uncut grass strip......

[nightskyisme]

Actually, when I sharpened my old set of blades last summer, I actually DID install them upside down....grass still cut, although roughly....funny thing though, there wasn't a grass strip left back then...go figure

 

[heymack]

I just replaced the blades on my rider and it'll do the same thing when mowing through very high grass. If the grass is just a few inches high, it works fine....I'll be interested to see what others think.

 

[heymack]

This thread got me thinking so yesterday evening I hoisted the mower up in the air and checked the new blades....both have writing on the bottom that say "grass side." So, thankfully I got that right. I spun them around and they nearly touch each other as they should. The bottom of the deck had large accumulations of dirt and debris that has probably collected for a couple years. I thought to myself, this stuff probably isn't the problem, but I decided to scrape the underside clean anyway as that mess couldn't be good for the deck metal....wow what a difference it made in cut quality.

 

[john_bud]

Look at this post for a solution to the grass build up....

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/100608-i-want-clean-mower-deck.html

 

[Ford850]

Mine leaves a strip if there is grass buildup as well. I'm assuming it's due to the poor vaccum created, and the strip is actually the rolled down grass from one of the deck rollers on the front.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna check my deck to see what it looks like!!!


Eddie