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AMSOIL
MPHD Solves 5th Wheel Problems
When the grease in farm machinery
fails, an already tough job gets even tougher.
Don Smith, owner of Smith Repair in
Fredericksburg, Iowa, helps solve grease failure problems for his
customers with AMSOIL Heavy Duty Metal Protector.
“One job that’s showing up more and
more often these days are rebuilds on 5th wheel hitches,” Smith said.
“More farmers now use semi- tractors and grain trailers to move grain.
Most of those farmers run their trucks on gravel roads. When the time
comes to unhook from the trailer, many find the 5th wheel very hard to
unlatch.”
That’s because the grease in the
latching mechanism on the underside of the 5th wheel plate absorbs the
road dust, Smith explained.
“The grease gets very gummy and the
latch is frustrating to unhook,” he said. “I’ve come up with a method of
lubricating 5th wheels that virtually eliminates this problem and makes
trailers much easier to unhitch.”
After rebuilding a 5th wheel plate,
Smith flips it over onto a sheet of cardboard and sprays the locking
mechanism thoroughly with three coats of AMSOIL Heavy Duty Metal
Protector.
AMSOIL Heavy Duty Metal Protector is
in an aerosol can and sprays out as a liquid. It dries to a waxy
lubricating film that does not attract dust.
“I apply three coats, allowing each
coat to dry” Smith said. “Once applied, my farmer customers tell me the
5th wheel plate no longer gums up. It’s important to thoroughly clean
the plate before applying.”
But the MPHD is only half of the cure
for the problem, he said.
Greasing the top of the plate after
applying the AMSOIL Heavy Duty Metal Protector causes grease to be
pushed into the kingpin and back into the latch mechanism.
To remedy the problem of overgreasing,
Smith uses AMSOIL 5th Wheel and Open Gear Compound. It also comes in an
aerosol can.
“This synthetic 5th wheel spray grease
is very neat and easy to apply,” Smith said. “It leaves behind a thin
tenacious film that will not wash off or be pushed off the way grease
can be.”
One can of the 5th wheel grease will
last up to four applications, depending on how liberally it is applied.
“In my work, I’ve found that these two
products applied to a 5th wheel hitch greatly reduce problems hooking
and unhooking,” Smith said. “I also use the
AMSOIL MPHD as a chain lube,
on door hinges, grain trailer door slides, etc. Because it locks out
oxygen and won’t wash off, it also helps prevent corrosion.”
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