How do I lift mower?

[Ric]

This is a little off the subject of how to lift ---

Why own a tractor for mowing that requires lifting to work on the mower deck ? The Deere 318 and other Deere models I've seen allow easy disconnect and slide deck out. The Gravely I had was easy to disconnect and drive off and drive back over. The Ventrac disconnects quickly and the deck will flip up for service.

Why would the designers require lifting the machine to service the mower deck ? :thumbdown:

Just my humble question ???? :confused2:

Why would the designers require lifting the machine to service the mower deck? Answer they Don't.
It's all about money and what most people want, can afford or are willing to pay for a mower. Most people buy there mowers from Home Depot or Lowes or maybe even Tractor Supply and I'll add Sears just for fun, they're the people the designers call home owners. Now the typical home owner is going to mow his 2 to 3000 sq.ft lot around his 1700 sq.ft house maybe three times a month and change the oil one time a year and in two or three years replace the mower with a new one and the designer :licking: he's making money hand over fist.
As far as lifting a mower goes and what you use to lift the mower I think comes down to how you use the mower. I have my mower on the MoJack at least three times a week, cleaning , Greasing, and changing blades and with the MoJack it's minutes and I'm
done.:thumbsup:

 

[Jay L.]

Pro-Lift has one on the market that is at Tractor Supply. I like it much better than Mo-Jack and cheaper too. Pro-Lift is hydraulic, alot quicker to lift, and a whole bunch safer. Tractor Supply has a video showing the Pro-Lift Mower Lift in use. I think they have other models coming out. Pro-Lift has been in the hydraulics business for years. But man did they come out with a cool product with this lift. For the money, you can't beat it.

 

[essasmallengines]

I use a chain fall for just about everything I lift in my business Essa Small Engines, I have several shorter chains I have made up to hook the chain fall to once secured to the equipment.

Remember always use jack stands before you get under a machine.

I posted on this before but without pictures Hope the pictures help.

 

[twinfords]

here is the mojack with the LT166 JD on it.

 

[bollingball]

I use a chain fall for just about everything I lift in my business Essa Small Engines, I have several shorter chains I have made up to hook the chain fall to once secured to the equipment.

Remember always use jack stands before you get under a machine.

I posted on this before but without pictures Hope the pictures help.

You need another grease gun:smile:

 

[crazyoldtractor]

I use a cable puller (come along) that is secured by a sturdy bolt to a study point on the ceiling of my garage and lift the lawn tractor with the cable puller. You can get them from Harbor Freight for around $20, however i would invest another $10 and get a better one. It works very well for getting underneath. These things are rated at about 2000lbs. It gets the mower nice and high. I can even stand the thing up vertical if really needed. I lift either the back or the front up at once. Works nicely, $20.

 

[essasmallengines]

You need another grease gun:smile:

:laughing: Funny Story about the grease guns,
A local garage just banged heads too many times with regulators so it was forced to close.
I found out about this just after I had been told by my shop landlord that, in my opinion, he wanted too big of a rent increase for my lease to be renewed :thumbdown: I gave up the shop and moved to my own garage and barn.

The local garage had a clear-out no reserve auction on all of its tools and equipment two weeks before I had to get out of the rented shop, so I went to the auction and bought the tools and stuff that I had been using of my landlord in his shop, so I ended up with several duplicates of tools all for under $1,000.00.

Now I have a grease gun for every type of grease I use now, same as Angle grinders, I ended up with 5 in total and now I don't change the disks until they wear out! In my small shop that is a great time saver!

I think it was the universes way of telling me that moving out of rented shop to my own dream garage/shop was the way to go.:smile:

 

[hitmanharleyk]

I asked this question in another thread and got some very good responses.

Somewhere I saw a very simple lift that was "L" shaped tubing. You put the (horizontal) bottom of the "L" under the mower's front axle and pulled the top (vertical) of the "L" backwards to the ground and it levered up the mower.

Reverse for lowering.

These are very simplified directions, descriptions and assumptions on my part since I only saw this lift advertised. I seem to remember it was very reasonably priced.

Has anyone seen one of these...?

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