On 09/13/2012 05:21 AM, john niolon wrote:
> bought a new ZTR mower last season and love it... but it's getting to the time
> when service will be needed... blade sharpening and such... been looking at
> the Mo-Jack mower lift systems and they look pretty neat... although somewhat
> expensive... anyone have any experience pro/con with them??... anyone ever
> build
> a contraption like this ?? sold my a-frame this year (dummy) and really
> don't
> have a safe way to lift this ZTR and get under it without my wife cashing in
> my
> life insurance...
>
On my lawn tractor I raise the deck as high as it'll go and reach under
with a wrench to undo the bolt that holds each blade on its hub. It's
not hard to do. The blade's got to come off to be sharpened anyhow. I
use the bench grinder and files to get the parts that I can't sharpen
with the grinder. Then a quick balance check (stick a screwdriver in
the center hole and grind metal off the low side).
If raising the deck doesn't give you enough space you could make some
low ramps out of 2x6s. I think I used a couple 2x6 scraps the first
time so I could see how the blades were attached. Now I can do it
without looking.
Eric
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