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Hey guys, I'm wondering what you use to elevate your mowers to perform blade changes?

Today I bought a pair of plastic car ramps at Harbor Freight for 45 bucks. Their elevation is six inches. I can raise my deck 5 1/2" before driving up the ramps, so I should have plenty of clearance to remove and install blades

Those of you who don't yet have a good blade changing system should look into these ramps. You could set the ramps on a pair of perpendicular 2 x 4s if you need more height.

Dan--
 
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danell10 said:
Hey guys, I'm wondering what you use to elevate your mowers to perform blade changes?

Today I bought a pair of plastic car ramps at Harbor Freight for 45 bucks. Their elevation is six inches. I can raise my deck 5 1/2" before driving up the ramps, so I should have plenty of clearance to remove and install blades

Those of you who don't yet have a good blade changing system should look into these ramps. You could set the ramps on a pair of perpendicular 2 x 4s if you need more height.

Dan--
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Thanks for your input! I have a contingency plan. If I need more height, I can put two 4 x 4s perpendicular to and under the ramps. Then I can change light bulbs in my garage too.
 
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danell10 said:
Hey guys, I'm wondering what you use to elevate your mowers to perform blade changes?

Today I bought a pair of plastic car ramps at Harbor Freight for 45 bucks. Their elevation is six inches. I can raise my deck 5 1/2" before driving up the ramps, so I should have plenty of clearance to remove and install blades

Those of you who don't yet have a good blade changing system should look into these ramps. You could set the ramps on a pair of perpendicular 2 x 4s if you need more height.

Dan--
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Someone on Instagram does it the same way.
 
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the problem with the ramps is that they get in the way under the deck when you're pulled up on them. I have the plastic rhino ramps and do use them periodically for vehicles and mowers, but the best purchase I made 3 years ago was a harbor freight mower lift for like $80. It's cheap, and it works 100 percent. Fast, easy, can go as high as you want, etc.
 
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rippinryno said:
the problem with the ramps is that they get in the way under the deck when you're pulled up on them. I have the plastic rhino ramps and do use them periodically for vehicles and mowers, but the best purchase I made 3 years ago was a harbor freight mower lift for like $80. It's cheap, and it works 100 percent. Fast, easy, can go as high as you want, etc.
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Thank you for your input! I didn't know HF had such a tool or I probably would have bought. Maybe I will?
 
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rippinryno said:
the problem with the ramps is that they get in the way under the deck when you're pulled up on them. I have the plastic rhino ramps and do use them periodically for vehicles and mowers, but the best purchase I made 3 years ago was a harbor freight mower lift for like $80. It's cheap, and it works 100 percent. Fast, easy, can go as high as you want, etc.
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Thanks for your input! Ramps definitely get in the way.
 
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