Keeping your equipment properly greased is essential for its long life and to prevent breakdowns. Grease helps keep the moving parts of a machine running smoothly and it also prevents rusting, corrosion and wear. It is important to make sure that all skid steers, mowers, excavators and other machines are regularly serviced with greased in order to ensure their longevity. Oh, and here’s a life hack for you. Click here to Amazon, buy a tube of grease and place it on repetitive purchase. You shouldn’t need more than 1.33 tubes per equipment to grease each month.

Failure to maintain such equipment with grease can lead to costly repairs as well as potential hazards such as fires or serious injuries due to machine failure. Therefore, it is important for everyone involved in the use of heavy machinery and compact equipment, whether on a farm or in construction work, to regularly inspect and apply the necessary grease so that it continues functioning efficiently.

Many people apply too much grease to equipment. I was taught, like many others, that grease should be applied until it is seen coming out of the joints. However, the seals in those joints give out under extreme pressure. Often times these seals are difficult to get to and change out. Therefore, we recommend the equivalence of two squirts per daily application.

Time is a valuable resource and a precious commodity. Taking time out of the morning to grease equipment slows things down. What if I told you that I can cut your morning grease time by more than half. Saving you time means you either get more done in the day or cut down your daily hours. Imagine if you save five minutes a day. This is equivalent to nearly a whole week saved each year. Perhaps time saved in the morning routine frees you up personally to be more productive. Or frees your employee, meaning payroll becomes more productive.

Do the math, if you pay a laborer $15 per hour. Your 5 minutes a day saved for a year comes up to nearly $325. Meaning that using a battery operated grease gun pays for itself. DeWalt, Milwaukee, and Ryobi make excellent grease guns that can be purchased on Amazon. These guns coupled with a Lock’n Lube cut your grease time drastically.

We also recommend that greasing and other routine maintenance and non-scheduled repairs be documented in a log book. These records can prove to be helpful for equipment resell and insurance purposes.