Re: (ET) mulching

["Tim Humphrey" <hump evgrin com>]

 I agree that there are two types of original blades, those with high lift 
and those with low lift. I also agree that
 the high lift blades will mulch better than the low lift blades. But, I 
don't think GE intended the high lift blades
 to be mulchers. Instead I would speculate that they were intended for use 
on the side discharge decks, since more
 airflow would be required for side discharge. The rear discharge doesn't 
need any airflow really...just cut it and
 drop it. So of course by being able to use a low lift blade power 
consumption is reduced.

 I personally wouldn't consider the side discharge option "lucky". Unless 
you use a bagger. I am much happier with the
 rear discharge. In fact I have one of the "new" Bill Gunn built decks, it 
has no side discharge option, strictly rear
 discharge, and no baffles.


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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
>> [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of David C 
>> Robie
>> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:25 AM
>> To: msbriggs alberti unh edu
>> Cc: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
>> Subject: Re: (ET) mulching
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>> You must be one of the lucky guys who HAS an outlet.  That was a special
>> 'side discharge kit' for the deck.  The grass is dicharged to the rear
>> from all 3 blades on most of em.   As for mulching type blades, I have
>> dsearched a pretty darned blase catalog for even regular blades, can't
>> find em that short with a single small hole.   Some of the GE blades 
>> were
>> mulchers you can tell em by an upturned wing at ther end.  It 
>> circulates the
>> grass up like a fan, keeping it  circulating up and down through the cut
>> more than once. The regular blade has no wing.
>>     Local ag dealer said that perhaps an electric mower has such a 
>> blade,
>> will have to try Home depot etc for them.
>> Dave
>> Weymouth MA
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>> On Tue, 23 May 2006 14:08:24 -0400 (EDT) Michael S Briggs
>> <msbriggs alberti unh edu> writes:
>>>
>>> I tried searching about this from the webpage, but keep getting a file
>>> not found error whenever I try searching. So, I'll just ask the list.
>>> Can
>>> an Elec-Trak be converted to a mulching mower (presumably by putting
>>> on mulching blades, and covering up the outlet out which the grass is
>>> normally sprayed)? I'd assume you could do that with essentially any
>>> mower
>>> - just wondering if anyone has with an Elec-Trak, or if there's some
>>>
>>> reason you can't (odd design of the mower deck, etc.).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
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