Re: (ET) mulching

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Thanks.  En passant you just solved my problem of 'can't find blades
short enough'..  Will just remove the baffles around em, put on a longer
blade.  Have had these Etractors for years and have been using ;much
resharpened'  GE blades until I finally ran out of ones with enough metal
to sharpen this year..
Dave
Weymouth MA

On Tue, 23 May 2006 15:38:38 -0400 Barry Woods <barry woods wright edu>
writes:
> 
> I am the member who is using the gator blades (although I believe 
> there may 
> be one other who is also.)
> 
> This is the third year of using the blades and have not encountered 
> any 
> problems.  Yes, they do use more power (I don't recall the exact 
> value I 
> measured using Steve S.'s meter) but there has been no negative 
> consequences.  I only had one motor shutdown once and this was when 
> mowing 
> tall, wet grass.
> 
> The gator blades cut better than the standard Elec-Trak blades and 
> work well 
> in the fall to mulch leaves.  They are louder, however, than the OEM 
> blades 
> due to their aerodynamics.
> 
> Gator blades do not require you close off your chutes.  My deck is 
> totally 
> open, right discharge chute uncovered, no flap on the rear and no 
> baffling 
> under the deck.  The gator blades were just slightly larger the 
> standard 
> blades and hit the baffles.  The deck works fine without them.
> 
> If you read the gator blade literature you will see the small wings 
> on the 
> blades are designed to throw the clippings straight up in the deck 
> so they 
> will fall back down over the blades.
> 
> This is apparently true as there is little discharge from the side 
> or back 
> deck openings.
> 
> Barry
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