Lock-n-Load Grease Gun

[Caryc]

The last time I bought a grease gun I bought the Lock-n-Load gun from TSC. It's supposed to be super easy to load since the barrel doesn't screw into the head. Well, I just tried to put in a new cartridge and must have fooled around with it for 2 hours. I still don't have it working. This is the one that I got.

https://legacymfg.com/wp-content/uploads/INS1045L_2022-02-15.pdf

Has anyone tried this thing? I didn't seem to have any problem loading a cartridge when I first got it. Can anyone recommend a good grease gun for me?

 

[caterpillar guy]

I'll keep my Lincolns they always seem to work and thread in well. I also use bulk grease and tube grease in 2 different guns. I bought an old black colored grease gun with the pistol grip from Deere 20 some years ago and still using it with tube grease . The Lincoln is the bulk gun and has the lever on it. Sure would like to have one with the pistol grip easier to use with one had while holding the hose on at the zerk.

 

[Tony in SD]

I have a Milwaukee m12 grease gun. I probably will never have an other one. Works well for me

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

What's the issue you're having loading a cartridge?

 

[m16ty]

So it’s supposed to have some sort of quick release to detach the barrel? If so, sounds like a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Never had an issue threading the barrel on. I like to start the barrel 1-2 threads, release the spring, and then finish threading it tight. That forces the grease into the head better and makes it easier to prime.

 

[NDIHC]

I have a Milwaukee m12 grease gun. I probably will never have an other one. Works well for me

I just ordered a Milwaukee 12 volt myself. Getting it free through a rewards/spiffs program at work. Hope the grease gun works well.

 

[Perci]

I bought a Milwaukee grease gun a few years ago. It is amazing what a game changer an electric grease gun is! Put a Lock-N-Lube style fitting on it, and you will stay home from church just so you can grease all the fittings on the farm.

 

[m16ty]

I bought a Milwaukee grease gun a few years ago. It is amazing what a game changer an electric grease gun is! Put a Lock-N-Lube style fitting on it, and you will stay home from church just so you can grease all the fittings on the farm.

I’ll second the Milwaukee. I’m sure there are other good grease guns out there but the Milwaukee is pretty nice.

 

[Caryc]

I’ll second the Milwaukee. I’m sure there are other good grease guns out there but the Milwaukee is pretty nice.

Air powered or battery powered?

 

[m16ty]

Air powered or battery powered?

Mine is 18v battery.

Years ago I had a air powered Lincoln, it didn’t work all that well and you had to fool with a air hose.

 

[Caryc]

Mine is 18v battery.

Years ago I had a air powered Lincoln, it didn’t work all that well and you had to fool with a air hose.

Wow $172 for the bare Milwaukee tool ! I have a lot of Milwaukee tools but that's too high for just pumping grease.

 

[m16ty]

Wow $172 for the bare Milwaukee tool ! I have a lot of Milwaukee tools but that's too high for just pumping grease.

I think it’s worth it, it makes greasing almost fun. I have 2 of them, one in the truck and one in the shop.
I’ve found that the easier you make the job of greasing the more often you will do it.

 

[Caryc]

I think it’s worth it, it makes greasing almost fun. I have 2 of them, one in the truck and one in the shop.
I’ve found that the easier you make the job of greasing the more often you will do it.

I have two tractors but with the amount of time I put on them, I only need to grease them like twice a year.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Ive greased 2 tractor twice in the last week and will grease them a 3or 4 times just planting while I will also be greasing the implements and a couple other tractors. I need to go through the front axle on our loader and a couple other things. I find the tips on the end of the hose just don't last put one on about each year. They go to leaking and if you tighten them up at all then you can't get them off the zerk or they unscrew the tip off the hose. Can't seem to find good zerks either just those with the flat face and a sharp edge as they start to go around the ball of the zerk.

 

[Perci]

The Milwaukee is good, but I'm sure most of the others available are as well. You'll probably want to stay with whatever battery system you are using for your other tools. At least that's what I do, so I don't have a bunch of different battery types and chargers, plus I can have fewer batteries that I can share among tools. I think most major brands offer them now. If your're patient, you can find sales and such, even for Milwaukee, like this one

Milwaukee 2446-20 M12™ Cordless LITHIUM-ION Grease Gun (Tool Only)

Milwaukee 2446-20 M12™ Cordless LITHIUM-ION Grease Gun (Tool Only) Get up to 25% more pressure, best-in-class runtime, and compatibility with tools for drilling, fastening, lighting and cutting. The M12TM Cordless Lithium-Ion Grease Gun delivers the highest max operating pressure in its class to...

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$143 at checkout, without battery. Acme Tools also has sales and closeouts. Anyway, an electric grease gun is one of those things that you will wonder why you did without one for so long once you get it. Some things are just worth it.

 

[GermantownGreen]

We have the DeWalt version, as Father in law was yellow before buying a Milwaukee big impact.
You can run yourself out of grease on the combine or disc mower before you know it.
Battery way to go!
Lock n lube too!
GG

 

[m16ty]

The Milwaukee is good, but I'm sure most of the others available are as well. You'll probably want to stay with whatever battery system you are using for your other tools. At least that's what I do, so I don't have a bunch of different battery types and chargers, plus I can have fewer batteries that I can share among tools. I think most major brands offer them now. If your're patient, you can find sales and such, even for Milwaukee, like this one

Milwaukee 2446-20 M12™ Cordless LITHIUM-ION Grease Gun (Tool Only)

Milwaukee 2446-20 M12™ Cordless LITHIUM-ION Grease Gun (Tool Only) Get up to 25% more pressure, best-in-class runtime, and compatibility with tools for drilling, fastening, lighting and cutting. The M12TM Cordless Lithium-Ion Grease Gun delivers the highest max operating pressure in its class to...

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$143 at checkout, without battery. Acme Tools also has sales and closeouts. Anyway, an electric grease gun is one of those things that you will wonder why you did without one for so long once you get it. Some things are just worth it.

I guess it boils down to how much you do. Some guy that just has an old tractor that they take to a show or something every few months, I can see not wanting to fork out for a battery gun. If you have much to grease at all though battery is the way to go.

 

[Caryc]

Finally got this darn thing to work. The problem was that I couldn't get the plunger to pull back far enough to let the new grease cartridge bottom out in the barrel. I had a problem trying to pull the plunger back all the way to get the empty cartridge out. I did get it out but the plunger was still not all the way back to the end of the new cartridge was shy of fitting all the way into the barrel. There was maybe an eighth inch of the cartridge still sticking out of the barrel.

When I was pulling the plunger back first, there was grease oozing out of where the plunger goes into the barrel. I just could not get it to pull back any further. It seemed like the problem was that there was grease on the wrong side of the cup on that plunger. My nephew came over yesterday and he gave it a try. He's younger and stronger than me and he got that plunger to pull back about a quarter inch more and it did ooze more grease out of where there should not have been any grease. That was it, I put it back together and it did work. So, if you buy one of these grease guns, make sure you have a younger nephew that is a little stronger than you are.

 

[GermantownGreen]

Finally got this darn thing to work. The problem was that I couldn't get the plunger to pull back far enough to let the new grease cartridge bottom out in the barrel. I had a problem trying to pull the plunger back all the way to get the empty cartridge out. I did get it out but the plunger was still not all the way back to the end of the new cartridge was shy of fitting all the way into the barrel. There was maybe an eighth inch of the cartridge still sticking out of the barrel.

When I was pulling the plunger back first, there was grease oozing out of where the plunger goes into the barrel. I just could not get it to pull back any further. It seemed like the problem was that there was grease on the wrong side of the cup on that plunger. My nephew came over yesterday and he gave it a try. He's younger and stronger than me and he got that plunger to pull back about a quarter inch more and it did ooze more grease out of where there should not have been any grease. That was it, I put it back together and it did work. So, if you buy one of these grease guns, make sure you have a younger nephew that is a little stronger than you are.

Put the tee handle of plunger in the vise, then pull the container the opposite way. GG

 

[wore out]

Put the tee handle of plunger in the vise, then pull the container the opposite way. GG

Along with that, there's a fine line between mangling the handle with the vise and having it break free and mangle your fingers if they are in it's way over the end of the barrel as you are grasping it.

(Don't ask how I know this.)