Ok guys heres a question for you, does anybody know anything about a contractors air greaser or thats what some call it, its a self contained air tight, moisture tight, dust proof container that you have to put bulk grease into and seal the lid and then it has an air operated pump on it to dispense grease, I've asked my oil/grease guru and he knew nothing about it and had never seen one before, all he has seen and been around are the ones that fit onto a five gallon pail and are not moisture and dust proof and told me to avoid them for my application.
I want somthing to handle bulk grease to eliminate the tubes and constant refilling the gun in the field, yesterday I went through another 9 tubes to service my machines and I'm getting tired of constantly changing tubes of grease, I now use an air operted lincoln grease gun and love it for the fact my hands don't fall asleep from all the pumping of that many tubes of grease in one time but its now time to move onto a bulk system of some sort to save time and mess.
All the typical grease pumps are designed to be around a shop setting more than in the field and since I drive a lot of gravel roads and such dust is a major problem with any other bulk system I've looked at and thats why my grease guy has as of yet told me to avoid the bulk air pumps system in my case. Alemite I think makes one of the contractors style and lincoln does too along with a few imports. My grease guy told me to buy an import and see if it works before spending the money on a name brand at three times the price and see if its dust and moisture proof and keeps the grease clean in my service truck toolbox. They come with a 15 ft hose and hold about 25 lbs of grease, I was thinking if I'd set this unit out on the ground and hooked up an air hose to it I could then just use the hose to do a walk around and hit the zerks and carry it around the machine as needed until I was done but does anyone have any experience or advice? The larger ones to fit a five gallon pail or the larger 100 plus pound containers with hose reel and all that how do you keep the dust out of them along with the moisture buildup over time? Does the bulk systems work in the field and on a service truck that you drive everyday and do they handle cold weather to be able to dispense grease or is this just a fantasy idea and the real world senerio doesn't work as good.
I want somthing to handle bulk grease to eliminate the tubes and constant refilling the gun in the field, yesterday I went through another 9 tubes to service my machines and I'm getting tired of constantly changing tubes of grease, I now use an air operted lincoln grease gun and love it for the fact my hands don't fall asleep from all the pumping of that many tubes of grease in one time but its now time to move onto a bulk system of some sort to save time and mess.
All the typical grease pumps are designed to be around a shop setting more than in the field and since I drive a lot of gravel roads and such dust is a major problem with any other bulk system I've looked at and thats why my grease guy has as of yet told me to avoid the bulk air pumps system in my case. Alemite I think makes one of the contractors style and lincoln does too along with a few imports. My grease guy told me to buy an import and see if it works before spending the money on a name brand at three times the price and see if its dust and moisture proof and keeps the grease clean in my service truck toolbox. They come with a 15 ft hose and hold about 25 lbs of grease, I was thinking if I'd set this unit out on the ground and hooked up an air hose to it I could then just use the hose to do a walk around and hit the zerks and carry it around the machine as needed until I was done but does anyone have any experience or advice? The larger ones to fit a five gallon pail or the larger 100 plus pound containers with hose reel and all that how do you keep the dust out of them along with the moisture buildup over time? Does the bulk systems work in the field and on a service truck that you drive everyday and do they handle cold weather to be able to dispense grease or is this just a fantasy idea and the real world senerio doesn't work as good.