Gator Blades?

[Hysyde]

I finally decided to try them out. They took about 3 months to come into my dealer on back order, so at this point I haven't had a full opportunity to judge them (being fall).

That being said, they seem to have FAR more lift than my regular OEM blades. The level of suction coming from the deck is much more noticeable (it didn't seem to have much at all) and it will pickup and discharge everything in it's path, which it definitely didn't do before. I used the mower to mulch/windrow/clear leaves and it left next to nothing behind. I can hear the drone of the blades much more and they do seem to suck up more horsepower.

I think I'll be pretty happy with these and am thinking to get another set on order as this model seems to be a bit rare and/or isn't being manufactured anymore as they were hard to get.

 

[orangeandgreen]

I like the OEM high lifts in the spring when grass is growing like crazy, and G6 Gators the rest of mowing season. Grass seems to pack under the deck worse in early spring with the G6.

 

[Oldoak]

I like the OEM high lifts in the spring when grass is growing like crazy, and G6 Gators the rest of mowing season. Grass seems to pack under the deck worse in early spring with the G6.

Now that's what I found. Lush green grass pack up under the deck much more with the Gator blades. I took them off and they have been sitting under my work bench for several seasons now. It was back to the O.E.M.s for me also.

 

[ray66v]

I put G6's on my dads X-one, and it doesn't care how high or thick the grass is, it chews it right up.

I haven't even gotten the lawn vac out this fall, I just pile the leaves in the center of the area with the mower, and then go over them unitl I grind them all up. And, we are talking lots of leaves.

G5's on my Landmark ZT60, give good results. But, it doesn't have the power the Hustler has.

 

[Rebeldad1]

How well do the G6 gator blades work on a John Deere rider with the grass catcher?

 

[shooterdon]

I got a set for my Husqvarna rider and added the mulch plug. They did an excellent job mulching a lot of leaves. In fact, I will be selling my walk behind blower.

 

[radios1]

How well do the G6 gator blades work on a John Deere rider with the grass catcher?

good, but, they work great with the mulch cover on, I never bag grass, only leaves, because if you bag grass, you don't return the nutrients that are mostly found in the leaves of the grass, and you then have to fertilize often..

 

[milkman]

I have used the G6 blades and don't like them with wet grass or new grass in the spring, they work like a blender and the wet soup builds up under the deck. I went back to the regular blades for grass, but I do like the G6s for leaves in the fall.

 

[bronzebeetle]

Gator blades should work great for picking up leaves.

 

[orangeandgreen]

I have had good luck using G6 blades with my Accelerator catcher on leaves, usually have to lower the throttle a bit to reduce blow-out.