
@@aaronwalsh7972
Also might have to talk to your supplier
Unless your being supped 500kg refillable bulk handing pods then grease cartridges should be the same price per weight as a 5 gallon or 44 gallon drum
Or certainly close enough its not worth messing around refilling grease guns by hand
There's about $30 difference between a 44 gallon drum (205lts) and the equivalent in cartridges for me
I use one of these regularly. The best way to replace the grease tube is to remove the entire aluminum barrel, put tube in it, then thread the entire thing back in & release the plunger shaft. Nearly impossible to replace when removing end cap only. Don't ask how I know this. The bad thing with these is the high pressure. If you're not careful you can over-grease, which can destroy some linear bearing dust shields, etc. Just found out about you by watching Pratical Engineering show you saved him on. Enjoying your channel, you're doing things I've wanted to do for years.
I service 7 gravel trains a week with one of those
Just like the mini chainsaw -it does have its applications. The mini chainsaw is great for people w mobility issues or like me a woman w less arm strength who loves judiciously murdering her yard and wants to be able to use her hands the rest of the week to make food and wipe my own ass.
I use mine all the time....it has the power for most stuck joints that don’t want to take grease.....I use the g-gunn occassionally. The g-gunn is by far the most powerful......
I love this grease gun, things actually get greased and it gets done regularly. The extra effort that would’ve otherwise been put into hand pumping, is put into taking care of the tool. A front end loader will take a good 3 tubes per 10 hours of operation, couple loaders, few skid steers, attachments, you get the idea, its a lot of work to keep things greased and this thing gets it done. Haven’t worn mine out and its been around for well over a year, it can die tomorrow and I wont shed a tear, more than paid for itself.
I'm still using the same grease gun my grandfather used when he worked for Sears Tire Center way back in the 60's.
I've got an all metal one like that, at least I used to. I haven't seen in it in so long I am thinking the bro-inlaw might have ran away with it. Not that he's got anything to grease mind you he just thinks when he steals my tools that is a close to being a real man as he will ever get.
Depends on how may zerks you got to do and how often, I am in the 200 a week club and I used to use an air one but too often I wasn't near a compressor so had to manual grease them and 2 handing some of them was beyond difficult in the weird areas they are at and off a ladder.
Had 2 at the last shop i worked out. Both around 5 years old or more, never a problem with the case or tool at all. Dropped in oil buckets, coolant buckets(apprentices). Awesome for being a mobile tech and not wanting to run the old crappy air powered one/air conpressor.
I just love this machine need to grease wheelloader everyday it was pure happiness when boss got 1 of these ps greetings from finland
I bought one for my work fleet semi mechanic and it's worked really well no major damage to report. I've had it for 3 years the black rubber is not flapping in the wind then again 3 years ago they could have been using different materiel. I recently had to send mine back for warranty work 2nd gear was no good. I got it back in a 1-2 weeks works great again. Happy customer so far...
Jeez, gimme the good old days when Red Tools came in an 18 gauge welded steel box that will last until the end of time. And not sexy little nylon luggage with pockets that look like fishnet stockings. On the other hand, maybe a schmoo squirter belongs in sexy little nylon luggage. I don't judge.
i work for a small excavating company, 4 trucks, 2 cranes, 2 skidders, a load, and a dozer. only 5 of us. i do all the maintaining of equipment. bought this last year, still holds up, love it. nothin better than it when you gotta do 50 grease zerks under 2 tractor trailer combos. also cat zerks are real tough, and this thing blows right through them
Oh Ave, how I've missed this. You were the constant through my divorce, and I'm glad you're still here. ♥️
These grease guns are great. We used three of these to pump hunfreds of tubes of grease into four cranes, three excavators, two dozers, two articulated dump trucks, a roller, an I80 diesel hammer and two vibratory hammers over 9 months of the job and no issues at all.
Had mine for over 3 years, still chooching fine. Even after I left it on my tracks and ran over it with a 20t excavator, dickered the 9ah battery though 👎
have bought one a year ago. holding up well. run 6 tubes through daily. only 2 problems. triger lock broke and if dirt gets in it the check ball will need to be removed and cleaned. far better then the yellow ones, they have a pressure relief that pisses grease out on a stuck nip. that's where the slow speed helps with mo power
I have a question re: the switch, I'm slightly confused. I agree it's woefully underspec'd for switching 16+ Amps at DC. But don't the FETs do the power switching?
Although the soldering and wire gauge of the switch connections suggest they're carrying more current than would be needed to tell the microcontroller to turn the power on.
Every modern microwave uses at least 2 of these for the safety interlocks on the door. I'd have to double check but I believe they pass full power. So they're more reliable than Uncle Bumblefuck leads you to believe with the caveat that the usual brands and qualitative differences make.
At around 9:30 you can clearly see that the switch is in line with the positive terminal off the battery, she's carrying full power.
@@carlubambi5541 Thanks for the clarification. I'm a bit out of practice with electronics that uses actual Amps and motor controlling, it's all milli, micro and nano amps for me.
I thought this too. Then noticed that the red wire from the battery goes thru the switch to the pcb (10:22 12:08 its even labeled B+SW). So looks like the switch would have to break the full load if you release it while the motor is still running. The mosfets must just be there to stop the motor for the timed/metering function, and maybe a soft start.
They probably don't want that switch to last tooo long anyway.
@@H-77 I have 6 audio amplifiers and 3 recievers you'd really enjoy taking a poke at.
We have been using them in our shop(industrial setting) for about 3 years. Love it! It's always on my tool box.
I'm sure you know, you can usually push the follower rod in to have it more streamlined!
I have 2 of these and have had them for over 4yrs and absolutely love them. One is mine at my job the other is home for personal. Neither have had any issues at all and the runner in the handle is just as good as the day I got them. But, then again I do wipe them down often and keep them clean as well... always enjoy and look forward to your tool reviews and dissections.
Best addon purchase you can make is to buy one of the tips that the foreskin pulls back and locks on the zerk from many angles. Wrist saver!
Been using this grease gun for 6 years. It's covered in everything you can think of with no issues of the of the molding coming off or swelling/blistering. It's been used in Saskatchewan weather of -40C to 30C+. It's outlasted out Lincoln electric grease guns that everyone always brags about. It's probably pumped through 100,000+ tubes of grease as it gets used for 20+ Heavy equipment from loaders to dozers. This is one gun i can stand behind.
It's good to see the borsh chainsaw again
He's a silly boi for cutting the bag
These things are as handy as a pocket on a shirt. Takes a good tube of grease to give the combine a once over for the day, now done with one handed lubrications. I have the Dewalt version myself, with the Lock N Lube coupler, which really make her slick, for most areas.
check out crime pays but botany doesnt. he's like AVE on a nature walk
That’s entertainment!
I use one of these grease guns very frequently. The low speed is good for greasing the track hoe mounted jack hammers. I installed one of the clip on zero fittings and have run a couple dozen cases of grease through it. No real issues. And the over molding is holding in place.
I've been using mine daily on the railroad in a high abuse environment for 3 years and she still chooches. It's a decent tool.
me too, keeps a deux chevaux on the road!
I'm on a class 1 railroad steel gang that replaces3k-6k feet of rail a day with a 35 man crew and 17 machines. I run any one of them on any given day and pack my grease gun with me. I grease Swingmasters, spikers, anchor machines, etc. I put about 5 tubes of grease through mine a week for three years. Never had a problem. Butylene is still holding strong.
Used one of these for greasing big natural gas valves. Had a different head on it but the pressure gauge would get up to upwards of 2000psi. Never noticed any issues with the over molding peaking off and it was USED hard and put away wet. I have since moved on and it was used before I got it and is still being used now to my knowledge
It needs a small light on the end of the whip!
Used two of these for a year and a half to service a fleet of concrete trucks, total of around 40,000 zerks greased. Never had any trouble except getting them primed once in a while. They're pretty damn tough.
Is it me or are his hands getting softer?
My nephew has one that we use on our fleet of trucks and construction equipment and we've used a lot of different battery operated grease guns and the Milwaukee is by far the best. He did change the grease tube with a Lincoln tube off of a old mechanical gun. They also make a Fuel brushless gun now. They do have a 5 year tool warranty, our first one got ran over by a truck and they replaced it free of charge. Lol...
My m12 goo shooter has worked fine for years in a golf course environment.
I never gets too cold for the batteries in Maui?
We've had our Milwaukee for a couple harvests now, and we use it occasionally the rest of the year. No problems with the switch, overmolding hasn't degraded at all, even the small batteries last days and days in one of these. We love the metered number of pumps setting, and do use the two speed sometimes. We ran 3 old school Lincoln guns with 12v NiCad batteries for years and years. Those batteries were trash, the grease guns broke apart and the triggers would stick. They were much slower than the Milwaukee, and wouldn't push the same pressure. We see them as nothing but an upgrade for the farm, over the Lincolns, and with the amount of greasing we have to do we'd all have hands the size of baseball mitts if we ran the old manual guns.
Oh another thing we do with all our grease guns is add a fill valve on the top and refill them from a bulk grease container. So we don't ever have to unscrew the tube off it unless there is an issue inside the gun. All in all we love the Milwaukee gun.
1:50
You literally just described my teenage years.
joey dubbs76 nice
Bought 4 of these for our construction companies Telehandlers....2 of them have had switches replaced, 2 or so months of use each....wish I had of found this channel earlier....lol
That’s a really nice tool but I prefer to do my own schmoo squirting.
We have several of these at work. They are great. We use them for a special synthetic grease for electric motor bearings. Have not had any of the rubber over-molding come off. We have one of the 12v versions as well. Not as skookem as the 18v.
The whole week roofing I kept saying "release the schmoo"
I have this grease gun the rod gets pushed inside after the tube is installed it does not need to hang out the back in the way. The little battery that comes with will pump roughly 4 tubes through before it needs recharged. If you have multiple tools chances are you will put the battery somewhere else before it runs out. I've had it for about a year now. I pump in high gear usually but low gear blows through the crusted fittings usually or in the plastic camshaft bushings in tractor trailers has the ability to blow the fitting out of the bushing. It's a good unit I've had multiple cases of grease through mine now. Gets used daily.
You'll have to pry my Alemite 6243-J3E from my cold, dead hands. Shouldn't be too hard, it's greasy.
I have had this grease gun for over 5 years, about two tunes of grease a day to grease the excavator I run. I keep it fairly clean and the over molding hasn't failed at all. Far better than the old Lincoln grease guns. Love this thing. Also the coupler stays attached to the zerk without having to hold it there, but i bought an after market coupler that I've been using for years that is better than the one that came with it.
Sex comes before nein 😂
We have 3 of these at work and they have held up very well over a couple of years of abusive use. You are correct the over molding does bubble and peel over time from contact with the grease. The most common failure is the hose splitting coming out of the gun.
We need more Dewclaw
Is he called Dewclaw because hes a useless appendage that gets in the way and can hold you back by getting caught on stuff and ripping open ?
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@@rlikemoney me? Nah.
Based on this boltr. I bought one of these and coupled it with a lock-n-lube. It’s pushing grease into places where grease has never been before. Immediately threw ALL the other grease guns away. The Milfucky may still have a few minor flaws but after dealing with the other junk for so long. I can totally live with it.
I’ve always unscrewed the entire tune instead of the end.
After greasing equipment by hand for 20 years I changed jobs to work on a companies fleet with 180 vans, 30 pickups, 12 dump trucks, 4 road graters, 3 loaders, 2 backhoes, and a street sweeper. I invested in one of these grease guns a year ago. And am happy with it so far. But i also take care of my tools and do not leave them laying around after a job is done. And I do not loan them out either. You have to try to take care of what makes your living.
Literally just had the switch burn out on one of these.
bet tt was moisture
Easy-lock gripper for fittings is a must!
Twist-open, twist-locked! Get the 45 angle one and you are golden.