yoderjac
5 year old buck +
I was recently at the Kioti dealership trying to get a problem with my FEL resolved. It kept losing the same pin. When I looked at it in detail, I could see the bracket holding the loader are was slightly bent outward. I think that put too much lateral pressure on the pin cap and the pins would pop out. It is an older tractor/loader. They don't make the loader anymore. They wanted $600 for the bracket which is ridiculous. It is because they can get it with a limited supply left. Well, I wasn't going for that. I worked with the mechanic to jury rig a solution that seems to work for about $100 including his labor. At any rate, I was working with him in the shop on the solution.
When we got it done and it was time to grease it, he grabbed his cordless grease gun. We had been talking about tools earlier and I asked him about the grease gun. I've tried many and I can't find anything I like. He had this dewalt and he said it runs flawlessly and he never gets airlock problems which is the biggest issue for me. He said he has use a number of cordless models as well as compressor and manuals. He said the two that work best and have the least problems are this dewalt and the Snap-on but the Dewalt is less expensive.
Well, there goes another $200 for the Dewalt. It uses the same batteries as my other dewalt tools so I went that way. The $200 was the whole kit with the charger, not just the bare tool, but i wanted the charger and battery too.
I got a chance to use it today. What a dream! It has plenty of power and a great system for bleeding air. The only downside is that it is heavy, but it is not a tool where weight matters. It is simple to load and use. Maybe now I'll be less delinquent in keeping up with greasing things.
I'll report back to this thread if I encounter problems over time.
Thanks,
Jack
When we got it done and it was time to grease it, he grabbed his cordless grease gun. We had been talking about tools earlier and I asked him about the grease gun. I've tried many and I can't find anything I like. He had this dewalt and he said it runs flawlessly and he never gets airlock problems which is the biggest issue for me. He said he has use a number of cordless models as well as compressor and manuals. He said the two that work best and have the least problems are this dewalt and the Snap-on but the Dewalt is less expensive.
Well, there goes another $200 for the Dewalt. It uses the same batteries as my other dewalt tools so I went that way. The $200 was the whole kit with the charger, not just the bare tool, but i wanted the charger and battery too.
I got a chance to use it today. What a dream! It has plenty of power and a great system for bleeding air. The only downside is that it is heavy, but it is not a tool where weight matters. It is simple to load and use. Maybe now I'll be less delinquent in keeping up with greasing things.
I'll report back to this thread if I encounter problems over time.
Thanks,
Jack