Famous last words I trust this machine 😂

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

I know right!

@oldtimefarmer3405

22 күн бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer not giving you a hard time buddy just a gentle reminder your all alone out there so watch out for yourself 👍

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

Oh I know. I think about that all the time. Looking for a new wife!

@dennissweeney7743

22 күн бұрын

Get what ya pay for!

@oldtimefarmer3405

22 күн бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer lol

One of our neighbors, just down the road, raised the bed of his dump truck, then proceeded to lay across the bed rails to grease a fitting. As he lay there, a hydraulic hose burst and he is forever dead. He left behind a young wife and a very young son. If a hose breaks, whatever it is that's up in the air, is instantly on the ground, faster than you can blink. I'm a farmer, and yes, I've done it too, but it's not a good idea. You are betting your life on a hose. Lee

Josh I cringed when u were working under that bucket. One of the reasons I love your channel is your safety habits. Please be careful n find a safety precaution to put in place❤

Fluid Film is great rust preventative but its hard to beat Kroil for stuck nuts and bolts. Love the Lock N Lube.

That needle is very handy. I use it on my shop roll up door, to get in tight places that has a contact surface, but no grease fitting. I also use it to grease bearings, by just sticking it in between the roller bearings, and give a few pumps till it comes out the other side, repeat all the way around, and you have a perfectly greased bearing. Red N Tacky, is all I use, on all grease items. Lil more pricey, but well worth it. A dead blow hammer will work better with the grease buster. Still no damage to your plunger, and your impact(rubber hammer) won't absorb so much and transfer energy without damage.

For a safety jack for your bucket find a old car jack and a piece of pipe to fit over and down on jack cut to length. Jack until tight.

@tonytango6676

22 күн бұрын

Amen. My dad was present when his cousin was killed when a hydraulic hose blew and a bucket dropped onto his cousin.

Josh, great Tool Tuesday share, always appreciated. PLEASE, ALWAYS use a mechanical jam when working under a hydraulically lifted machine. If a hose were to fail while you are under there working you are a dead man walking. Maybe you were using a mechanical jam and if so, please share with your audience from a safety perspective. Thank you for an excellent channel, I enjoy it very much!!

That needle is for greasing non greasable bearings

Lock and Lube is a superior product. Story: Back in the early 1970’s I had a foreign motorcycle with strange grease fittings on the rear suspension swingarm bushings. John Deere sold a grease fitting with metric threads and American style “zerk” fitting on the business end. Dirt cheap, and no more searching for the grease needle. Show and shine judges never noticed those fittings.

Red-n-tacky.................good stuff. Been using it for quite a while. Never have had a problem with it.

10:52- You know your machine right up to the point it fails and crushes your legs or head. 😞

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

yep I'm with ya....however if I trust it to hold 2000lbs of dirt I should be able to trust it with nothing.....even changing a tire without jack stands is unsafe. I'm confident this machine has no leaks and will hold...plus it's got a safety bar

@markb.1259

22 күн бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer If one of the hyd supply/return hoses that feed the arm hyd cylinder were to burst when the arm was raised.... is there a safety mechanism to keep the arm from instantly crashing down? I'm not familiar with the detailed workings of that equipment.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

17 күн бұрын

yessir...I know it wasn't very bright...that's why I said it in the video lol

Hey Josh thank you for the video and when you hit that grease gun I thought it came with that noise woo

That grease buster looks like the bomb. Way faster than disassembly and cleaning. At least it might postpone pulling everything apart for a while longer.

got one of the grease clearing tools. Spent hours using it and every trick I knew to clear a fitting on a pivot point on my backhoe. Eventually found that the bushing was rotated and fitting was lined up with solid metal on the bushing. Used a torch to blow a hole through it and no problems since. First time I ever saw that.

The lock and lube is a great choice!!!! I bought one this year and I love it!! I need the kit you have. Never seen it before.

FYI......... In the future use a heat gun (I have a 20V Dewalt Battery one) and use it to heat the joint until it gets hot, (no flame worries) then try greasing it or use the impact greaser with half and half penetrating oil and grease mixed together.... Works every time! 😁 Also....hard plastic mallet works better...or a steel hammer..... I use a small 2lb sledge hammer...

What perfect timing, I was under a bale mover for a couple hours yesterday fighting 2 fittings that wont take for anything. I pulled the fittings & shot grease through them, then sprayed degreaser inside and moved it up & down trying to break up the old grease. Tried the grease gun in all different positions along its motion but it just will not budge. Imy gonna have to take a shot with that grease buster I finally got that Lock n Lube earlier this spring and it has been worth every penny. It saves so much time and grease with almost no mess but it leaves just enough grease on the nipple to protect it from dirt and water. Wish I had known about it a long time ago

Josh I had the same problem with plugged grease shafts. The zero fittings were clear but the shaft was plugged. My mechanic showed me to use a propane torch to heat it up to soften the old grease and it worked. But I definitely like that tool.

That lock n lube attachment is used by many of the youtube channels. Thanks for the demo, very informative. Best wishes.

Your safty bar is on the right side of your machine, the big red bar you use to lock up your boom from falling.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

Thanks....but it locks the darn thing so high I couldn't reach this...I guess I could have gotten a ladder...but then I might fall lol

Lock'n'lube has been the best I have used for both grease and air chucks. Highly recommend. They are expensive but in hassle and broken fittings they are worth it to me. If you use a grease gun for a farm/ ranch or commercially looki into them.

Best grease known to man. I also own a locknlube gun and I'm going to buy the grease buster rite now

Your original grease gun hose tip has Nings on it. If you understand how it works, you can tighten and loosen the grip of your original one look at your original tip. The end of it turns to tighten onto a greaser tip then you turn it to loosen it for the let go.. Works like a “drill chuck”

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

cool...that's interesting...but it's still nothing compared to the lock n lube...I'll have to try what your saying now though...I'm curious!

@JohnR9965

21 күн бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer that’s what my comment said also. The tip should have a knurl on it for grip. Might need vise grips to loosen it at first.

I have been around hevy equipment for a long time. Your grease buster is a temporary fix. This winter pull the pins and clean the dry grease and dirt out of every thing. Also stop slacking off grease more often! That problem you are having is due to lack of maintenance. Friction cause heat that dried grease and dirt into a solid thats why no grease is traveling where it needs to be. Good luck keep up the hard work.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

lol...slacking off....but it's true...if it was greased correctly it probably would never get crusty and bind up

Powered grease guns are fun (and expensive). But my simple manual grease gun lets me hear the movement of the grease into the joint. I use the Lube Shuttle system

Hey if you will fill it full of greese until it builds pressure then make your bucket go up and down it will grind that hard piece of grease down and let the fresh grease start the flow

Grease gun to shoot grease in ball joints and tie rod ends and does not have a grease fitting that you can shoot in around the edge of the rubber

It may be my OCD going berserk ( no pun intended), but have you thought of adding boots to keep dirt out of your zerk fittings? They are very inexpensive and handy!

French press coffee pot, paid $20 and works great...no expensive coffee maker

Gotta love those bottom grease fittings. It’s almost a design flaw. If you watch wear those tracks throw dirt just about every time the machine moves you’ll see the issue. Even that magic locking device won’t really help unclog the dirt in the bush. Knock the pin halfway out and you’ll see the lubrication hole in the pin. Usually 1/8 halfway through pin to meet up with the central hole with the grease fitting. Grab yourself a carbide tip drill bit, the pin is hardened,about 5/16 or even larger. The larger hole is less prone to blocking. Gotta keep on them with the grease though.

I use fluid film on my mower decks. Wait until you find amsoil HD mental protect

Hey now, don't knock instant coffee Josh! The U.S. has not really embraced it, but it is regularly consumed in other countries. I began drinking it on deployments and it became routine; easier to generate hot water out in the boonies than brew a pot of coffee and definitely simple to make a cup as strong as you want. Try brands like Black Rifle Coffee or Nescafe. I do have the Lock & Lube tip and really appreciate how clean it makes the entire greasing process.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

oh I know...most folks drink it in the UK.....so easy...but I'm honestly trying to break the coffee habbit! Hope it works!

I think the instructions recommend tapping the tool not hitting it too hard!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

19 күн бұрын

when a tap won't do....a harder tap might lol.....I don't represent the tool brand....I'm just using it my friend

Another great video I laughed all the way to the end great tools to buy and never trust a machine always use the safe method all it takes is that one time and you can get hurt Im sure you already know that thanks again for the informative and fun videos.

I have to be honest, I'm so glad to see someone else struggle like I do. Every time I see people on KZread grease a machine they do it perfectly, with no problems, and don't get a spot of grease on them. I'm like COME ON! Good to see someone be real about it

I love Lock an Lube products! I also have the Lock An Air for my Milwaulkee Air compressor....works great!

Josh,problem solved and now you can go to town with all your other machinery on your farm 😮😊❤

Needle is for filling large bearings.

Look and Lube makes great products, I have been using their coupler for years and love it.

“The Best Part Of Wakin’ Up” is not…. instant coffee in your cup! Good looking mug!! Even better are the tools on this Tool Tuesday. I am a huge fan of Lucas Oil Products. I Have been using their products for many years. Their products are quality and worth every penny. I have never seen the Grease Buster, nor the Fluid Film product line. I am going to try Fluid Film. I have quite a few rusty bolts left on the Bronco. Thanks for sharing these products with us. Woooo!!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

20 күн бұрын

lol

Look up flush grease fitting that adapter allows you to grease flush fittings

The needle tip is used for getting a little more life out of a squeaky ball joint without a grease fitting. It works really well

Lock and lube is awesome . Just remember you can’t use many of the little attachments on a powered grease gun they aren’t made for those only the adapter is 10000 supported

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

honestly, unless I'm pumping up tracks on a loader...the powered grease gun always dumps too much grease in a machine

green emerald grease is the best you can get we used it for over 55 years and unless you get a operator who did not grease once a week it never clogs usually its metal on metal in the pin a small drill bit fixes that fast after pulling the pin you all ready know this theres a bunch of fittings under the cab good luck if you ever need a extra Openion hit me up we have had almost the same equipment our whole life i started when i was 14 now 64 and retired

The pin is for V snow plows

Thank you, Josh for all the great Un-tasty laughs you gave us today.

Ram takes the needle point at differential universal joint. it’s a nightmare to grease.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

2 күн бұрын

really....didn't know that...mine is old school

pb blaster smells delicious imo.... and i will be buying all these tools today for my skid steer. good video.

Your grease buster works on the same principle that we used to remove pilot bearings from flywheels.

Hey Josh D sharp tip and the needle come in real Handy. I had a sealed bearing on my John Deere planter that had dried up and I needed to plant couldn't wait to get a bearing and pull it all apart. I drilled a real tiny hole into the side of the sealed bearing and put in carb cleaner and that loosened up all the old Greece and was able to get some more grease in it. I sealed it over with a little bit of glue and was able to plant everything and replace it later. Sunset was fairly slow speed when I did get it apart I almost felt like I should have just left it alone and not even replace the bearing. I was told by Grease salesman it was very knowledgeable that Greece is actually a combination of a clay and a lighter oil. So the problem with those fittings getting plugged up is really that the grease dries out. I know those Buster things can work okay but sometimes they won't and the suggestion of heating it up is probably not too bad but you can also see if you can get the grease loosened up by putting in carb cleaner. If you can exercise and move your pins sometimes that will get that grease loose enough so you can feed through with fresh grease and get the old stuff out of there. My cat 226 was used and it came with floppy bucket pins those are the worst things for getting clogged up and taking out those pins. Shame on caterpillar on my machine there were not bushings. And the next step was having to take out the welded bushing and have somebody weld new ones in and then line bore. I got injured before I ever got around to getting that job done. Which was going to be costly and hard to find somebody to do it. Do whatever you can to keep those pins from going out on you and see if you actually have removable bushings. Caterpillar said well you'll have to install those on your own afterwards. The machine was great but they cheapened out on the lower dollar ones I guess. I hope that helps you

Been a fan if lock-n-lube for years

I LOVE my LockNLube grease gun! That needle adapter? It's exactly what you think it is. Think about all those ball joints and such that no longer come with a grease fitting. If only there was some way to 'Inject' some grease in there. As a wise man once said, "Act Accordingly"

interesting tool

Josh, I work at one of the two Funiculars ( Incline) in Pittsburgh. We have very old grease fittings and would benefit from this Lock & Lube. I most definitely will pass this on. Thanks brother!

When I got my electric grease gun I got a lock and lube. And now I dont break off grease fittings

So the ONE tool you rave about: grease buster… You didn’t link? Lol!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

19 күн бұрын

the link is to my Amazon "Automotive" products page....it's there brother

I went Red across the board, my TYM is red, My Milwaukee grease gun is red, and I have used Lucas Red N' Tacky from the first maintenance.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

Love it!

Part of the problem may have been the old grease fitting but while you had it out, you may have saved yourself a lot of time and frustration by cleaning the old, dried grease out of the channel. I've used just a piece of wire or a drill bit (by hand) to get the old gunk out. It won't get the gunk out of where it makes a 90 to get to the bearing surface, if that fitting is in the end of a pin that goes through, but it often gets out enough that it will take grease after you put in the new fitting. You could also use the fluid film or or pentrating oil in the channel once you've cleaned it out.

Think they make an air chuck too

Lock and lube commercial came on when watching video

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

bhahhaha....maybe they'll reach out to me!

Take the grease fitting out and dig some junk out then put fitting back in. Fill the grease gun with a long handle with wd 40 or similar lubricant. Now pump the WD 40 into the grease fitting. The grease gun should provide up to 10k pounds of pressure. After it breaks loose then pump grease into the fitting. Do not use the pistol grip grease gun. Lever operated handle to get max pressure. Look at the pressure rating of the grease gun being used. Get a higher pressure gun with long lever.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

19 күн бұрын

my friend....I'm not showing you how to get around using this tool lol...I'm showing ya how it works

Lock-N-Lube is the only grease attachment I use with my Dewalt grease gun! Best combo since Batman & Robin! Use Mobile 1 grease every other time I lube as it is red and you can see it as soon as it breaks the seal.

Ooooh tasty!🤣

Put the Dewalt grease gun on the lock n lube lots of pressure

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

I'm gonna say the hand held grease gun is easier to finesse in this case....power grease guns are nice but I prefer the old hand held if just doing a few fittings

Those look like some handy tools...

i use motorcycle chain lube for a penetrant. Great for hinges latches or rusted parts. As the solvent evaporates it pulls the grease in. IT WORKS.

Best video yet! 😂 Best quote yet, " I don't know but I'm sure I may use it" 😂

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

Bhahaha

Yes it is pricey but worth it.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

18 күн бұрын

totally!!

It's cool a good viewer told you about that tool, Lock and Lube. Anyway... wooo!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

many many viewers told me about it

@ClickinChicken

21 күн бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer many people are good. I promote that! wooo! 🤪

Hey Josh, I have that grease buster! It’s worth its price.

Most grease fittings you can twist the head so it’s not stuck…might need vise grips to loosen it at first but should only be finger tight….Lock n Lube is the way to go though.

Let’s be safe out there Josh you should’ve had a face shield on or at least glasses and maybe a mask…

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

and a helmet when I use the tractor too bhahhaha...we can take it pretty far with safety my brotha, this is the reality of farming in most cases

Great video

Doesn’t the right hand side of the machine have a cylinder brace/lock?

thanks for the video.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

You bet!

@TerryLay-sn9gg

22 күн бұрын

I'm guessing you do know what the red channel is for. A safety on the hydraulic cylinder

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

17 күн бұрын

i know it wasn't the best way my friend...that's why I mentioned it in the content...don't do what I'm doing it could be unsafe

josh man use a pressure treated 4x4 or 6x6 you should not trust it ever period

Gave it a leak .. I mean like👍Grease to please.

Another great Tool Tuesday. Geese Buster is the bomb

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

glad ya enjoyed it brother....happy to give channel members a little early access sneak peak too!

@michaelblum6222

22 күн бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Josh, when you are right, you are right. Tire company is 100% in the wrong and purchasing the right tool will make your day go a hell of a lot smoother. This is why you are the only Farming/Homesteading channel I support 100% of the time. I hope to live long enough to see you get the 1 million subscriber plaque

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

Thanks man!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMAO at the thumbnail picture and topic.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@farmerdan6893

22 күн бұрын

That last funky grease fitting you showed is one I bought from John deere Deere for 35$. The front wheel hub fitting is at 45 degree angle and youyou can't gi Et to it with anything else but it was a waste of money. I just take the wheels off periodically. That fluid film is awesome. It's a homeowner edition for rustproofing a vehicle. I spray my truck every fall and have no rust on 08 f250 in upstate NY. I spray inside panels, doors and frame it's awesome but stinks. 😊

I thought most newer skid loaders had a locking arms on it so you don't end up being a crunchy critter.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

this has a lock, but it will be too high to film...oh the things we do to get a good video for ya!

Nice

The needle is for rubber boots like on 4wheeler or side by side just stick the needle in the boot and grease the axles

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

Bam!! Thank you

@davekorn6516

22 күн бұрын

They save a joint if you have a torn boot,until you get a chance to save it

Lucas is great but always out of stock when i need it.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

Link down below for ya. I ordered a case

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Very nice!

You think we want to watch you greasing stuff !

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

21 күн бұрын

it takes a village doesn't it..... 😜

Just think you could have saved yourself a lot of trouble than using that thing. Take the grease fitting out for the torch to the end of it all about grease and melt out and be just fine

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

22 күн бұрын

It wasn’t the grease fitting there was a clog in the bushing my friend

Thankyou for not calling them zerks lol

Wheres ya glasses!