Milwaukee grease gun

[Nae bother]

Been reading and looking into these grease guns and wandered if anyone knew the cheapest place to buy one in the uk,thanks

 

[TripleSix]

Most likely ebay.

Mine came from a local tractor dealer, was £170+vat with no batteries

 

[Nae bother]

I would need the whole lot,battery and charger

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

@DrDunc

 

[DrDunc]

I found a special offer for a bare tool, but that was a limited quantity.

Best price will probably be eBay, but remember to register your purchase with milwaukee to get the extended 3 year warranty.

It's a fantastic tool, wherever you get one from.

 

[puntabrava]

i got mine from Folkstone Fixings, they are normaly cheapest for milwaukee, just make sure the battery powers quoted are like for like, i bought some 5ah batterys recently at about £75 each

 

[Nae bother]

What's the best battery to buy with it?

 

[Chae1]

What's the benefits of a electric grease gun apart from you don't have to move your arm to pump grease?

 

[McD]

What's the benefits of a electric grease gun apart from you don't have to move your arm to pump grease?

Handy for hard to get to nipples. One hand holding on the nozzle, the other pulling the trigger. I have a Sealy one bought a good few years ago. I just keep it at the work shop because I would forget to charge the battery's if it was left in a machine. It's great for hedger/diggers/combine where there is a lot of greasing to do. It fairly speeds up the job.

 

[DrDunc]

What's the benefits of a electric grease gun apart from you don't have to move your arm to pump grease?

Aye, as @McD has said, it fairly speeds up the job.

I greased both tractors, the loader, and the straw blower, over 100 nipples, in little more time than it would normally take to do just the loader.

Been posted already, but comparing a manual gun to a battery one, is like comparing using a file to using a flap disc on a grinder.

 

[TripleSix]

What's the best battery to buy with it?

You need the M18 batteries, the grease gun doesn't use much power so the cheaper 3 ah batteries are more than adequate.

I would look for an offer for something else you need like a cordless drill in a package with a pair of 5ah batteries and get a bare unit grease gun.

Not the cheapest way to buy but most certainly the best value.

 

[DrDunc]

Anyone know what the thread on the end of the hose is on the Milwaukee?

I'd like to put a locking. G coupler on mine, but not about to spend £20 on an m10 threaded one to discover the Milwaukee end is unf! (or even something weird like American national pipe )

 

[Chae1]

Aye, as @McD has said, it fairly speeds up the job.

I greased both tractors, the loader, and the straw blower, over 100 nipples, in little more time than it would normally take to do just the loader.

Been posted already, but comparing a manual gun to a battery one, is like comparing using a file to using a flap disc on a grinder.

I find most time spent greasing loader is removing black plastic covers. Then they ping off. Bad design in my opinion. Has a practical person like yourself improved them.

 

[marcot]

Ask nicely and he will draw you a graph .....

 

[DrDunc]

I find most time spent greasing loader is removing black plastic covers. Then they ping off. Bad design in my opinion. Has a practical person like yourself improved them.

A wee bit of silicone sealant into the hole that the bit of the cover is supposed to stay in when you open them. Think it was sikaflex that I used.

I asked the quicke sales rep for a couple of spares when I lost one. His response was that most folks just throw them away the first time it's greased

Didn't think that was what he should be saying.

 

[laich]

Anyone know what the thread on the end of the hose is on the Milwaukee?

I'd like to put a locking. G coupler on mine, but not about to spend £20 on an m10 threaded one to discover the Milwaukee end is unf! (or even something weird like American national pipe )

I am not 100% certain, but I think it is 1/8th NPT. It is not M10, tried the G coupler of my hand grease gun. It is not UNF, as 3/8ths is too small and 7/16ths is too big. I tried on a couple of UNF nuts.

 

[DrDunc]

I am not 100% certain, but I think it is 1/8th NPT. It is not M10, tried the G coupler of my hand grease gun. It is not UNF, as 3/8ths is too small and 7/16ths is too big. I tried on a couple of UNF nuts.

Bugger

 

[Grassman]

Bugger

I put one on a gun and it didn't feel right but it wound on and doesn't leak. I'm not sure if it was wrong thread or just tight fit

 

[Grassman]

What's the benefits of a electric grease gun apart from you don't have to move your arm to pump grease?

As @DrDunc says it leaves a hand free to locate the coupler.
Only downside with electric really I found was that you were never completely sure it was pumping grease.
I am now just using a Fuchs as the benefit of never having air locks or having to prat about reloading messy, conventional grease cartridges easily out weigh the benefits of electric.
If any company actually makes a battery gun using fuch cartridges then they are on to a winner!

 

[DrDunc]

I am not 100% certain, but I think it is 1/8th NPT. It is not M10, tried the G coupler of my hand grease gun. It is not UNF, as 3/8ths is too small and 7/16ths is too big. I tried on a couple of UNF nuts.

Found a 1/8 NPT to 1/8 BSP female to male adaptor on eBay. I've ordered it to see if it fits the hose. Provided it does I'll get a G coupler with a 1/8 BSP thread on it.

This is the link for the adaptor in case it does the job click here (I'll endeavour to remember to update this thread once it arrives)