thcri
Elite Member
Mike,
I have been having a lot of trouble on my New Holland 72" Mid Mower and finally decided to try the Gator Blades. You won't get me back to the New Holland Blades. The Gator blade I can tell takes more power to run but there is good reason for it. First it does have a lot more lift than my standard blades. In fact when mowing the last time this fall I set my mower down as low as I felt safe without scarfing and you should have seen the crap get lifted out of my lawn. There was dead grass all over the place. The second reason is the tips have the mulcheres which I found the grass coming out of the shout was half the size of the grass coming out with my regular blades. My mower runs much quieter also. My tractor is now on the short side of running a 72" mower with these blades and I had to slow down but the quality of cut is well worth it.
Now also remember, this is my experience, others have felt they are not worth it, when purchasing my blades from New Holland the Gators were about ten bucks each cheaper than their own standard or hi-lift blades. I will be buying another set in the spring so I can always have one set on and one being sharpened. As far as sharpening I have not had to do that yet but I am told by Gator that it is no different that a regular blade as you never sharpen the mulchers anyway.
Good Luck in your decision.
murph
I have been having a lot of trouble on my New Holland 72" Mid Mower and finally decided to try the Gator Blades. You won't get me back to the New Holland Blades. The Gator blade I can tell takes more power to run but there is good reason for it. First it does have a lot more lift than my standard blades. In fact when mowing the last time this fall I set my mower down as low as I felt safe without scarfing and you should have seen the crap get lifted out of my lawn. There was dead grass all over the place. The second reason is the tips have the mulcheres which I found the grass coming out of the shout was half the size of the grass coming out with my regular blades. My mower runs much quieter also. My tractor is now on the short side of running a 72" mower with these blades and I had to slow down but the quality of cut is well worth it.
Now also remember, this is my experience, others have felt they are not worth it, when purchasing my blades from New Holland the Gators were about ten bucks each cheaper than their own standard or hi-lift blades. I will be buying another set in the spring so I can always have one set on and one being sharpened. As far as sharpening I have not had to do that yet but I am told by Gator that it is no different that a regular blade as you never sharpen the mulchers anyway.
Good Luck in your decision.
murph
