Straw Boss
Well-known Member
Running out of grease in the grease gun
just as your about to quit pumping on
the last of about 40 zerks on an
implement. I can think of only a
handful of times in my life that this
has happened and it makes you feel like
you've just won the lottery, yet I will
constantly run out of grease just after
I crawl under something or climb up on
top of something to get to a hard to
reach zerk, just to have the gun go
empty, then have to crawl out again to
reload then do it all over again. I
know the odds are not the same but
seems like it's a one in three chance.
The worst was when we ran the 1660,
2188 and 2388 CaseIH combines. Up the
ladder, over the engine, crawl down
inside the engine compartment, start
greasing pulleys and ....CRAP.... crawl
out again....The 4 zerks on the unload
auger up there was another good place
for a gun to go dry nearly every time.
Don't even get me started on how I'm
sure that grease is a live and living
organism. The second I look away, it
will literally jump from the tip of the
gun to my pant leg or sneak up on me
and hitch a ride on the back of my
elbow where I don't find it until it's
all over the seat of my pickup. Next
to moving snow during a bad winter, it
has to be the most annoying job on the
farm that just has to be done.
just as your about to quit pumping on
the last of about 40 zerks on an
implement. I can think of only a
handful of times in my life that this
has happened and it makes you feel like
you've just won the lottery, yet I will
constantly run out of grease just after
I crawl under something or climb up on
top of something to get to a hard to
reach zerk, just to have the gun go
empty, then have to crawl out again to
reload then do it all over again. I
know the odds are not the same but
seems like it's a one in three chance.
The worst was when we ran the 1660,
2188 and 2388 CaseIH combines. Up the
ladder, over the engine, crawl down
inside the engine compartment, start
greasing pulleys and ....CRAP.... crawl
out again....The 4 zerks on the unload
auger up there was another good place
for a gun to go dry nearly every time.
Don't even get me started on how I'm
sure that grease is a live and living
organism. The second I look away, it
will literally jump from the tip of the
gun to my pant leg or sneak up on me
and hitch a ride on the back of my
elbow where I don't find it until it's
all over the seat of my pickup. Next
to moving snow during a bad winter, it
has to be the most annoying job on the
farm that just has to be done.