Most of us are in the habit of servicing our feeding equipment on a regular basis, whether it is daily or weekly, depending on the hours the equipment is used each day. Greasing drivelines and checking for proper chain tension is a familiar routine for the typical dairy farmer.However, common wear components, such as knives, lead edge scrapers (vertical mixers) and wipers (reel mixers) often go unnoticed and can dramatically impact mix quality and time.