Shimmy1
Senior Member
One of the early ones. Luck of the draw. We have one that is about ready to be tossed in the scrap tote. The nose is beat all to hell, but hasn't snapped off yet.
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Damn you, Milwaukee
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One of the early ones. Luck of the draw. We have one that is about ready to be tossed in the scrap tote. The nose is beat all to hell, but hasn't snapped off yet.
colson04
Senior Member
John deere ag tractor. One set of bolt holes is for the adjustable wheel hubs. They have a wedge fit to the axle shaft allowing the farmer to change wheel spacing for different applications. The second set is for the wheel to hub mounting.
Edit: that is just the outer hub for the duals seen in the picture. The wheel with the duals is off.
Here is what the hub looks like
Why would a farmer want to change wheel spacing? One tractor for multiple tasks.
Years ago, we had a John Deere 7810 that we used to pull a 12 row planter, then a side dress applicator, and then pull the round baler in the summer. Also used for light tillage work, or backup on manure spreader. For the planter, we moved the inner tires closer to the frame to allow for duals to be mounted to the axle, and all tires were spaced to fall between planted rows. After planting, the duals were removed and we knifed in our side dress fertilizer with this tractor. Right after side dress, we slid the tires out to their widest setting, and reversed the front wheels side to side (offset wheels) to widen the tractor to straddle the wind row for making round bales of dry hay or straw. When the baling season was over, we would narrow the wheel spacing back to row crop settings for next spring and put the removable hubs for the duals back on the axles. With the dual hubs already mounted, the dual wheels go on pretty quick, so we left them off unless we really needed them during the winter. During a mild winter, they never went on until spring planting.
Today, we just have more tractors. One is set wide for the baler, two are set narrow for feed wagon, rest are set at row crop width, and they don't ever change.
terex herder
Senior Member
Oops! Looks deere yellow $$, but not to a crane guy, I guess.
JLarson
Senior Member
The holidays are always an expensive time if you're into the red tools, especially when one of your suppliers is running a buy two batteries get a free grinder along with other deals, gets outta had real quick.
It's ok for shrink, a bit slow but so is everything else compared to the gold standard in cordless heat guns, the MAPP torch lol
It's ok for shrink, a bit slow but so is everything else compared to the gold standard in cordless heat guns, the MAPP torch lol
materthegreater
Senior Member
Upgraded my Milwaukee grease gun to a locking coupler. I can't stand regular couplers anymore.
Labparamour
Senior Member
Have done the same, love ‘em.
Had mostly DeWalt w old style batteries.
Batteries fading.
So, been changing to Milwaukee tools and been happy
materthegreater
Senior Member
I have two Lock'n'lubes on my pistol grip guns but this is the first Flexzilla I've bought. It'll be interesting to see how it compares.
I hope the flexzilla is good I had the worst luck with lock and lubes the one on my milwaukee gun pushed the threads out of the piece that seals on the grease zert. The look and lube tire filler is the bees knees tho best ture filler I've found so far
I've released the smoke from a drill and saw recently that I bought in 2013. And a grinder from maybe 2016 or so.
I bought both of mine from Lock n Lube. Was cheaper for the gun and their coupler than just the gun anywhere else I looked.
Been running mine for 5-6 years without trouble. Don't use a ton of grease though, maybe a 4-5 boxes a year.
We probably use 3 maybe I'm just abusive
I try to take care of stuff and not buy stuff that looks like it could need special treatment . Milwaukee stuff is good and tuff but not like the air tools they are replacing or the old grease guns that could be left out in the rain or dropped in a bucket of oil.
No I mean abusive to the lock and lube the gun it's self is quite loved
colson04
Senior Member
I've been converted. I've had a 20v Dewalt grease gun with lock n lube tip for a few years now. We had the same at the farm. Over the winter, we picked up a milwaukee because it was a better deal. That milwaukee grease gun is way nicer than the dewalt. Pumps faster, primes quicker. I never thought I would use the pre-set grease dial, but I use it weekly for lubing certain pieces of equipment. I also found myself using the 2 speed setting when greasing our grain drill. Been a very versatile tool for us and gets used daily.
Don't pull it off if it has pressure on it
MarcusZ1967
Senior Member
Heat..... or replace.... they're cheap enough...... (the zerk)