Greasebanks on chippers, a good idea?

[GlobalNewark]

We fitted grease banks on our Bandit chippers 10 years ago for a period but for the time it takes to walk round a chipper & look...well. On large plant machines where you cannot reach etc a little different, like has already been said if you look at the bearings to see if grease is going in great, but if your doing that you might as well grease them.

[inthewoods]

Same thing happened to a tr6 I used to play with. Two had split out of sight, chipper had just under 1000hrs on the clock. Probably the only fault with the machine to be fair. Lucky you're Eagle eyed Mick ;-)

[Johny Walker]

Think jensen went to high pressure pipes on the grease bank, my be some thing forst need too look at.

 

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Correct my boy

[oldwoodcutter]

I give my 230 a few pumps when it's running but I can never quite see that its going where it should, no surplus grease oozing from the bearings etc, which worried me.

I mentioned it to the Timberwolf mechanic when he came the other day, and he said that it migrates easily,whatever that means.

[MATTMOSS]

I give my 230 a few pumps when it's running but I can never quite see that its going where it should, no surplus grease oozing from the bearings etc, which worried me.

I mentioned it to the Timberwolf mechanic when he came the other day, and he said that it migrates easily,whatever that means.

 

It means hes a txxx

[aspenarb]

I give my 230 a few pumps when it's running but I can never quite see that its going where it should, no surplus grease oozing from the bearings etc, which worried me.

I mentioned it to the Timberwolf mechanic when he came the other day, and he said that it migrates easily,whatever that means.

 

He is probably right, the non greasable bearings have diddly squat grease in them so two pumps of grease a week per bearing would be more than enough.

 

Clock the bearing half way down the page http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/86854-fings-wot-broke-26.html

 

Bob

[MATTMOSS]

My experience is grease usually 'migrates'everywhere you dont want it to be.

[Ty Korrigan]

We took two off our QuadChip when we made it easier to get to the nipples. Cannot see the point of remotes when access to bearing is good enough to go direct!

 

1st bearing went as the grease pipe split.

They are very fragile so we took it easy when greasing making sure the machine was warm.

Last bearing went as the grease pipe came adrift from it's zip ties and got sucked into the fan.

Great idea a grease bank in principle, just let down by shoddy materials which then lead to unnecessary breakdowns, stress and costs.

Ty

[oldwoodcutter]

He is probably right, the non greasable bearings have diddly squat grease in them so two pumps of grease a week per bearing would be more than enough.

 

Clock the bearing half way down the page http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/86854-fings-wot-broke-26.html

 

Bob

 

Thanks Bob, it was just that I thought "migrate" was what birds do, but i guess it's a word used by people that know a lot about grease.

[Jase hutch]

Personally I prefer the grease nipple route every time although in certain situations due to access problems a remote greaser is the only option..

This is generally fine as long as you have a feel for the grease gun, i.e you can tell if it's pumping too easily, but I always look for the tell tale wisp of grease from the seal to know that the grease is actually reaching where it should....