Tractors, combine harvesters, threshers and pump sets work long hours in dust, mud and heat during short seasons. A breakdown at harvest time can cost a crop, not just a part.
Farm machinery has an unusual duty cycle: weeks standing idle, then round-the-clock work in the heat and dust of sowing or harvest. Grease points get missed, belts slip in chaff and dust, and engines are often serviced when the season ends rather than when the manual says. The cheapest insurance is the right grease, a clean oil change before the season and a spare set of belts.
Banesto supplies diesel engine oil, gear oils and greases for tractors and implements, and Beltone belts for combines, threshers, chaff cutters and pump sets: harvester and hexagonal belts, plus classical belts made to IS 2494, from 2,000+ sizes ex-stock.
Selected from our 852+ SKU range for the duty cycles most common in farm machinery. Every recommendation is matched by application (temperature, load, speed and exposure), not by catalogue number. Where the equipment maker specifies a grade, the maker's specification comes first.
Need specifications? Full technical data sheets are available for every grade.
View Product Datasheets →A starting point for your lubrication schedule, point by point.
| Equipment | Lubrication point | Banesto product | Good practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tractor | Engine | Diesel Engine Oil 15W-40, where API CI-4 is specified | Change the oil before the season starts, not after. |
| Tractor | Transmission, hydraulics and wet brakes | The transmission oil named in the tractor manual | Many tractors share one sump for all three; never use engine oil here. |
| Tractor and trolley | Wheel hubs, front axle | Wheel Bearing EP Grease NLGI 3 | Repack hubs before the season. |
| Combine harvester | Variable-speed and main drives | Harvester Combine Belt (HA, HB, HC) | Carry a spare set at harvest; check tension daily. |
| Combine, thresher | Bearings and pivots | Lithium Complex MP NLGI 2; Calcium Soap NLGI 3 in wet conditions | Grease daily during harvest. |
| Thresher, chaff cutter, chakki, pump set | Belt drives | Beltone B or C section and hexagonal belts | Align pulleys; replace multi-belt drives as a set. |
| Rotavator and implements | Gearbox | EP gear oil of the grade the implement maker specifies | Check the level before each season; change it if it looks milky. |
Combine harvesters use several belt types: variable-speed belts for the ground and threshing drives, and classical and hexagonal belts for other drives. Match the section and length marked on the old belt, or send us the harvester make and model.
The usual causes are wrong tension, misaligned pulleys, worn pulley grooves, mixing old and new belts on one drive, and chaff build-up. Our guide on why V-belts fail early covers each one.
A firm EP grease of NLGI 3 with GC-LB performance, such as Banesto Wheel Bearing EP Grease. Clean out the old grease completely when repacking.
No. Use the oil the tractor maker specifies for the transmission. In many tractors the transmission, hydraulics and wet brakes share one sump and need a specific transmission fluid.
Dealer, custom-hiring centre or farm-equipment maker? Send us your belt sizes and machine list, and we will quote from 2,000+ Beltone sizes ex-stock along with the right oils and greases.