The way some guys treat their crane's grease schedule is a joke

I was on a job in Tacoma last fall and saw a guy running a 250-ton mobile that sounded like a coffee can full of rocks. He told me he 'greased it when he remembered,' which was maybe once a month. That's how you get a $15,000 swing bearing failure before the job is even done. My old foreman drilled into us to grease at the start of every shift, no excuses, and I've never had a major mechanical. What's the actual schedule you all stick to on your rigs?

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parkerrodriguez1mo ago

Saw a guy on a site in Everett doing the same thing with a boom truck. The pin bosses were so dry you could hear the squeal from the parking lot. He told me the grease gun was "in the truck somewhere." That kind of lazy maintenance just turns small problems into bank account problems. My rule is grease points get hit at fuel-up, no matter what.

the_wendy1mo ago

Lol come on, is it really that big a deal? Stuff gets missed sometimes. Not every squeak means the thing's about to fall apart. Maybe the guy just forgot his gun that day, it happens. Feels like people make a huge deal over tiny things.