How many of you grease your own trailer axles?

Demonx2 said
I've got EZ lube hubs on my enclosed car hauler trailer and just greased them for the 1st time at about 6800 miles. It took quite a bit of grease this 1st time as you're filling up the hub cavity when you do it. And these are 6000# axles so they have the bigger bearings and hubs. Roughly 1 tube of grease for 2 wheels.

As for bearings, I've always just made them hand tight and called it good. I've done this on my flat car hauler trailer that I've owned since 1986. As others have said above, too tight = death!

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2 to 4 pumps should be enough. The grease in the cap that you just pumped in will melt and flow through the outer bearings and top up the grease well in the hub. Grease will flow into the inner bearings.
I personally prefer to remove the hubs, clean and repack the bearings by hand. Fill the grease well level and install new seals. Snug the nut a bit more than zero clearance to make sure everything is seated in place. Then back off to zero clearance. Best to back off from there just enough to get the cotter pin in.