Mojack?? or alternative

[reynoldston]

Lifting on a 2X4. First of all you lift on the 3.5 part of it not the 1.5 part. Next use a short 2X4, not much over 2 foot long. Then you need the braces that go to the floor. Its stronger then you might think but I wouldn't go much over 150+ lbs. Just think about it put a short 2X4 between two blocks with the 3 1/2 up and try to break it by jumping on it. I will say a 200lb. man isn't going to break it. I do it all the time at my camp to lift motorcycles or mowers. Now not the whole mow or motorcycle but the front or back. I have never had a 2X4 so much as crack much less break. Now also use your head and don't use something full of knots. Yes take a 1000 lbs. on a 10 foot long 2X4 it might just break.

 

[Ric]

I thought the Mojack brand was made in USA but I was just in Walmart and the one mojack brand model they had was made in .........wait for it..........yea, you guessed it; CHINA. So now that Harbor Freight model might not look so bad. Don't know, haven't seen it but something to consider.

MoJack is located in Wichita, KS and distributes products to major retailers and independent dealers across the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.

 

[Ric]

I can understand about the ceiling braces. I don't agree with the rest of it. I have worked in some big truck and car shops and pulled a lot of engines and for the most part used a electric chain fall on a metal frame. The only time we used cherry pickers is when we removed a engine inside a body like in a motor home. Now the come-along is rated at two ton. How many mower weight 4000 lbs.?? Is it my frame work you are calling not safe? The top cross bean is 5" and all the weight go's to the floor. Now as far as weight go's, maybe rare tops at 500 lb. and more like 200 lb. We are not lifting the complete mower, just the front or back. What you may think is not safe isn't what we all think and it has nothing to do about being cheap but a different way of doing things. I sure hope you are not under your 200 dollar lift if the mower slips off it. I will not knock the way you do your work if you don't knock mine.

I'm not knocking anything. I use the manufacturer's recommendations. According to Redneck Philosophy there isn't anything in the world can't be fixed with Extension Cords and Duct Tape but that don't make it the right way to do things. There's a right tool for every job. Using short cuts can only get yourself or possibly someone else hurt. My point is if you can speed 5K on a lawnmower another $99 to $200 at the time of purchase for a lift is nothing to spend and save you a lot of time and unnecessary work . As far as a mower slipping off a Mojack lift or any other mower lift, that's not likely unless again someone takes a short cut and fails to us the locking pins, fasten the front wheels with the straps provided and locks the mower brakes.

 

[Carscw]

I'm not knocking anything. I use the manufacturer's recommendations. According to Redneck Philosophy there isn't anything in the world can't be fixed with Extension Cords and Duct Tape but that don't make it the right way to do things. There's a right tool for every job. Using short cuts can only get yourself or possibly someone else hurt. My point is if you can speed 5K on a lawnmower another $99 to $200 at the time of purchase for a lift is nothing to spend and save you a lot of time and unnecessary work . As far as a mower slipping off a Mojack lift or any other mower lift, that's not likely unless again someone takes a short cut and fails to us the locking pins, fasten the front wheels with the straps provided and locks the mower brakes.

Again it is not about spending the money.

The right tool for the job is the tool that works best for you to do the job the most efficient way.

Some guys use a walk behind edger and some use a stick edger some use a trimmer. What one is the right tool?

Some use a mower lift some use a cherry picker some use a engine hoist. Heck I remember in a thread last year about a guy pushed his mower off his truck onto saw horses.

Man it comes down to everyone has their way of doing things.
I don't adjust valves the way the book says to do it but the out come is the same.

 

[reynoldston]

I'm not knocking anything. I use the manufacturer's recommendations. According to Redneck Philosophy there isn't anything in the world can't be fixed with Extension Cords and Duct Tape but that don't make it the right way to do things. There's a right tool for every job. Using short cuts can only get yourself or possibly someone else hurt. My point is if you can speed 5K on a lawnmower another $99 to $200 at the time of purchase for a lift is nothing to spend and save you a lot of time and unnecessary work . As far as a mower slipping off a Mojack lift or any other mower lift, that's not likely unless again someone takes a short cut and fails to us the locking pins, fasten the front wheels with the straps provided and locks the mower brakes.

A come-along isn't a extension core an duct tape repair. I don't care what you use to lift your mower with, short cuts cause accidents which you just said can happen with the Mojack because it can slip off if it isn't used right. I personally wouldn't get under anything without jack stands. I have them in different height depending how high I have lift something. I find I do most of my lifting with a floor jack and the only time I lift with a come-along is then I have to lift something high. Now if I need to lift a farm tractor I have a special high lift jack for them, but they are a lot heaver then any mower and a lot different style jack. With proper use in my opinion a come-along is safer and hander then your Mojack lift. I will never buy one seeing I am getting out of the repair business, other then my own equipment and toys. You are making it look like I use cheap tools and jacks which I have nothing to prove to you or anyone else. Your tool box is bigger them mine so I hope that make you feel better:thumbsup:

 

[davbell22602]

I wouldnt use come along to raise a mower or work under it period. I'd be safer with the Mojack or HF version. Come along is made of that cheap airplane cable. If the cable diameter was 1/2in or 1in then I'll get under the mower when its raised with come along.

 

[Carscw]

I wouldnt use come along to raise a mower or work under it period. I'd be safer with the Mojack or HF version. Come along is made of that cheap airplane cable. If the cable diameter was 1/2in or 1in then I'll get under the mower when its raised with come along.

That's the thing you don't understand. When lifting with a hoist you don't have to get under the mower to change blades.
Kinda like a snapper rer you stand it up to change the blades.

I say if your not comfortable doing it one way then then find what works for you. This is one of them things that there really is no right or wrong way as long as your not flipping the mower upside down

 

[reynoldston]

I wouldnt use come along to raise a mower or work under it period. I'd be safer with the Mojack or HF version. Come along is made of that cheap airplane cable. If the cable diameter was 1/2in or 1in then I'll get under the mower when its raised with come along.

Are you working on D12 dozers or lawn tractors??? 1in. cable, we are getting HD now. Next time you need to lift your mower you better hire a crane. I hope you don't think you are going to change my mine do you. Use what you are comfortable with and I will do the same. I am sure if it falls on me you will never feel or know a thing about it.

 

[davbell22602]

Are you working on D12 dozers or lawn tractors??? 1in. cable, we are getting HD now. Next time you need to lift your mower you better hire a crane. I hope you don't think you are going to change my mine do you. Use what you are comfortable with and I will do the same. I am sure if it falls on me you will never feel or know a thing about it.

I work lawn tractors. I bet I will know when it falls on you. Just like when it gets reported to press when car falls on somebody for not using jack stands.

 

[reynoldston]

I work lawn tractors. I bet I will know when it falls on you. Just like when it gets reported to press when car falls on somebody for not using jack stands.

I will take that bet. We live many miles apart and if my lawn mower falls on me I am sure it wouldn't make national news. Now we are going from lawn mower to working under a car without jack stands. That's me, only I just pull my car under a tree pull all the wheels then lift it with a come-along and work under it, what is a jack stand, never heard of one. By the way I fasten the come-along to the tree with duct tape or a extension cord. That must be one large come-along with the 1in. cable. Sorry they don't make a D12 dozer they only go as big as D11, my mistake.