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For "Buy once, cry once", the DeWalt 20V and a Lock-N--Lube coupling can't be beat.

So easy to use you actually grease ahead of schedule.

the lock n lube works pretty good , but it is longer and bulkier than a regular grease coupler so there will be some zerks you cant get on when using that coupler

Manual,
Pistol grip or lever?


I'm in the pistol grip camp for zerks,
A lever is usually ok on button fittings.

On big machinery, there is always that fitting that's in a bad place,
you are twisted up or stretching, and the hose won't stay on.

Pistol to the rescue.

I will tell you what.

An electric grease gun is great for the track adjusters on a D8.

An electric grease gun must be how you get "Greased Lightning"? ( little joke)

For that much it ought to come with a couple of free lap dances from Britney Spears.

I can't deny that it's not cheap but, I would rather buy an American made grease gun that works instead of 2 or 3 $30.00 POS headaches.

I've got three or four old American made grease guns. It generally is the zirc itself if it won't take grease.

If it was run dry and galls it's a bitch to get grease in.

Yep!! Not greasing often enough cost me a bunch of time taking the undercarriage off my CTL last winter. Couldn't get it freed up to save my life. The way it is designed, the grease has to travel through the axle shaft about 9" - 10" before it "exits" and the crust at the end just wouldn't let it happen. Those fittings have to be greased every 8 - 10 hrs religiously...every other day wasn't enough. I won't make that mistake again!!!!

I've had my share of cheap ones, and still have 2. I have found if you break loose the head, threaded end and business end, then when you get one of those fittings you can't get the end pulled off, then loosen the head a turn or two and it releases those keepers.

I never saw a zirc. Have greased many a zerk. Be Well, Rustyzipper.

I bought a battery powered Lincoln a couple years ago.
It came with an extra long hose that works great for those hard to reach places.
The 12v battery will last for about 4 tubes.

Love it.

Might find a good old one at a garage or farm sale. Never had a problem greasing my old 8n.

If it's going to sit, pull the plunger back and lock it. Prolonged pressure causes the soap and grease to separate.

That.. I swear, most makers of equipment put a zerk some place where it's a genuine bish to get at - just for fun....

I bought the DeWalt battery grease gun.. Spendy - yes.. But does it work? Ohhhhh, yeah. Takes me less than a minute to grease the big mower and get it busy cuttin' grass...

The "bestest" zircs to grease are the ones you literally have to climb into the combine to get to, right on the knives. Finally had a flexible hose made for one of the guns about double the normal length. That helped.