Junkyard
Senior Member
Haha yeah that would have been perfect. Haven't lived north of the snow belt in many years!
We did have a debate over grease earlier in the week. We use a brand on most everything that works well but on the Lo-Dril kelly bearings it's not worth a flip, a little heat from drilling and it drops right out. I got some extended service stuff that's supposed to be very tacky (much like myself haha) so we're gonna try that. We had just put new bars in the drill and despite a thorough hand greasing before install and a liberal greasing through the zerks after they were run almost dry on an 18' hole.
That's what we did, had the oil supplier bring us specs and pricing. Compared them all etc. It wasn't like ooooh I like the smell of this one or the color of that one haha.
I think old used pile hammer grease would be the best. It always took about 6 weeks to wear off of me back in the day. Of course as you know I am a grease magnet.
Went to dinner with the wife and youngest. Had to run to a buddy's and fill out an annual inspection form. On the way back to my shop I stopped to get stuff to stock my cooler. This is what I came out to.....couldn't resist snapping a pic of it......think she rolls coal?
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