woodchuckie
Platinum Member
I store mine on pvc pipe which makes it very easy to move around to hook it back up. I can do it with one finger.
I set my hog on blocks. It has to sit outside, so it keeps the front off the ground and makes it easy to go around it with the weed whip. The raised height will probably work in your favor for getting it connected.
It would be worth your while to get/make a heavy duty dolly, lay a piece of scrap plywood or what you have under it, and rest the front of the mower on the dolly next time you take it off the tractor.
I like the Carter units. No need to change top links or drive$hafts. Get the lower links just below the pins and back up to "push" the hog just a little, then raise the links - you're hooked.
Jim
All my implements are on cement floor. Except for the back blade which is light and easily moved, I have all of them on castors and/or dollies where appropriate. The bush hog has a 2x6 underneath its front end when parked. The 2x6 has 2 sets of castors on each side with 3 castors each side so it'll sit without falling even when the bush hog isn't on it. I've 2 little metal angles at the ends of the 2x6 on top to designate where the bush hog has to be placed. It's dirt easy to roll the bush hog into place and to connect the arms, etc.
I remember the first time I struggled when I just dropped the new bush hog onto the ground, to get it back on. Never again.
Ralph
I store mine on pvc pipe which makes it very easy to move around to hook it back up. I can do it with one finger.