Grease Gun Extension Helps Reach Mower Zerks

Grease Gun Extension Helps Reach Mower Zerks FARM SHOP Maintenance A homemade grease gun extension makes it easy for Marlin Galde to lubricate the deck pulleys on his Deere 325 all-wheel-steer riding mower equipped with a 48-in deck “The zerks on this deck’s 3 pulleys are difficult to get at and using a flexible hose on my grease gun didn’t work very well I made a 15-in long straight pipe extension that works much better ” says Galde “I also use the extension on my New Holland Boomer compact tractor equipped with a 72-in belly-mount deck ” He removed the grease gun’s fixed tube and replaced it with a 15-in length of plumbing pipe that’s threaded on both ends He threaded a T fitting onto the end of the pipe and then threaded a 2-in long grease fitting onto the bottom of the T He also threaded another grease fitting onto the far end of the T He caps it off when using the other fitting “I use the pipe extension mainly for vertical access to zerks on mower belt pulleys ” explains Galde “I just reach in and push down to lock the grease fitting onto the zerk and then start pumping I use another grease gun on zerks that are easier to access ” Galde says he’s considering manufacturing the grease gun attachment Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Marlin Galde 18075 78th St S E Wahpeton N Dak 58075 ph 701 899-1676; marlingalde7@wah midco net

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