DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Grease Gun (DCGG571M1)

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
 
I agree, the Dewalt greese gun works well. They will last about 2 years, but pump about 100 tubes a year through them. I couldnt imagine having to use a manual grease gun to keep equipment greased.
 
I agree, the Dewalt greese gun works well. They will last about 2 years, but pump about 100 tubes a year through them. I couldnt imagine having to use a manual grease gun to keep equipment greased.

Where does the 2 year estimate come from? Is that in a commercial environment or personal one? The mechanic has been running his in a commercial environment for several years with no issues so far. Mine will be used personally. I can't imagine only getting 2 years out of it.

Thanks,

Jack
 
We have one at the shop that we run on the old 18v batteries. The batteries are about shot, but we have 2-3 of them and just swap em out. They are outstanding and worth the money. I greased the brushhog yesterday and we grease 4-5 kenworth trucks and all their pto points with it. When it craps out, i'll buy another, no questions asked.
 
My dewalt 18v is probably on year 4 or 5. Put maybe 5 cases of grease thru it yearly. Still working well. I took the little screen out of it a long time ago and it works better. Don't spin the canister on tightly.
 
Interesting. The one I got runs on the newer 20v LI batteries. LIs don't have some of the issues that NIMH and SLA batteries do. I'm still running a lot of the 18v tools but I stopped buying the 18v batteries. I got a couple of converters so i can run my old 18v tools of the newer 20v LIs.

The mechanic did tell me the Dewalt got bought out by Black & Decker a couple years ago and most of his mechanic friends are looking for a decline in quality over the next few years. Time will tell.

Thanks,

Jack
 
They may decline, but how much are you going to notice using it for personal use? A carpenter realized that an extra 10-20% life from a battery is worth it. you probably couldn't use a battery's worth greasing anyways. You'll like this thing.
 
I'm slowly switching everything over to Fuel. So far I'm liking it. Haven't got the grease gun yet but I've heard it's good.

I think last year I was getting maybe 3 tubes of grease on a fresh battery. I'm sure it's declining.
 
They may decline, but how much are you going to notice using it for personal use? A carpenter realized that an extra 10-20% life from a battery is worth it. you probably couldn't use a battery's worth greasing anyways. You'll like this thing.

I agree, longer life alone is not a reason to go LI, but it has other advantages. The biggest for me is a much lower self-discharge rate than NiCad or NiMH. It also has higher energy density. There is no memory effect like NiCad.

With something like a grease gun, I probably won't take the time to remove the battery and put it in the charger at the end of the day. I'll just put it on the shelf with the battery in it and when the battery gets low, I'll swap it for one in the charger. This doesn't hurt LI batteries life span to do this and they only have a 10% self-discharge rate.

For other tools, say I'm building something in the field, the higher energy density comes into play. Rather than getting large batteries, I use smaller ah batteries and just get a couple. Typically my body wears out before the batteries do, so lighter tools help.

Thanks,

Jack
 
Jack, they are for commercial use. Keeping construction equipment greased regularly. Everything from 4 skid steers, mulchers, tree equipment, dump trucks, etc..

I have also been switching over all of my battery powered tools over to Milwaukee. It all started with the 1/2" impact, then went on from there. I havent switched over the grease guns yet, but will be, after the Dewalts die. Typically the pumps go bad, and they just cant pump the grease anymore. Some times they just stop. For personal use, it should last you a long time if you keep fresh batteries for it.
 
Jack, they are for commercial use. Keeping construction equipment greased regularly. Everything from 4 skid steers, mulchers, tree equipment, dump trucks, etc..

I have also been switching over all of my battery powered tools over to Milwaukee. It all started with the 1/2" impact, then went on from there. I havent switched over the grease guns yet, but will be, after the Dewalts die. Typically the pumps go bad, and they just cant pump the grease anymore. Some times they just stop. For personal use, it should last you a long time if you keep fresh batteries for it.

Thanks. The mechanic told me most are slowing switching to Milwaukee or other high end brands since the buyout.

Thanks,

Jack
 
I've had the Dewalt 20V gun for about 3 years now and love it, huge time saver.
 
Lets see now.....

silky Zubat,felco pruner,solo spreader,wolverine tree spade and now......Dewalt 20 v grease gun

another must have item i learn about from the fellas here.......

bill
 
I'm slowly switching everything over to Fuel. So far I'm liking it. Haven't got the grease gun yet but I've heard it's good.

I think last year I was getting maybe 3 tubes of grease on a fresh battery. I'm sure it's declining.
At my house I have Dewalt but at the farm I’ve got all Fuel. I have pretty close the full Fuel line, including the grease gun...man I love it. The grease gun might have been the best investment of all my power tools outside. I highly recommend it.
 
I only have 7 Fuel tools so far. Received some gift cards to Home Depot for Xmas and plan on using them to add on. I got started with one of those box on wheel combo packages. It had quarter inch impact driver that I absolutely love. It's crazy the nuts it can spin off. I have a couple good Dewalt impacts still working great, so I want to get the 3/8 or 3/8 stubby next and some matching impact sockets in metric and standard.
 
Both Milwaukee and DeWalt make good tools. Milwaukee power tools usually carry a 5-year warranty, while DeWalt has a 3-year warranty. If you go with Milwaukee, I suggest covering the serial number with a piece of clear tape to protect it. The manufacturing date code is part of the serial number and without a receipt, used to determine warranty period. While buying from an authorized dealer may cost a bit more, it ensures the warranty will be honored. I have seen warranty work refused for products purchased via Amazon, ebay, etc.
 
off topic but it was brought up here.
"The original company was started in 1923 by Raymond E. DeWalt, the inventor of the radial arm saw. The company grew quickly and was reorganized and re incorporated in 1947 as DeWalt Inc. After buying the company in 1949, American Machine & Foundry Co., Inc. sold it to Black & Decker in 1960. Black & Decker divested itself of the radial arm saw manufacturing branch in 1989, selling it to two executives. Radial arm saws that use the original DeWalt design can still be obtained from the Original Saw Co".[2]
I got the grease gun for a Christmas present and love it. Thanks Santa.
 
We've been using a Milwaukee M18 at work for the past couple of years, and it is great. We have a Cat 299D XHP w/ Fecon forestry mulcher which has something to the tune of 60 grease points that need greased daily (10 hr intervals), so it gets a ton of use. Also nice for the disks and other implements with many zerks. We have found it can force grease into zerks that we can't seem to get our hand guns to power through.
Dewalt tools are what we used to use, but have found Milwaukee to hold up better for our use.
 
Get the LocknLube grease gun coupler which locks the gun onto the grease zerk. It’s money very well spent.

I actually locked onto the pivot pin grease zerk on the front of my tractor and greased it for possibly the first time. I think it’s a 200 hour routine maintenance but I don’t remember. There would be no way without significant removal of hardware and tractor parts to get to that grease zerk. It took all of that 3-4’ grease line on the DeWalt and that LocknLube.

Greasing is not a problem anymore.


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Just ordered one on your recommendation.
 
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