Well, I was considering switching to moly on a few pieces of equipent that have extreme bearing loading going on, a few years back. I did some research on it and found it probably would'nt be a good idea to mix them. I dont understand a lot of the high powered technical words, but I think it has something to do with breaking down the lubricability of the grease when they are mixed. Most of the high end lithium greases out today seem to have a bearing load almost equivelent to the moly anyway, so I'm just going to keep on with the lithium. On the machine wear, well that depends on so many variables that I'd be afraid to answer with anything definate. I'm in Oregon so we are very fortunate in that we usually dont get much rain during harvest, so I dont wash my machine very often with water. I usually get by blowing it off with the blower after removing all shields and panels. If you wash your machine, you will likely have to replace more bearings. After washing it is very important to grease all zerks imediately to avoid rust pitting in the bearings if any moisture were to get in them. Usually the front rotor bearing, if you keep it greased should last a long time. Biggest thing is to make sure you keep the bearing from getting rapped with material stems and vines. If this happens, the bearing will get hot and the seal will fail. Then you got problems. Hope that answers your question somewhat.
