changing bush-hog blades best way I know how

mothers day is coming up, smaller white lift would make her a nice present

We change them at the farm by lifting the mower from the front and standing it up,with the payloader.  since its a Woods 21' we use the loader to lift the blade assemblies on and off the spindles. it goes pretty fast but you need a 1" impact to get the bolts out. once the blade assembly is on the bench swapping the cutting edges is real easy. my little L306 I stand up with the tractor loader set it on the front edge that way I can stand up pulling the blades and cleaning the bottom. I do it every fall before hanging it on the wall for winter.

Then there was the time mine had sat for a few years and the PTO shaft was seized to where it wouldn't telescope.  After many sensible strategies to free it failed, things got crazier as I got madder.  At one point, I had lifted the entire thing off the ground by the front yoke of the PTO and was jerking the loader up and down.....still wouldn't budge.  Guess I could have changed the blades then!  Who would think rust was that dang strong!

I picked mine up with a chain fall while hooked to tractor .Seemed pretty safe.Guy  got killed by one falling on him  not far from wherei i live.

Tractor lift then drop it on precut to length tree stump here.

Uster do it from underneath, on the AC 160, just back up to a bank, lay on the ground, and TCB.  then I gots the kuboter, and a cheap howse 4' BH. first did it from underneath, and hadda drop that 80 lb stumpjumper and the blades, drag the SJ assembly out from under, and then take the blades off.  Then I got out the hole saw, and drilled a hole in the deck, on that SOB!  Now it takes about 15-20 mins.