[bleedred]

How much grease did yours use and how many hours?

I had the Lincoln one on my last machine and it used a lot more grease than the Claas one used this year.

I put about 275 hrs on my machine this year and never had to add any grease, and the tank was only about half full from the factory.

I forgot about this until I read the post about greasing below.

Should I be concerned and speak with my dealer or is this normal?

Granted the new systems tank is larger but not it just seems like it doesn't use enough grease.

 

[Price]

Not to side track your thread, but how much grease did your Lincoln autolube system use in 275 hour or per xxx hours? what brand/kind of grease did you run in your lincoln system? any time/interval settings to change? I'm interested since I acquired a 12' 760tt with lincoln auto lube.

 

[neil86]

Mine uses about 1/2 a tube per day on a 2012 750

 

[4x4ord]

When we purchased our combines the salesman was trying to sell us the auto lube. I can see someone buying a used combine with with auto lube and saying he chose the auto lube combine over the non auto lube because everything else was equal but I can not believe that people are willing to pay the $10,000 that the sales guy was trying to convince us that these grease guns are worth. Are the Lexion combines a nightmare to grease or what? Our NH CX 8080's took maybe 2 minutes per morning to grease the 10 hour fittings. The rest only got greased on a rainy day once or twice per season.

 

[drylandfarmer]

How much grease did yours use and how many hours?

I had the Lincoln one on my last machine and it used a lot more grease than the Claas one used this year.

I put about 275 hrs on my machine this year and never had to add any grease, and the tank was only about half full from the factory.

I forgot about this until I read the post about greasing below.

Should I be concerned and speak with my dealer or is this normal?

Granted the new systems tank is larger but not it just seems like it doesn't use enough grease.

I used 8.5" of height in the grease tank in 390 engine hours. 2014 780.

 

[joesixpack]

When we purchased our combines the salesman was trying to sell us the auto lube. I can see someone buying a used combine with with auto lube and saying he chose the auto lube combine over the non auto lube because everything else was equal but I can not believe that people are willing to pay the $10,000 that the sales guy was trying to convince us that these grease guns are worth. Are the Lexion combines a nightmare to grease or what? Our NH CX 8080's took maybe 2 minutes per morning to grease the 10 hour fittings. The rest only got greased on a rainy day once or twice per season.

Honestly I wouldn't but the auto lube's either. There is a bank on each side that really they are only good for and its not even 2 min's with a battery gun on each side. There are a few other moving nipples that they don't grease any ways so your still there with a gun. You will be done before the fuel tank is full.
Same story the rest are 100hr or rainy day intervals.

 

[HP 101]

That auto greaser is the way to go. It applies grease to the machine while bearings are turning and warm. The Lincoln greaser will use more grease because each one can be set at different on and off intervals, and it is tied to key power, not threshing time. Claas made a nice improvement there having the greaser run on threshing time instead of engine or key time.

This is our third greaser, we have had two Lincoln's and now a Claas. In a 100 hrs , I would go through 4 tubes of grease on the Lincolns, and that was the blue Cat lithium grease, and only ran that grease. Now run Claas grease this yr in the greaser.

The tank is definitely a lot larger capacity, six tubes in it and its only a few inches up the wall. I think drylandfarmer is right on the money for the grease amount to the hrs he put on.

There is a lot less grease build up on pivoting shafts with the Claas luber compared to the Lincoln.

I would like to be in that 3 to four tubes per hundred hrs, a friend that has run these machines for yrs and with the hand gun that is in the area he was using.
The way that greaser works , its money in the bank. I have to look again but $10K seems alittle high. Over the life of the combine the greaser is cheap, IMO!!lol . They are run on construction equipment and worth every penny there.

 

[csfi]

10k is high, I put one on my new 760 and it was $8400. I agree that the plus isn't in not having to grease the machine by hand. Its in the bearings getting grease when they are turning and warm. Should save break down time as the bearing should have a longer life. You won't pay for the greaser in bearing cost but you might in down time. We'll see I guess.

 

[4x4ord]

10k is high, I put one on my new 760 and it was $8400. I agree that the plus isn't in not having to grease the machine by hand. Its in the bearings getting grease when they are turning and warm. Should save break down time as the bearing should have a longer life. You won't pay for the greaser in bearing cost but you might in down time. We'll see I guess.

$8400 US is over 10k CAD. We only had 2 bearings fail running two combines over the last 7 years so at $10k per machine for greasers to possibly prevent 2 breakdowns wouldn't have been money in the bank on our last 2 combines. (both times it was the same bearing on the same machine ... a straw chopper bearing which might not be manged by the greaser anyway?) The thing about it is you won't see because if you have the greaser and never have a problem you still won't know how many problems you would have had without the greasers. I guess you just have to be happy with what you have and enjoy not having to grease.

 

[csfi]

$8400 US is over 10k CAD. We only had 2 bearings fail running two combines over the last 7 years so at $10k per machine for greasers to possibly prevent 2 breakdowns wouldn't have been money in the bank on our last 2 combines. (both times it was the same bearing on the same machine ... a straw chopper bearing which might not be manged by the greaser anyway?) The thing about it is you won't see because if you have the greaser and never have a problem you still won't know how many problems you would have had without the greasers. I guess you just have to be happy with what you have and enjoy not having to grease.

Whoa, your last combines must not have been Deere's. I've have a half a dozen bearing failures on one machine in the last 7 years.

 

[HP 101]

I'll have to look but I'm 98% sure chopper bearings are tied to auto lube.

 

[Don Boles]

I'll have to look but I'm 98% sure chopper bearings are tied to auto lube.

You may now raise that to 100%.

 

[HP 101]

Thatta boy Don! Thx buddy.

 

[seedcleaner]

I know many have had issues with chopper bearings. Our 740 with mav has two bearings, but not greasable, and they haven't caused any trouble. Why the difference?

 

[drylandfarmer]

Auto greaser will grease small amounts many times per day. Don't know what the frequency is, but you see the icon light up quite a few times during a day's use.

Debate can go on how easy it is to give the bearings one blast in the morning or have the bearings get a small amount of grease multiple times during the day while they are turning.

That is why it is an option, if you don't think it is worth it don't order it.

I love it, and would (will) order it again, cause I hate greasing, and hate downtime even more.

 

[4x4ord]

Auto greaser will grease small amounts many times per day. Don't know what the frequency is, but you see the icon light up quite a few times during a day's use.

Debate can go on how easy it is to give the bearings one blast in the morning or have the bearings get a small amount of grease multiple times during the day while they are turning.

That is why it is an option, if you don't think it is worth it don't order it.

I love it, and would (will) order it again, cause I hate greasing, and hate downtime even more.

How many machines do you run. if more than one it would be interesting to put the greaser on your own machine and let the hired man spend 5 minutes a day greasing while the fuel is running in on his. Then see if there is any difference in down time between the two machines. My bet is that if there is any advantage it will show up after the first 3000 hours of operation which will likely be long after the machine has left your farm.

 

[HP 101]

Auto greaser will grease small amounts many times per day. Don't know what the frequency is, but you see the icon light up quite a few times during a day's use.

Debate can go on how easy it is to give the bearings one blast in the morning or have the bearings get a small amount of grease multiple times during the day while they are turning.

That is why it is an option, if you don't think it is worth it don't order it.

I love it, and would (will) order it again, cause I hate greasing, and hate downtime even more.

Second that!! I don't think I would want to go with out it.

 

[rodd]

Lincoln greaser on 570 used 3.5-4 tubes per hundred hours, I think that was a bit much. Claas greaser on 740 in 2014. I put 5 tubes in at start there was about 2 in it. 320 engine hours and there is still grease in it. Was worried about it working, so pulled a bunch of tubes off and went through a cycle. 50 hr lines working, then 100 hr, then 500 hr had one small squirt at end of cycle. It works great, uses proper amount of grease every few hours during day.
The Lincoln uses different sized orifices to do same thing. I think it could have been turned down more to 4 tubes in 150 hrs.
Debate the usefullness of the greaser, but I am sold. 1 man operation putting 4200 acres through a class 7 combine, I need all the efficiency I can get. I like to be in the field just after 8 am, this helps a lot.
I trade at 1000 threshing hours (4 years), so I can't talk to longevity of bearings. My first 570,no greaser, I had to do rotor bearing due to being under greased. 50 hr sticker apparantly means 10 hr for the rotors. Found out the hard way.

 

[bleedred]

Not to side track your thread, but how much grease did your Lincoln autolube system use in 275 hour or per xxx hours? what brand/kind of grease did you run in your lincoln system? any time/interval settings to change? I'm interested since I acquired a 12' 760tt with lincoln auto lube.

To be honest I don't remember exactly, but I know I had to add some to it.

Sorry for the slow response forgot I asked this question here!

 

[bleedred]

That auto greaser is the way to go. It applies grease to the machine while bearings are turning and warm. The Lincoln greaser will use more grease because each one can be set at different on and off intervals, and it is tied to key power, not threshing time. Claas made a nice improvement there having the greaser run on threshing time instead of engine or key time.

This is our third greaser, we have had two Lincoln's and now a Claas. In a 100 hrs , I would go through 4 tubes of grease on the Lincolns, and that was the blue Cat lithium grease, and only ran that grease. Now run Claas grease this yr in the greaser.

The tank is definitely a lot larger capacity, six tubes in it and its only a few inches up the wall. I think drylandfarmer is right on the money for the grease amount to the hrs he put on.

There is a lot less grease build up on pivoting shafts with the Claas luber compared to the Lincoln.

I would like to be in that 3 to four tubes per hundred hrs, a friend that has run these machines for yrs and with the hand gun that is in the area he was using.
The way that greaser works , its money in the bank. I have to look again but $10K seems alittle high. Over the life of the combine the greaser is cheap, IMO!!lol . They are run on construction equipment and worth every penny there.

Yes the fact that they are greased while moving and warm is way we got it as well.