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Offline ICE DOG 69

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Greasing your tip ups.
« on: Feb 11, 2011, 07:43 PM »
What are you guys using to grease your polar type tipups ??
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Offline kodiak120

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #1 on: Feb 11, 2011, 07:48 PM »
THis is a great question, i have been wondering about this all season as this is the first year i have had my polars freeze up.
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Offline Ironeagle

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #2 on: Feb 12, 2011, 09:54 AM »
i would also like to know, i got the blue lube stuff just dont know proper procedure to do it.
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Offline Celt6

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #3 on: Feb 13, 2011, 12:24 PM »
Was thinking about that Yesterday myself, mineral oil?
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Offline highvoltagejigger

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #4 on: Feb 13, 2011, 05:44 PM »
I use Pam cooking spray, works great and it keeps stuff from freezing
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Offline gooseblaster49707

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #5 on: Feb 13, 2011, 05:56 PM »
white lithium grease.   same stuff i use on the front end and suspension on the snowmobile. won't freeze, cheap and user friendly.  small grease gun like for the roller tip on a chainsaw.         
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Offline wshnIwsfshn

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #6 on: Feb 15, 2011, 03:37 PM »
frabill sells a grease for your traps .
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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #7 on: Feb 27, 2011, 06:24 AM »
Quote from: Ironeagle on Feb 12, 2011, 09:54 AM
i would also like to know, i got the blue lube stuff just dont know proper procedure to do it.
Unscrew the flag trip and slide the shaft out the bottom of the sleeve. Wipe off any old lube, I use the Frabill lube. It comes in a squeeze tube, I squeeze lube into the bottom of the sleeve and coat the spool rod generously. Slide it back together and wipe off the access. I check the spool play as I tighten it. I clean and lube mine before the start of the season and it makes a Huge difference in the number of fish caught for me !
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Offline dmaves

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #8 on: Mar 14, 2011, 10:33 AM »
I just re-lubed mine this past weekend with HT's Blu-Lube; works like a charm! They run like a fat kid to cake!!
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Offline David Vadnais

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #9 on: Oct 18, 2011, 12:47 PM »
Frabill grease tube.
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Offline UFCreel

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #10 on: Oct 19, 2011, 08:32 AM »
Uncle Josh now carry's Beaver Dam. www.unclejosh.com. Beaver Dam No-Freeze Grease. Why mess around with anything else?
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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #11 on: Oct 19, 2011, 08:45 AM »
To each his own I suppose, but for almost $7 bucks for 2 ozs of identical grease, seems kinda steep to me ! Just my.02
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Offline fishercat

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Re: Greasing your tip ups.
« Reply #12 on: Oct 19, 2011, 09:17 AM »
Frabill for me also.
Clean out the tubes with some long pipe cleaners.  ;)2
I'm using polar style tip ups.
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