correct blade for rear bagging

[Moran73]

I have a Lawn Boy 10323 that was set up with the mulch shield and a smaller fan blade to improve mulching in addition to the cutting blade. If I convert it to a rear bagger should I remove the fan blade for better lift of the clippings or will it make no difference? Thank you -

Robert Moran

 

[robinb66]

In my opinion, I'd go for a regular blade seeing as how the mulcher set up for just that mulching, which basically is blocking the grass chute off and using the blades design with the fan to recycle the grass through the blade to fine cut it and set it into the ground. a regular blade will have more airflow as how it's designed to create the air needed to force the clippings out the chute. where as with the fan mulching blade it was more designed for recycling the grass back into itself for recutting thusby negating the need for much air force to force the clippings out because they are block from the chute by the cover!

 

[Moran73]

In my opinion, I'd go for a regular blade seeing as how the mulcher set up for just that mulching, which basically is blocking the grass chute off and using the blades design with the fan to recycle the grass through the blade to fine cut it and set it into the ground. a regular blade will have more airflow as how it's designed to create the air needed to force the clippings out the chute. where as with the fan mulching blade it was more designed for recycling the grass back into itself for recutting thusby negating the need for much air force to force the clippings out because they are block from the chute by the cover!

Thanks - that was my uninformed guess. I'd tried it with the mulch fan blade still on and the clippings seem to jam in the chute. thanks again -