Buying Advice 72" Finish Mower replacement blades...where do I get 'em?

[Spudgunner]

The title pretty much asks the question, but the backstory is that I found a used 72" Bobcat Finish Mower for sale that I ended-up buying. During the inspection of the mower, I did find that the blades badly needed sharpening. I think there's plenty of meat left to grind on when I take the blades to the local sharpening guy, but if not I was wondering if there was brand/type of blade (e.g. Oregon?) that might be recommended. I can get the Bobcat part, but Bobcat (other than maybe hydraulic fluid) seems to put a pretty heavy price tag on their stuff and I have yet to find a place to order Bobcat parts online. (My nearest Bobcat dealer is about 70 miles away.)

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

 

[4570Man]

Measure the length and center hole and get on a mowing website and order some for probably $15 a blade. Do you have a picture of yours?

 

[hawkeye08]

Local, Amazon, eBay, etc.. no magic in most blades.. length, center hole, thickness, style (high lift, etc).. I bought mine off Amazon just for convenience.

 

[Spudgunner]

Measure the length and center hole and get on a mowing website and order some for probably $15 a blade. Do you have a picture of yours?

No pic as I haven't taken delivery yet. That's tomorrow's job.

 

[Diggin It]

I had to do quite a bit more to find blades. I could find 'almost' but not exact. Combination of length, width, thickness and center hole was a bit uncommon and none of the major brands crossed. More or less accidentally stumbled onto a clone offered by Northern Tool. A little more digging showed that it was made by the same company and from there I could get a match at their parts service. Paid something less than $75 for a set of three. Since BC likely didn't make their own mowers, it was probably made by one of a handful of OEM suppliers.

 

[ruffdog]

Bottom of mower:

 

[ruffdog]

The book says the blade is 5/16 x 2.5 x 25" and you should replace when blade is sharpened past 2.25" (1/4" gone).

 

[npartist]

Genuine Bobcat Parts Store | Genuine Bobcat Parts allows the purchase of some items. Looks like this is the blade...I sure hope the $97 price is for 3 blades...25" High Lift Mower Blade|6734339 | Genuine Bobcat Parts

 

[ruffdog]

This might be the blade:

High Lift Mower Blade | 7139181 | Genuine Bobcat Parts

 

[Spudgunner]

Thanks to all who responded. Here's a bit of a wrap-up... I removed the three blades and, as it turned out, when I checked-out the blades at the seller's place I accidentally picked the worst of the three to examine for wear/damage. There's plenty of meat left on all the blades, so no new blades are required. I did do a bit of research, though, in case new blades were going to happen. Other than the Bobcat blades, I didn't find anything that would simply bolt-on. The middle hole of the three holes on each blade is 1.2" in diameter and I didn't find anything with a center hole that big. Nor did a find a blade that had a 5.5" center-to-center dimension for the outboard holes. (BTW, the center hole is simply to access a bolt head..the two outboard holes actually fasten the blade to the rotating gizmo.) FWIW, the two outboard holes are .5" in diameter.

We still have between 12"-18" of snow...so the sharpening dude won't need to be in a rush.