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lenray

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Have two commercial zero turn mowers and 48 inch and a 52 inch--are the Gator blades any good for this very fast growing grass this year????? Or what would be the best blade???
 
I have a set for my JD with 54" deck. I put them back on again this year. I'm still not sure they are doing anything different than my other blades ? But this last mowing the grass was high and I do see more streaks that were uncut or not cut as low ? I remember this being an issue with them before. I had a set on my 38" deck JD before and they did not seem to do that. I don't see that they chop it up any more ? but they did seem to pitch it out farther with the chute up than my JD high lift blades do. Bottom line is you won't know until you try them on your mower.
 
I like them, they're pretty heavy duty compared to standard blades. I'm told OE JD blades are pretty thick too so they may not seem as substantial an "upgrade" as the were on my craftsman.
 
I have not had much luck with them cutting grass up much finer. They do not have as much suction as the Hi-lift blades I usually run. The gator blades seem to much up leaves really good. So I use the set I bought just in the fall. In heavy, juicy grass they seem to just ball the clipping up under the deck on my JD mower decks.
 
If you are talking about Oregon blades the G3 is the standard OEM replacement mulching blade. The G5 has a tungsten carbide layer on the cutting edge to keep it sharp. The G6 is the same as G5 but it is 1/4" thick and 3" wide which is pretty standard on commercial mowers, a beefier version of G5's.

If all you do is side discharge or bagging then the gator blades might not be your best blade, you probably just want a high lift or super high lift blade. If you have sandy soil, you probably wont benefit much from the gator G5/G6 series since the sand tends to wear the sail off the blade before wearing out the cutting edge, high lift blades are not great in sand because of this too. What they should do is extend the tungsten/carbide layer all the way through the lift sail portion of the blade, IDK why they don't.
 
JD
Are you more likely to burn a belt with gator blades in tall grass?

If I have excessively tall grass, I'll raise the front of deck. So the front of the blade shops grass and continue chopping into smaller pieces by the time the rear of the blade gets there.
 
I have G6 on my 48" JD mower. they work good even hit rocks with them they don't bend or chip last the whole year without sharpening. They do chop up the grass finer if its tender.
 
On a home non commercial mower you would see a difference. On a commercial mower you will not see a difference. The blade tip speed is so much faster on a commercial mower they will chop up grass finer with the factory blades.
 
(quoted from post at 05:58:00 06/24/19) JD
Are you more likely to burn a belt with gator blades in tall grass?

If I have excessively tall grass, I'll raise the front of deck. So the front of the blade shops grass and continue chopping into smaller pieces by the time the rear of the blade gets there.
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George: The Gator blades will pull a little bit harder but not that much harder. When your lifting the front of your deck up in tall grass will really make the mower pull harder. The blades have to cut the standing grass twice. when you do that. On most decks if you run them high in the front they will windrow grass clippings on the side opposite the chute.
 
THANKS FELLAS FOR THE THOUGHTS--Kinda confused on what to buy yet....thinking gator blades are not the way to go, but somne other blades are better than others--G5--G 6 ETC....
 
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