Amsoil Blue for the Boat Trailer. Amsoil Red for everything else.
Each in a cheap Harbor Freight Grease Gun.
Each in a cheap Harbor Freight Grease Gun.
What's in your grease gun???
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Out: Schaffers 238
In: Kubota lithium moly
In goes another tube of Lucas Red & Tacky.
I see that Lucas has completely changed their red n tacky grease from a lithium complex to a calcium sulfonate based one. This isn't a bad thing, BTW, but the compatibilities with other grease types are a little different.
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Same here. We must be brothers from a different mother.
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Out: Tractor Supply Traveller Marine #2
In : Mystik JT-6 Heavy Duty SynBlend 460 #2
Edit to add: this Mystik grease is stinky as hell. Smells like something died in it.
In : Mystik JT-6 Heavy Duty SynBlend 460 #2
Edit to add: this Mystik grease is stinky as hell. Smells like something died in it.
One has John Deere polyurea, other has countrymark red tacky
I've been running the M18 guns for 4 ir 5 years, first time I've heard that one.
I've probably put 100 tubes through the 2 guns I have. Some of the bigger equipment we run uses 2+ tubes.
How can you "improve" on a formula for #2 grease? Or were they making an inferior product all before? Now it has anti-sneeze in it? More like fake news.......
Currently using Silver Guard in my wheel bearing grease gun and Moly Guard for chassis and skid steer pins.
Not all #2 grease is the same. "#2" just refers to the thickness of the grease.
In this case, Lucas has changed their grease from a lithium complex type to a calcium sulphinate chemistry. Lucas made the change because of shortages and increasing cost of the lithium complex materials. The calcium chemistry has some advantages over and is compatible with the lithium complex stuff, so the change is really no big deal.
Schaeffers 219 in one, Lucas Xtra Heavy Duty in the other.
When I had use for a grease gun, it was Mobil1 synthetic “purple” grease, and the only time I now pull it out is to grease the gears in my electric bike. I wish my modern cars had Zerk fittings that would allow essentially no maintenance except a greasing.
