bird dog
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When looking at a used shredder like a batwing, how do you tell if the gearboxes are okay? Can it be done if not hooked up to a tractor?
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We had an old Woods 315 batwing, finally got to where, I ran grease in the side gearboxes. Used it that way for yearsjust a note... I use 00 grease or what Mystic calls Central Lube in my bush hog gearboxes. It stays in there instead of leaking. I have even used it on truck transmissions that have a leaking PTO shaft. In fact it is in a RT913 Road Ranger. On the trucks, it is better if you let them run a few minutes in the winter before driving... When I bought a 5 gal bucket of Central Lube and put it in the old caterpillar grease pump bucket, I quit buying so much expensive gear lube...
But it does leak when it emulsifies (when it gets warm from use) correct? And then it goes back to a more solid state when not in use?just a note... I use 00 grease or what Mystic calls Central Lube in my bush hog gearboxes. It stays in there instead of leaking. I have even used it on truck transmissions that have a leaking PTO shaft. In fact it is in a RT913 Road Ranger. On the trucks, it is better if you let them run a few minutes in the winter before driving... When I bought a 5 gal bucket of Central Lube and put it in the old caterpillar grease pump bucket, I quit buying so much expensive gear lube...