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Farmers & Harvesting Contractors
Max Christie – Shepherd Valley Farming, Mossman, Far North Queensland.
I've been using PM Lubricants for 15 years, not only in my own machinery, but I also sell them to other farmers and contractors in the Mossman area. At first PM may appear expensive compared to the price of other lubricants. But when consideration is given to the longer life of the oil, the fact that there is very little oil burning, and the maintenance saving it gives you, I would say without hesitation that it is very cost effective in today’s economic climate.
In the 15 years I’ve been selling it, I’ve never lost a customer because of the price. They just keep coming back for more because it saves them so much time and money. PM Lubricants are high quality oils that do a high quality job. I thoroughly recommend it.
Greatest benefits we find are the long distances between changes, the way the oils reduce temperatures and wear and costs. PM Truck and Tractor is extremely popular up here because it holds up so well under our extreme heat, and doesn’t burn like other oils.
PM’s Multi-Gearlife is very popular for the same reason, especially in final drives of cane harvesters and excavators. It drops temperatures quite a lot, which means less wear and longer life, and less oil changes are required. Gearboxes in rotary hoes run a lot cooler and last far longer on PM.
One customer with a big excavator has already passed two pull down periods on his final drives since using Multi-Gearlife in the machine since almost new, because the drives just don’t wear out like they used to on standard oil. The final drives are very expensive to replace, so it has saved him a lot of money, and time of course, because he hasn’t had to pull it down.
The same contractor has used PM’s VTL hydraulic fluid in that excavator as well since the machine was almost new. He’s had two other machines the same, so he’s had a good comparison. The life of his hydraulic system using PM is very much enhanced. The hydraulic operating temperatures are much lower, so he’s able to keep working. Previously, in his other machines with standard type hydraulic lubricants, he’d have to stop, because they always had a problem with the oil overheating and losing hydraulic pressure.
The PM800 fuel system conditioner is also excellent. We put it in our bulk supply tanks. Because of the humidity up here in North Queensland, moisture and fungus in the diesel fuel is always a problem. Using PM800 at the recommended rate of 1:1000, it emulsifies any moisture that gets into the tanks, and eliminates the fungus problem.
Another unexpected benefit was the considerable power increase we noticed in the machinery. Hard to ascertain in the bigger diesel’s, but in the smaller diesel’s the power increase is quite obvious, because you can get a gear higher performance. We are very happy with it as a fuel additive in both petrol and diesel motors.
We use a lot of PM700 grease too. On a backhoe boom, using normal grease, they end up squeaking after a couple of hours and you need to regrease them. With the PM700, we don’t have to touch them for a couple of days before there is any evidence that the bushes are dry. It is very good for bearings and universals, and we have solved a lot of wear problems since using it.
We
slowly tried the different oils, the fuel additive, progressing on to the
gear oils, and basically finding that every machine and vehicle we tried
it in, we were gaining the results that Keith Kelley said we would, which
is pretty impressive really. We use it in all our vehicles, tractors and
harvester now.