Different 5th wheel grease for winter?

Nobody cancelled laws of physics as far as I know yet. All grease will get harder with cold weather. That is why I got power grease gun (18 V Milwaukee).

 

Winter months we switch to an NLGI #1 vs the normal #2 in pretty much everything.

 

I've been using their bottle lube. The oil kind. It works much better and lasts longer then the grease.

I keep the bottle inside the truck to keep warm.

 

Is that the sticky black stuff? I never had much luck with that.

As far as putting the stuff on, @PE_Trans , I don’t use a gun, I have a putty knife I keep in a ziplock baggy and a tube. As the tube get lower, I can use the putty knife to cut the tube down, and I can still get the cap back on the tube. Done it this way for years.

 

Why waste money on grease? Just use the windshield squeege and clean the 5th wheel real good and u wont have any problems

 

Should you do that before or after you wash the truck with it. LOL

 

Since you pull the same trailer all the time I’d get a Teflon plate for your 5th wheel.

 

It lasts longer and keeps my kingpin from slopping. Every time I stop at a light.

My 5th wheel don't have an adjustment.

I don't have to lube it as much as the grease. Or as often. Or have to use tools to slob grease on.

Tip bottle upside down and squeeze.

Grease just mushes out the sides. Makes a mess and what's left dries out in a week.

Lube bottle don't do that. And will last a couple of weeks. One bottle lasts me 2 months.

 

-20 to -30 I keep a old squeeze bottle filled with drain oil. Squirt a little on before hooking up..
Works very well,as it mixes with the grease and keeps the grease from getting too stiff.

 

no matter what I did, I would always get that “string” that wouldn’t break, and would drift in the breeze, usually in my direction.