Super-sized grease gun...

[wore out]

So, what's the deal with this super-sized grease gun? I wire brushed a little of the nasty, sticky gunk off the handle and part of the barrel thinking I'd find a mfg's name but no luck.

 

[rrlund]

Probably old enough to heave been made before grease came in tubes. You stuck the end in a pail of grease and pulled out on the plunger. Suction pulled the grease in to it.

 

[wore out]

Probably old enough to heave been made before grease came in tubes. You stuck the end in a pail of grease and pulled out on the plunger. Suction pulled the grease in to it.

I agree, and I've seen a lot of old grease guns but never a long'un like this.

 

[wore out]

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[Caryc]

Picked up a new grease gun the other day a TSC. It loads the same old way with a cartridge. But the easy part is, The barrel is not threaded at the end to screw into the pump cap, which can sometimes be a PIA when you've got grease all over your hands and a thin fill of grease on the barrel which you can never seem to clean off. On this new one, you just shove the barrel into the cap and it stays. Here is some info on one that shows how it works. But the one I bought is not air powered. It still has the pump handle.

https://legacymfg.com/lock-n-load/

 

[Charles in Aus.]

Big grease gun for a big machine . Earth moving or marine applications maybe .

 

[sms]

I had one of those worked great. Someone liberated it a couple months ago. Many older grease guns would take cartridges or bulk grease. If I remember correctly you had to turn the plunger over depending on which you used.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Is for bulk filling of any kind. Sure wish I had one like that some days. Got to be a Lincoln gun for me though,they are the only brand I have found that didn't leak by the plunger with bulk grease. Back then bulk grease was cheaper. Now not so much and tubes are handy to carry around for off site field greasing. While I like bulk grease it does make one wonder if it's time has come so to speak. We keep both bulk for at home and the extra capacity at the field without having to change tubs. Also the bulk gun has a 4 foot hose for those hard to reach and run gun places on the combine or under equipment places. does take a second guy to work the gun though.

 

[Jim.ME]

I have seen a number of those long barrel grease guns in older industrial places. Bulk filled, held more so fewer return trips to refill when making the lube rounds.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

FIL had a cast iron plate that fit the ID of the old bulk grease pails with a threaded neck in the center. Screw the tube and push down while pulling the rod up and it filled completely with no mess. I never found it among all his old stuff.

 

[Watthour]

Many of those also had/have a fitting on the side of the pump head to permit bulk filling via a pneumatic grease run from a 30 or 55G drum.

 

[David from Kansas]

View attachment 91935So, what's the deal with this super-sized grease gun? I wire brushed a little of the nasty, sticky gunk off the handle and part of the barrel thinking I'd find a mfg's name but no luck.

 

[David from Kansas]

Just something that came to mind while reading your post. I remember when I was a youngster, that would be 1940's and later, that Dad always bought our lube and fuel from a local farm elevator/supply store and they sold Mobil products. Dad used bulk grease until the paper cartridges came out when we discovered that the Mobil cartridges were larger than the others, so we had to get new grease guns to accommodate the smaller cartridges and I'm sure the older ones that took the larger cartridges were scrapped, or just disappeared. Anyone remember that? I always hated reloading with bulk grease.

 

[GSRFord]

Just something that came to mind while reading your post. I remember when I was a youngster, that would be 1940's and later, that Dad always bought our lube and fuel from a local farm elevator/supply store and they sold Mobil products. Dad used bulk grease until the paper cartridges came out when we discovered that the Mobil cartridges were larger than the others, so we had to get new grease guns to accommodate the smaller cartridges and I'm sure the older ones that took the larger cartridges were scrapped, or just disappeared. Anyone remember that? I always hated reloading with bulk grease.

My Dad was a Mobil dealer. Always like the bigger cartridges when greasing equipment we had. I don't remember a brand on the grease guns, but they worked well.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

I have a long barrel with the piston about 1/2 " in diameter. Built by Stewart-Warner.

 

[bc]

I used them with plain ol bulk grease on bearings for years. Now when I go to the store for a tube of grease I have to choose between all types and colors and additives. Afraid to buy the old cheap stuff and pick out the expensive red stuff since I don't use that much now.

 

[Ray,IN]

Many of those also had/have a fitting on the side of the pump head to permit bulk filling via a pneumatic grease run from a 30 or 55G drum.

I have 2 of those hand guns. I filled them with my compressed air grease gun on a 5G pail of grease to use in the field. I used the 5G pail when I had equipment at the garage; it was much faster and easier.
One of my hand guns has this on the end, it sure make greasing to hard to reach zerks easier.

 

[Ray,IN]

Many of those also had/have a fitting on the side of the pump head to permit bulk filling via a pneumatic grease run from a 30 or 55G drum.

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[Ray,IN]

Many of those also had/have a fitting on the side of the pump head to permit bulk filling via a pneumatic grease run from a 30 or 55G drum.

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