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Gator Blade Advice Review
I got "Stuck" with a set of them once, only two things they excell at.
1 - Plugging up the deck
2 - Grinding up walnuts that I'm too lazy to rake up, we got LOTS of them.
Other than those two things they are totaly worthless.
Frank.
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Gator Blade Advice Review
Gregg;
Yep, I know they are mulching blades and the principal of how they mulch by keeping the clippings under the deck for a bit longer, but I should have known better than to by them in the first place, why?
I've had Deere mowers for years and think they are great machines, we currently have two 345 riders. They are kinda like the Eveready bunny, they run and run and run but with one flaw. Any Deere deck I've owned don't need anything to keep the clippings under the deck like the Gator blades do, they clog bad enough with even the high lift Deere blades in the early summer when the grass is lush and full of moisture, not wet, just early growth lawn. The walnuts do a great job of cleaning the deck plus it's kinda fun to see how far some of them fly, some of us old country boys are easily entertained.
Frank.
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Gregg;
Yes, I think the "Gator" type blades regardless of brand would be a problem on Deere decks. My 345's are ten years old so maybe they have a better deck design now. I did notice on some new riders in front of the Deere store that had a garden hose coupler on top of the deck, maybe this is their answer to keeping the clippings buildup out of the deck.
I've used their high lift blades along with the grass chutes hanging on a nail in the shed for quite a while and get along pretty good. It seems that just the slightest wear off the sharp square corner of the cutting edge and any wear off the edge of the grass throwing portion of the blade makes a day and night difference between new blades and blades that look good enough. We discussed here a few years ago about the first half to three quarters of an inch or so of the out end of a blade doing 90% of the cutting and throwing.
Like they suggest using a penny to measure your tire tread I use a quarter to judge my blade wear. If the round off on the end of the cutting edge of a blade has a radius greater than a quartet, the blade is replaced. It does make a world of difference having crisp new blades.
I "Think" my Gator blades were a generic brand, but I do use Deere brand for the good blades.
Frank.
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