Mower blade nightmare!!!!

[RDA.Lawns]

I ordered a set that was posted earlier, they are the right length but a tad wide, so we will see, blades aren't on upside down, they say bottom on the bottom of the blades, I know about the yeti and 6 star thing, but finding 17.3 inch blade in either has been impossible, luckily someone posted earlier some that are very very close, so I will try them, they will be here Tuesday, I will update once I get them and try them middle of the week, they are made of much thicker and a stronger steel, so hopefully they last longer

Wider shouldn't be a issue

 

[Midniteoyl]

Let us know how they work out.

 

[primerbulb120]

Agri Supply has a great tool for looking up blades by length and center hole.

http://www.agrisupply.com/lawn-mower-blades/c/5600008/

Find an Oregon G6 blade of the right length and adapt your mower to fit it. I bought a G6 blade that was made for a John Deere zero turn, made some modifications and put it on my Honda walk behind. The cut quality is amazing and I get 15+ hours of usage out of each blade in extreme conditions. They would last even longer if I didn't mow sandy yards.

I don't know what time of day you are mowing, but it might help if you mow in the morning before the dew dries off the grass. The sand and dust won't get sucked up as easily, meaning less wear on your blades.

 

[motoman]

Your picture looks like the chunk is broken off, not the action of sand blast ( maybe I missed something). No one has mentioned cutting down a longer blade that is a good one. I remember measuring my Craftsman 48 blade thickness @ .200" Is it the thickness that is at issue?

 

[primerbulb120]

Gator G6 blades are .250" thick.

 

[ILENGINE]

Just be aware that the same sand that is cutting your blades to pieces, is also in the process of cutting off the bottom third of your mower deck in line with the ends of the blades.

 

[possum]

Blades are on upside down. those little wings are not made to cut. If your blades were wearing out to soon the entire blade would show a lot more wear on the cutting edge. MTD blades are top notch as a rule. Something else is wrong. 8oo bucks for ten sets of blades is a bit steep as well. I just looked again at the picture. Its not the backwards its the blades are hitting together at the wings. Look at your edge. Almost no wear. The wing on the other hand seems to be just broken and beaten to death. Something else is wrong. Bent spindles. Blades to long. Something other than just sand.

 

[BlazNT]

Blades are on upside down. those little wings are not made to cut. If your blades were wearing out to soon the entire blade would show a lot more wear on the cutting edge. MTD blades are top notch as a rule. Something else is wrong. 8oo bucks for ten sets of blades is a bit steep as well. I just looked again at the picture. Its not the backwards its the blades are hitting together at the wings. Look at your edge. Almost no wear. The wing on the other hand seems to be just broken and beaten to death. Something else is wrong. Bent spindles. Blades to long. Something other than just sand.

I agree that this does not look like sand damage. I have been looking all over the net for this kind of damage on another set of blades and can not find anything like it. The tips look like the have been ripped of not warn down.

 

[bertsmobile1]

These blades are 10 days old, mowed my 2 acres twice, no gravel, no ditches, just really flat land, back edge of blades start getting super thin after first mow then start to chip off pieces on second mow, like clock work

Pull the other one.
10 days old, with the cutting edged scalloped in 1/2 " and flute erroded and cracking off along the bend line plus the flute tip flung off and bent backwards, not likely
And if that shot was taken from underneath the mower then the blades is upside down.
So this does not add up.

I have customers with council ( town hall to some ) contracts to mow road verges in rural areas.
They run over bricks , old car parts, bottles , gravel, dumped concrete, steel cans, old matresses, dead animals, saplings , sand and heaven only knows what else and they don't get wear like that in 200 hours.
And you are trying to tell us that is 4 hours cutting.

I don't know what you are playing at, but I got better things to do with my time.

Also I am yet to find a blade marked top or bottom.
I fit original blades, Stens blades, Oregon blades, Gripskies blades , ASM blades & Rotary blades. The only marking I have ever come across on any of them is "Grass Side " or "Grass This Side". Some of the ASM blades have something written on them in Spanish and again it in on the grass side. I think the Gator blades have their Oregon part number on the top side.

SO good by & good luck.

 

[motoman]

Bert, The Craftsman 48 blade has "grass side" imprinted. You gotta scrape off the dried spinach to see it.