Hi Jeff,
Thanks, yes be glad to get this hip problem over and done with, it has got a lot worse since Christmas.
Hi Speedy, I have a girder through the garage with a trolley and chainblock on it. million motors have been changed on that over the years. I also have a small electric winch I have never used, I was thinking of having my bench pivot on hinges one end and the other end drop to the floor, push the mower up up the bench, put a block behind it and then winch the table back up. All these ideas spinning around in my head at the moment