[larryccf]

was checking out the Honda UK lawn tractor website (they had a grass chute that exits out the rear that i've liked for awhile) and came across this on one of their dealer sites

http://www.justlawnmowers.co.uk/pages/tractorlift.htm

maybe a little too "ruth goldberg" for my taste but it gave me an idea for a simpler lift - using the idea of an acme threaded shaft like this lift, just welding an acme nut to a small front bumper on the tractor. At the top end of the acme threaded shaft a simple socket to accept a 1/2" sq drive from an air impact wrench. you could keep the shaft and a ground plate in the garage until needed, and simply drop the plate on the ground with a socket to accept the shaft once it's threaded thru the nut - it wouldn't have to lift it quite as high, but would make it easier to get to the blades or the deck's underside

 

[dlandsv]

This one is a lot safer and it can be purchased at Home Depot.

This one would be great to hose the underside down after a mowing.


http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200457269_200457269?cm_ite=14745&cm_pla=Grounds Maintenance>Lawn Mowers&cm_cat=Shopping&cm_ven=Aggregates

 

[oldyellr]

While I'm sure that jack will do the job, that's an awful lot of cranking to get it up there. I would recommend an old bumper jack from when cars still had real "bumpers". Most full size vans and pickups still do, but I don't know what kind of jacks are supplied.