Gator Blades

bigshovel · 05-22-2008, 11:50 PM

I bought a set of three today and mowed with them. WOW what a difference, less deck strain no windrows and a great cut.

Brad

rayh76 · 05-23-2008, 12:01 AM

Did you get the mulching blades? I just received 2 sets of gator mulching blades for my finish mower. Hope they work well and last at least a year. The blades that came with my Landpride finish mower are about gone and this is only the second mowing season!

ray66v · 05-23-2008, 12:07 AM

They have worked well on most of the mowers we have tried them on.
And I recommend them.

I have noticed if you mower tends to just cut the grass and lay it over, (meaning the clippings are long), then your deck may not have enough suction to keep the grass suspended. And, therefore it will not get recut into finer clippings, even with the mulching blades.

rayh76 · 05-23-2008, 12:13 AM

Ray,

Doesn't the type of blade dictate the amount of suction and not necessarily the deck? My original blades were a medium lift. I could buy a low or high lift as an alternative. I didn't want to buy the expensive dealer blades so I am trying the mulching blades as an alternative. I hope they have lower lift than those of a high lift blade.

Ray

bigshovel · 05-23-2008, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayh76

Did you get the mulching blades? I just received 2 sets of gator mulching blades for my finish mower. Hope they work well and last at least a year. The blades that came with my Landpride finish mower are about gone and this is only the second mowing season!

I paid to much for them I'm sure, had to get them from New Holland dealer and the are a New Holland catalog product listed as Gator mulching blade.
Man do they mulch.

Brad

ray66v · 05-23-2008, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayh76

Ray,

Doesn't the type of blade dictate the amount of suction and not necessarily the deck? My original blades were a medium lift. I could buy a low or high lift as an alternative. I didn't want to buy the expensive dealer blades so I am trying the mulching blades as an alternative. I hope they have lower lift than those of a high lift blade.

Ray

My experience has been most of the suction is in the design of the deck. I am sure you can vary it with the blades, and there are other factors like HP and blade speed. But, if the mower spits out very long clippings with regular blades, I have only seen it improve marginally with mulchers. Some might think the slight improvement is great. But, when these blades are working properly, they really give a fine chop.

fountain42 · 05-23-2008, 08:27 AM

Who has the best price on these blades?

Tororider · 05-23-2008, 08:58 AM

You can buy blades in different lifts, when I had my landscaping company I always bought high lift. The deck design has to do with it, although all decks are designed to have enough lift. The problem normally occurs in decks when wet grass gets stuck to the underside of the mowing deck. It clogs the vacuum lanes and the neither the deck nor blades can then provide enough lift. If you are having problems with lift, make sure you check the underside of your deck. If grass is caked on, take a screwdriver or small paintscraper and get all the grass off, it will help immensely. Personally I never found the gator blades to be that big a help if I had a clean deck and was cutting grass that wasn't too long. If you are cutting grass that is too long it will help marginally to chop the pieces up a little finer so you don't have a pile of long pieces of grass leftover after cutting.

Just my 2c

Eric_Phillips · 05-23-2008, 12:51 PM

I found MowParts.com had good pricing.

Charlesaf3 · 05-23-2008, 12:53 PM

Made a post on this but I'll stick it in here as well - anyone have an idea on gator blades or other hi lift or mulching blades for the kubota 72" mid mount deck on the b3030?

05-22-2008, 11:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigshovel Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: central, pa Posts: 226	Gator Blades I bought a set of three today and mowed with them. WOW what a difference, less deck strain no windrows and a great cut. Brad __________________ TC21D HYDRO R4S, AND TURFS , Woods LS84 FEL, NH 914A 60"MMM, HF QUICK HITCH, LEINBACH RB I may not play the game, however I always know the final score.

05-23-2008, 12:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
rayh76 Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hutchinson, KS Posts: 107	Re: Gator Blades Did you get the mulching blades? I just received 2 sets of gator mulching blades for my finish mower. Hope they work well and last at least a year. The blades that came with my Landpride finish mower are about gone and this is only the second mowing season! __________________ Case DX40, Landpride Finish Mower FDR2572, LP Box Blade BB2572, LP Post Hole Digger PD25, LP Tiller RTR2072, LP Rotary Cutter RCR1872, LP Landscape Rake w/ gauge wheels LR2584. Old 2 row planter, disk, 2 row cultivator, 3 pt lift, 2 bottom plow. CCM Hydraulic TOP Link.

05-23-2008, 12:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
ray66v Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: LaGrange, Ohio Posts: 847	Re: Gator Blades They have worked well on most of the mowers we have tried them on. And I recommend them. I have noticed if you mower tends to just cut the grass and lay it over, (meaning the clippings are long), then your deck may not have enough suction to keep the grass suspended. And, therefore it will not get recut into finer clippings, even with the mulching blades.

05-23-2008, 12:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
rayh76 Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hutchinson, KS Posts: 107	Re: Gator Blades Ray, Doesn't the type of blade dictate the amount of suction and not necessarily the deck? My original blades were a medium lift. I could buy a low or high lift as an alternative. I didn't want to buy the expensive dealer blades so I am trying the mulching blades as an alternative. I hope they have lower lift than those of a high lift blade. Ray __________________ Case DX40, Landpride Finish Mower FDR2572, LP Box Blade BB2572, LP Post Hole Digger PD25, LP Tiller RTR2072, LP Rotary Cutter RCR1872, LP Landscape Rake w/ gauge wheels LR2584. Old 2 row planter, disk, 2 row cultivator, 3 pt lift, 2 bottom plow. CCM Hydraulic TOP Link.

05-23-2008, 08:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
fountain42 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18	Re: Gator Blades Who has the best price on these blades?

05-23-2008, 08:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tororider Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 651	Re: Gator Blades You can buy blades in different lifts, when I had my landscaping company I always bought high lift. The deck design has to do with it, although all decks are designed to have enough lift. The problem normally occurs in decks when wet grass gets stuck to the underside of the mowing deck. It clogs the vacuum lanes and the neither the deck nor blades can then provide enough lift. If you are having problems with lift, make sure you check the underside of your deck. If grass is caked on, take a screwdriver or small paintscraper and get all the grass off, it will help immensely. Personally I never found the gator blades to be that big a help if I had a clean deck and was cutting grass that wasn't too long. If you are cutting grass that is too long it will help marginally to chop the pieces up a little finer so you don't have a pile of long pieces of grass leftover after cutting. Just my 2c __________________ Tororider John Deere 4310 Frontier Finish Mower, Back Blade, Wallenstein Bx62 Chipper, King Kutter 6.5' Disc Harrow, IM 5' Brushhog, Land Pride 7' box blade, front end pallet forks "You call for faith, I show you doubt to prove faith exists. The greater the doubt, the stronger the faith, I say, if faith overcomes doubt." He who dies with the most toys... still dies; but he may have more fun than the guy with less toys, hehe.

05-23-2008, 12:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
Eric_Phillips Gold Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 280	Re: Gator Blades I found MowParts.com had good pricing.

05-23-2008, 12:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
Charlesaf3 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Boston & Martha's Vineyard, People's Republik of Massachusetts Posts: 1,061	Re: Gator Blades Made a post on this but I'll stick it in here as well - anyone have an idea on gator blades or other hi lift or mulching blades for the kubota 72" mid mount deck on the b3030? __________________ ---------------------------------------- Charles Kubota B3030 Kubota M59 w/hydro thumb Neat stuff - ATI Preseeder, Hydraulic PHD, Wallenstein BX62r Chipper, Millonzi Grapple, CA 4n1 Bucket. Delta Hook Rear QA system. Too many other random attachments to list (or to own, per my gf) and a really bad tool addiction. But at least I haven't bought a dump truck or bulldozer. Yet.

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