Blades EZTRAK 255 Mulching Blades

[pooleman13]

Hi, I just purchased this mower an was disappointed it didn't have an automatic mulching feature built-in. My bad for not looking into this ahead of time but I just assumed it had this feature....

Anyways, I tried purchasing the mulching cover but it obviously doesn't help with cut the grass up smaller/finer.

I'm looking to buy the best mulching blades on the market for this mover. Therefore, 2 questions:

1) Am I restricted to only using "mulching blades" that John Deere provides?
2) If not, can you provide recommendations to what blades I could replace the factory blades with that will chop the grass clippings up as fine as possible?

Thanks for your help!

Dan

 

[Nwatson99]

Hey Dan
No you can purchase any blades that is not JD as long as they are cross referenced with the JD part number.
When I had the MOD deck, the high lift blades worked better than the mulching blades for mulching.
I know that machine requires a mulch cover over the deck, but I sure forget if it has a mulch baffle kit for it?
Also another item you might be interested in I got a friend that has the next bigger unit from yours and he purchased the anti-slip kit and loves it for his mower, my machine came with the floor mat as well and it does take out vibration going to your feet.