“Dolly Lift” Makes Mower Service Work Easy

“Dolly Lift” Makes Mower Service Work Easy FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 Lee Egleston keeps his Dixon zero-turn riding mower in great working condition thanks to his 2-wheeled dolly service lift     “It lets me access the blades and change the belts without having to remove the deck I can raise the mower in only about 15 seconds ” says the Marshalltown Iowa man     The dolly is made from 1-in sq steel tubing and rides on two 6-in rubber wheels It measures about 36 in long and 10 in wide and has a pair of 9-in long horizontal lift fingers on front that are fitted with 2-piece metal brackets The brackets form a cradle for a 1/2-in dia metal “lift rod” that Egleston bolted on under the front end of the mower “I push the dolly forward to engage the lift fingers into the lift rod and then I pull the lift handle forward and down to the ground At this point the weight of the mower goes past center on the dolly’s axle and the dolly stays flat on the ground ” says Egleston “The lift rod is bolted to a pair of metal brackets already on the mower so it could be used with other attachments “I used 1/2-in cold rolled steel to make the axle and fitted the wheels with ball bearings so they roll easily ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Lee Egleston 1805 Wiese Garden Rd Marshalltown Iowa 50158 ph 641 752-1630

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