How often do you grease the entire truck

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  1. Mar 11, 2016 #1
    bbt_387

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    basic question
    How often do you do it?
    I have a 387 and grease the front every week ,and the rest every other week.
    I have an teflon 5th wheel and only grease the kingpin every other week.

    Suggestions are more than welcome
    Im a new O/O
    So every little helps
    Thanks.
     
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  3. Mar 11, 2016 #2
    ramblingman

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    Every oil change normally 10k miles.
     
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  4. Mar 11, 2016 #3
    exhausted379

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    Approx every 5k miles which is once in between oil changes.
     
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  5. Mar 11, 2016 #4
    stayinback

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    Once a Week....OR, Its once every 2 weeks, Depends how I feel When I get Home.
     
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  7. Mar 11, 2016 #5
    Oscar the KW

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    Every 15,000 when the oil gets changed.
     
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  8. Mar 11, 2016 #6
    alien4fish

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    Our company is running that "synthetic" oil in all the trucks now and they are doing oil changes at 25-30K and lube is done at the time of the oil change
     
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    stayinback

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    That's Crazy!! Suspension's gonna break prematurely,
     
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  10. Mar 11, 2016 #8
    Dominick253

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    I just let the dealer do all that except I'll grease the fifth wheel when it needs it.
     
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  11. Mar 11, 2016 #9
    strollinruss

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    Keep on doing what you are doing. Some will say it's overkill, but your front end will out last most. My dad greases his whole truck every weekend and his original kingpins lasted 1.9 million miles.
     
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  12. Mar 11, 2016 #10
    gokiddogo

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    Grease is cheap. Parts are expensive.
    I do mine at about every 6000-7500 miles. Halfway between oil changes which are in the 12000-15000 mile range. Also greased at oil changes.
     
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