Does anyone collect the old roll around grease guns?

[Larr991]

Does anyone collect the old air powered roll around grease guns? Here is a picture of the small one I still use, have a couple of the larger ones stored away. Just curious to know.

 

[1982fxr]

I think the old hand pumps are a little more sought after.

Anything old service station seems to have collectors though.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

That would be pretty cool to do a refurb on. The Alemite is pretty sought after for their cabinet line. One item in your favour is that rust should be a minimal problem.

 

[Larr991]

I thought about redoing it and just showing it off, but it works really well, so I keep using it to grease my antique trucks. Maybe I will have to rethink it, as I have a couple of the larger units that take the 30 lb. barrel. I like this, it takes the 5-gallon pail! The two other ones are the larger Lincoln's! Still worked well, last I used them.

 

[2oolhound]

Antique trucks?!!! How about posting a pic of your lincolns with some antique trucks in the background? We love old trucks!

I've seen a spattering of these posted here in the past. Definitely fit well in the man cave shops.

 

[don long]

I'm a collector of those old greasers
I have several. Here are 2 of them sitting in my Texaco gas station inside my garage



And I just sand blasted this alemite to start the restoration on



And I have this one i'm working on



and here are a couple smaller ones that i did for my 30's garage

 

[Larr991]

I'm a collector of those old greasers
I have several. Here are 2 of them sitting in my Texaco gas station inside my garage



And I just sand blasted this alemite to start the restoration on



And I have this one i'm working on



and here are a couple smaller ones that i did for my 30's garage

Antique trucks?!!! How about posting a pic of your lincolns with some antique trucks in the background? We love old trucks!

I've seen a spattering of these posted here in the past. Definitely fit well in the man cave shops.

Wow, them are really nice! Here is a couple of my old Larrabee's, and 53 Dodge, the Lincolns will have to wait, but I will try to snap a picture for you!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

This one (see Pic 1) is from WWII. I found it at a flea market a few years ago. "Alemite" (see Pic 4) hand pumper with a 5-foot hose and a goose neck nozzle mounted on a skid with casters. Marked "U.S. ORD" (see Pic 5) for US Army Ordnance Department, which was responsible for all wheeled and tracked vehicle maintenance for the duration of the war after August 1942, when the QMC was relieved of that duty.

This would be pushed around a motor pool or depot to grease vehicles (Zerk fittings) or fill up smaller grease guns.

Official nomenclature is “GUN, pump, bucket, lubricating, low pressure, with flexible hose, 25-50 pound capacity.” See Pic 2 for matching manual figure.

The large red "CG" stencil (see Pic 6) indicates the type of grease, which was general purpose. You can see some of the other types in the Jeep Lube Order (see Pic 7 & 8).

The other stencil ("B 109") could very well be a unit marking, and if so, it's a good chance it's B Company 109th Infantry Regiment, which shipped out of Ft Indiantown Gap, PA. Most of the unit was made up of young men from PA, NJ, and NY.

 

[Larr991]

Really interesting, did the hand pump one's work under some sort of pressure, or did you put it on the zerk ,and pump it like the smaller handheld?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Manual. It's basically just a big lever action grease gun.

 

[2oolhound]

Nice rigs Larr991 and thanks for the pics! Nice work Don, Lugs, thanks for the pics and info!

 

[Larr991]

Gee, I felt guilty not having the Lincolns around, so dug one out today! Guess I'm going to do a refurbish on it! All good now, it will keep me busy for a while! The more I looked at yours Don, I said I just have to do this! Again, them look great!