milling_drum
Senior Member
High speed grease isn't a good idea on leg barrels/steering fittings/Conveyor swing fittings because the wear application differs quite a bit. Using high speed grease, I constantly see the leg barrel needs grease but has this ring of worn grease stuck to the body(slide)of the machine which is no longer working on the legbarrel. I don't know if others would agree but thats how I've seen it. Multi purpose grease lasts much longer on a leg barrel or steering pin. (hate changing them out too)
That makes it funny to watch some folks wash the machine down and spray that grease everywhere, then wonder why its all over the rollers and the machine looks awful (mostly Wirtgen folks)
Water systems where the age of the machine come into play mean alot of work, Anything old with an uncoated water tank blows lots of rust and clogs spray nozzles. Anybody use dishsoap in the water tank to keep it clean? Had an experience where we used the same tablets people put in pools to control chlorine levels, that worked pretty well. Clean hydrant water helped too.
Any thoughts? Agree Disagree?
That makes it funny to watch some folks wash the machine down and spray that grease everywhere, then wonder why its all over the rollers and the machine looks awful (mostly Wirtgen folks)
Water systems where the age of the machine come into play mean alot of work, Anything old with an uncoated water tank blows lots of rust and clogs spray nozzles. Anybody use dishsoap in the water tank to keep it clean? Had an experience where we used the same tablets people put in pools to control chlorine levels, that worked pretty well. Clean hydrant water helped too.
Any thoughts? Agree Disagree?