Now that my pond is full, I have had the joyous task of weed eating the bank. crazy I had a spare push mower that I used for a solution to this problem. Here is what I came up with:

Bracket mounted


Boom attached. I did away with the shocks. It made the pivot a little stiff.




Stored position takes up no more floor space than a push mower.


Here is a video of the first test: