Added eye bolts to mower deck

[prosparky]

Here's my approach to the lift, using just two bolts. Early on I tried working on the deck as it was suspended......didn't like that.....Then I tried working on it using some old shaky saw horses....did like that either. So as you can see I made a sturdy outdoor bench that is good for a lot of projects. Sparky....just trying to add to your post....not upstage anybody....View attachment 505237View attachment 505238View attachment 505239

Oldballs, No offense taken. I actually considered using bolts the same way you did. Not sure why I changed my mind. I guess I like to make more work for myself. It gives me more garage time!

 

[prosparky]

How do you attach your chains to your loader? One of the guys on here died from lifting his mower with his loader. From what I understand, the chains slipped while he was under it and the mower crushed him.

I bent a one inch metal rod into an S shape that attaches to my floor jack. The bottom part of the S goes under my deck and the top part goes into the hole on top of the jack where the squarish metal plate attaches that you line up when jacking stuff up. Two wooden 6x6 blocks cut to fit go under the deck to keep it from ever falling on me. It's not as easy to clean as your set up, but it just takes me a few minutes to scrape off the build up a couple times a year.

That sounds like a good setup. It's always the seemingly simple and non dangerous things that hurt or kill. Thanks for looking out.

 

[smokinmad]

Oldballs, No offense taken. I actually considered using bolts the same way you did. Not sure why I changed my mind. I guess I like to make more work for myself. It gives me more garage time!

LOL...At our age more Garage time means Less Wife time.....it's a win-win....lol.....yes dear, I'm getting off now....

 

[Tomtint]

When we service the deck on my fathers BX, I just use the factory brackets between your eye bolts to put a chain through and lift it with the loader.