Battery powered grease guns...
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Look at Alemite... http://www.alemite.com/catalog/details.aspx?identifier=guns_cordless
The Ratchet Man
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I have this one at work. It has run about 4 tubes of grease through it everyday for a little over a year without any issue. This is in an industrial environment where dust and moisture are the norm. I have the kit with 2 batteries though.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0030HNGRY
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0030HNGRY
The M18 gun is a nice gun if you have the M18 tools. It is very powerful , but different to use than the Lincoln pneumatic in the respect that it sounds the same when running out of grease as it does full. So you don't have the rapid pumping at the end to know that you are out. I just got a clear barrel for more piece of mind. Electric guns are great in the respect that you aren't blowing debris around - and possibly in your eyes w/ the air discharge.
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We have two Lincolns for the farm. One 14V and one 18V. They are alright, but we run about 2 tubes of grease a day through each in the summer and half that the rest of the year. They have started having issues after about 2 years of steady use. Both refuse to stay in gear on the two speep selector without you holdig the selector on all but the easiest zerks. The Lincoln tips are trash and shoud be deposited in the scrap bin right away. Alemite makes the best grease everything; their hand grease guns can't be beat. Their tips are the strongest and last over a month of hard use. The batteries on the Lincolns also needed rebuilt after one year of abuse. Alemite is also OEM for Snap-On grease products.
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nicksnothereman
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For that? Yeah...not a bad idea. For passenger automotive? Nah. You'd make a supreme mess. Hell, I don't even need any battery powered doodads to make a complete mess. But for you, for your purpose? Good idea. And probably not too bad as far as cost.
Thanks guys. Lincoln is off the list per your suggestions. I like the looks of the M18 and they are available at Home Depot for a little over $240 for the kit. Alemite looks good but haven't found a price or dealer in this area. I wonder if the Alemite-Snap-on nozzle will fit on the M18 since you recommend it as the best fitting?
soulstryke
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We have a 18v lincoln and a 12v milwaukee's at work. IMO the lincoln is superior but more expensive as it can be set to pump in regular or super fast mode while the milkwaukee just shoots very slow and by very slow i mean slower than the lincolns slow mode. Also the milwaukee is lighter. I personally prefer my manual gun as the electric one's are "shared" gun's and my co workers leave them empty 90% of the time.
But if you grease very often i would go 18v if you just grease very little definately get a 12v.
But if you grease very often i would go 18v if you just grease very little definately get a 12v.
truckdriver
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I use the M12 grease gun on my semi and love it. Makes me wonder why I ever used a manual gun.
Farmall450
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Lincoln's not too shabby.
mkIValh
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m12 and love it
NastyN8
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I've been looking into purchasing one myself. I'm a lift truck mechanic though, and most of the points dont need much grease (few pumps maybe), but some of the pallet jacks I pm can have over 40 grease zerks. I usually have around 60 lift trucks to pm per month. I have a problem most of the time getting the point to take the grease. I'm thinking the higher pressure compared to a hand pump will help? Anyone else use one in this applocation?
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NastyN8, I was also a forklift mechanic, my service manager had bought the $50 cordless grease gun walmart sold, it was red. That thing lasted him years. The only problem is the short hose, it is hard to reach the trunion bushings unless you buy the long hose for it.
Mxjr12
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I have a snap on 18v one and use it daily and love it
NastyN8
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Sweet, so maybe it will be a good investment. I see that some have an adjustment for the amount of grease they shoot, other than the speed setting
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outdoorsman310
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hand pump grease gun makes you stronger!!
thebeekeeper1
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I ended up buying a pneumatic Lincoln a few years ago once I had a good disk to grease. It's only an 8' but the 16 fittings were killing me. You can't beat a "machine gun" grease gun. Now that cordless ones are available I imagine that would be a huge upgrade. I'd strongly say they are worth whatever they cost. 