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Aside from Mojack, are there any other recommended ways to left mowers for safe maintenance? I have a Husqvarna 48" 23HP.

Do you want to lift front, back, both, and how high ?

I have a chain fall lift atatched to a large beam supported by the roof trusses.

I have several different lengths of chain that i will hook up to the tractor then hook to the lift hook.
the load only moves if the chain is pulled one way or the other.
It has helped out a lot and saved lots of time for me:smile:

High high do you want to lift it? Car ramps will lift it high enough to change the blades, belts.

I use car ramps too. It is just about high enough to get to everything underneath. I love the Mojack though. It is really stable and lifts it up to 24 inches. You can see everything underneath and work on it more or less in comfort.

Princess Auto in Canada has these motorcycle lifts rated at 1000 pounds. They raise to 29.5" from a low of 7" and have an 86.5" by 26.75" platform. If they made the platform a full 48" wide, they would be perfect for a lawn tractor! I'm surprised they don't make them wider, then anybody with an ATV or lawn/garden tractor would be a potential customer. I'm thinking of getting one, then adding a couple of cheap ramps on each side to make it possible to use as a lawn tractor lift.





These are the ramps I would use. 1,000 lb. capacity per pair, 72"L x 9"W x 2"D

crossplainsruss said:

Aside from Mojack, are there any other recommended ways to left mowers for safe maintenance? I have a Husqvarna 48" 23HP.

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Can someone post a pic of the Mojack? Not familiar with it and I may be missing something!
Rich

Okay. I went to the Mojack website: $427.00 for the Pro version at Home Depot.
This thing has my interest but I'm a little concerned about safety. It just doesn't look all that stable. My main concern is the relatively small footprint of the base. It appears it could sway from side to side under a load. The testimonials on the website are all "wonderful" , "I love it", etc.
Does anyone on the forum own one? I'd sure like to hear more.
Rich

crossplainsruss said:

Aside from Mojack, are there any other recommended ways to left mowers for safe maintenance? I have a Husqvarna 48" 23HP.

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Blitz EZ Lift Riding Mower Ramp 500-Lb. Capacity, Model# 11935 or Ohio Steel Lawn Tractor Lift, Model# TL4000

If we're just going to sharpen the blades on our Cub Cadet 54" rider, we raise the front with a cable hoist and take the blades off. A touch up with a grinder, blade balancing, and reinstall takes less than an hour. If we have to take the deck off we disconnect everything (blade drive belt, linkages, etc.) with the deck sitting on a caster-mounted sled then lift the front as above and roll the deck out from under. We've had to replace several spindles and idler pulleys over the years we've owned this mower so we've got the dismount/remount procedure down pat.

One further note: We typically wear the blades out completely with our sandy conditions (trailing edges paper thin) so rarely sharpen more than once before junking the blade set.:frown:

LaurenD

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...?

Rip

We actually lift it with a chain pulley in the garage. It's safe and very sturdy. At first I was confused about why you wanted to lift the lawn mower. I was thinking you wanted to lift it off the ground and I was wondering how you would mow that way? :biggrin:

crossplainsruss said:

Aside from Mojack, are there any other recommended ways to left mowers for safe maintenance? I have a Husqvarna 48" 23HP.

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yes there are you may take and use jacks and jack stand are highly recomended it only maybe 300lbs but it can still kill you be safe oh and the last option is to use the car lifts that they sell at auto zone you drive up onto them.

I use a chain hoist from Harbor Freight. I also use a boat winch and cable with a pulley when I am at my in-laws. Either one works but I feel more secure with the chain hoist.

This is how I get under my mower to change blades and other things. There is however 1 small problem. I only have the 1 vehicle so if I need something, I have to roll off the tractor, remove the ramps, go get what I need, then set up the ramps, get the mower back on the ramps and continue.

redneckfromhell123 said:

yes there are you may take and use jacks and jack stand are highly recomended it only maybe 300lbs but it can still kill you be safe oh and the last option is to use the car lifts that they sell at auto zone you drive up onto them.

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I use a set of car ramps that have the removable incline, this type can be difficult to find, my set is about 20 years old, not having the incline in the way after driving the tractor onto the ramps makes it much easier to service, especially the blades.

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:

BKBrown said:

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:

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Umm...IMO not off topic by much....yup, for a majority of lawn and garden tractors the deck may be easy to remove, but most likely, the only reason to work underneath the deck is to clean off the debris, remove, sharpen, and reinstall the blades...if you can avoid all the extra work of R&R the deck by lifting the tractor, all the better. When I mowed with my 318, I used the ramp method several times in a cutting season, the 7-Iron blades on my JD 4210 only need resharpening one a season, but I still use the ramp method to get at the blades. I thought the 318 Deck was hard to R&R, then I bought bigger traqctor, the deck is hard to remove, and a NIGHTMARE to install....and I am a retired mechanic. :frown:

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rmancini said:

Can someone post a pic of the Mojack? Not familiar with it and I may be missing something!
Rich

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crossplainsruss said:

Aside from Mojack, are there any other recommended ways to left mowers for safe maintenance? I have a Husqvarna 48" 23HP.

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TheMojack.com - Home
TurfBuddy Lifts - J&S Jacks
The Jungle Jack manufactured by Jungle Jim's Accessory Products
Any of these will fit your Husqvarna 48 they each also have a list of compatible mowers.

BKBrown said:

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:

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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:

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.

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.

here is the mojack with the LT166 JD on it.

essasmallengines said:

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.

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You need another grease gun:smile:

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.

bollingball said:

You need another grease gun:smile:

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: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:

Rip said:

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...?

Rip

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