Car Hoist Adapted To Riding Mower
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"It's a simple, low cost way to raise our riding mower up in the air so we can easily service it," says Roger Foster, Tower Hill, Ill., who made brackets for his commercial 10,000-lb. rotary hoist to raise and lower his zero-turn riding mower.
"I've used the hoist for years to service my cars and pickups. Now I can use it to service my mower and to sharpen the blades without any hassle," says Foster.
Foster used 2-in. steel tubing to build a 3-ft. high metal arch that straddles the mower's front wheels and pins onto the hoist's front swing arms. A pair of light chains are used to connect the arch to the mower's front axle.
A length of 3-in. wide channel iron slides up under the mower's rear bumper and pins onto the hoist's rear arms. The mower's rear wheels rest on top of the arms.
To attach the mower to the hoist, Foster drives the mower forward until the front wheels are under the arch. Then he swings the arms in, pins the arch to the arms and attaches the chains to the front axle. Then he slides the channel iron under the mower's rear bumper and pins it to the hoist's rear arms.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger Foster, Rt. 1, Box 108, Tower Hill, Ill. 62571 (ph 217 567-3417; cell 217 827-2213).
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Car Hoist Adapted To Riding Mower FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 33-6-37 "It's a simple, low cost way to raise our riding mower up in the air so we can easily service it," says Roger Foster, Tower Hill, Ill., who made brackets for his commercial 10,000-lb. rotary hoist to raise and lower his zero-turn riding mower.
"I've used the hoist for years to service my cars and pickups. Now I can use it to service my mower and to sharpen the blades without any hassle," says Foster.
Foster used 2-in. steel tubing to build a 3-ft. high metal arch that straddles the mower's front wheels and pins onto the hoist's front swing arms. A pair of light chains are used to connect the arch to the mower's front axle.
A length of 3-in. wide channel iron slides up under the mower's rear bumper and pins onto the hoist's rear arms. The mower's rear wheels rest on top of the arms.
To attach the mower to the hoist, Foster drives the mower forward until the front wheels are under the arch. Then he swings the arms in, pins the arch to the arms and attaches the chains to the front axle. Then he slides the channel iron under the mower's rear bumper and pins it to the hoist's rear arms.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger Foster, Rt. 1, Box 108, Tower Hill, Ill. 62571 (ph 217 567-3417; cell 217 827-2213).
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