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Timemaster blades!

Nov 23, 2013#1

jay stortini

Have been told that the turf master blades put on the TIMEMASTER makes a huge diff in cut quality

should I order gator blades for my TIMEMASTER or turfmaster blades?

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Nov 23, 2013#2

Ric

jay stortini said:
Have been told that the turf master blades put on the TIMEMASTER makes a huge diff in cut quality should I order gator blades for my TIMEMASTER or turfmaster blades?

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I'm not sure But I think there the same thing?? I believe they use the gator blades come on the Turf-Master mower. Now I'm not trying to jack your thread but you need to be warned to check your blade belt frequently on that mower. It's a timing belt.
I snapped a blade in half about three weeks ago on my Turf-master and people here on the forum and at the dealer said it was just a bad blade so I replaced the blades and went back to mowing, well as it turned out that wasn't the only thing that was bad. The blade / timing belt jumped timing throwing the blades out of time and together busting one blade in half and destroying the other along with busting up one spindle so just a warning if you replace any belt on that mower, replace them all at the same time and hope it save you a lot of trouble.

Nov 23, 2013#3

jay stortini

Wowzers:/

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Nov 23, 2013#4

Ric

Yep it's a mess and I don't know when I'm going to get it back.

Nov 23, 2013#5

Carscw

I had a cub with the timed blades sold it after the second time. Never broke a blade but bend them pretty good.
Sorry did not think of that when you asked about why your blade broke.

Nov 23, 2013#6

exotion

Ric said:
I'm not sure But I think there the same thing?? I believe they use the gator blades come on the Turf-Master mower. Now I'm not trying to jack your thread but you need to be warned to check your blade belt frequently on that mower. It's a timing belt.
I snapped a blade in half about three weeks ago on my Turf-master and people here on the forum and at the dealer said it was just a bad blade so I replaced the blades and went back to mowing, well as it turned out that wasn't the only thing that was bad. The blade / timing belt jumped timing throwing the blades out of time and together busting one blade in half and destroying the other along with busting up one spindle so just a warning if you replace any belt on that mower, replace them all at the same time and hope it save you a lot of trouble.

Good info I think when I buy my timemaster I will buy spare belts at the same time so I will always have them on hand and I am going to buy gator blades for mine because I'm going to mainly mulxb and I can keep the own blades as back up.

Nov 23, 2013#7

Ric

Carscw said:
I had a cub with the timed blades sold it after the second time. Never broke a blade but bend them pretty good.
Sorry did not think of that when you asked about why your blade broke.

I never thought about it either and I'm thinking about the same thing just selling it for enough money to buy the 21" commercial. Right at the moment the mower is under warranty so it shouldn't be a problem but later if that should happen it could cost.

Nov 29, 2013#8

Ric

Carscw said:
I had a cub with the timed blades sold it after the second time. Never broke a blade but bend them pretty good.
Sorry did not think of that when you asked about why your blade broke.

Well Today I received a recall notice from Toro. Seems like the the mower spindle on the left side has a washer that can deform and allow the spindle to loosen. If the spindle loosens the blade on the left side may fracture due to excess vibration. So I guess my broken blade and spindle situation gets covered under Warranty

cross my fingers.

Nov 29, 2013#9

Carscw

Ric said:
Well Today I received a recall notice from Toro. Seems like the the mower spindle on the left side has a washer that can deform and allow the spindle to loosen. If the spindle loosens the blade on the left side may fracture due to excess vibration. So I guess my broken blade and spindle situation gets covered under Warranty <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18420"/> cross my fingers.

Cool that keeps some money in your pocket.

I wonder what they are doing to correct it so it does not happen again.

My luck it would have broke in July

Nov 29, 2013#10

Ric

Carscw said:
Cool that keeps some money in your pocket.

I wonder what they are doing to correct it so it does not happen again.

My luck it would have broke in July

I don't know what there doing to correct it. I have to take this letter to the shop tomorrow and maybe I can find out some more info. They will probably have to get the parts from Toro so it will take some more time. I wonder if the Exmark guys got letters for there 30" mower seeing how there made by Toro.

Nov 30, 2013#11

Mike88se

I owned a Timemaster for almost a year. I tried the Turfmaster blades and didn't really notice much difference. I read a lot of bad things about the mower after I bought it but I can't really say anything bad about it. I used it for light commercial work. It was very reliable. Left a lot of big clippings most of the time though.

Nov 30, 2013#12

exotion

Mike88se said:
I owned a Timemaster for almost a year. I tried the Turfmaster blades and didn't really notice much difference. I read a lot of bad things about the mower after I bought it but I can't really say anything bad about it. I used it for light commercial work. It was very reliable. Left a lot of big clippings most of the time though.

Were you mulching bagging or discharging? I am going to get one in the spring I would like to minimize the amount I bag my customers lawns. I have never side discharged so I will have to learn. I will not stand to see any clipping left on lawns looks terrible and unprofessional. So I know there is an art to discharging but hopefully I can just mulch

Nov 30, 2013#13

Mike88se

I tried all three. It leaves a good cut and it's easy to maneuver but maybe needs a bit more power or something IMO. Bagging is what it does best. Under good to ideal conditions eg dry grass cut at least every week, mulching and discharge worked pretty good.
I have to make it clear that I just cut a few yards as part of a handyman type operation... I'm not an expert on mowers or lawn care by any means.
Good luck with it. It's good for what it is but I'm not sure it's worth the price you pay for a new one. I sold mine for $600 and it was in great shape and the new owner loves it.

exotion said:
Were you mulching bagging or discharging? I am going to get one in the spring I would like to minimize the amount I bag my customers lawns. I have never side discharged so I will have to learn. I will not stand to see any clipping left on lawns looks terrible and unprofessional. So I know there is an art to discharging but hopefully I can just mulch

Nov 30, 2013#14

Carscw

exotion said:
Were you mulching bagging or discharging? I am going to get one in the spring I would like to minimize the amount I bag my customers lawns. I have never side discharged so I will have to learn. I will not stand to see any clipping left on lawns looks terrible and unprofessional. So I know there is an art to discharging but hopefully I can just mulch

All I do is discharge with mulching blades if they wanted me to bag I would double my price. Never thought of it as a art

Nov 30, 2013#15

exotion

Carscw said:
All I do is discharge with mulching blades if they wanted me to bag I would double my price. Never thought of it as a art

I'm just not sure how it will work because I don't wanna see any clippings

Nov 30, 2013#16

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
I'm just not sure how it will work because I don't wanna see any clippings

I think you'll find the Honda or Toro 21" mowers mulch better than the wider deck mowers.

Nov 30, 2013#17

exotion

lawn mower fanatic said:
I think you'll find the Honda or Toro 21" mowers mulch better than the wider deck mowers.

Well yes I have both however they are not 30" which can have time savings that I want

Nov 30, 2013#18

lawn mower fanatic

exotion said:
Well yes I have both however they are not 30" which can have time savings that I want

Yeah I know what you mean. But at the beginning of last year's mowing season (2012) I went on a mower shopping spree, trying to find a mower that would save me time and cut great...I ended up with another 21" (but more expensive :laughing

Honda.

Dec 1, 2013#19

Ric

exotion said:
Were you mulching bagging or discharging? I am going to get one in the spring I would like to minimize the amount I bag my customers lawns. I have never side discharged so I will have to learn. I will not stand to see any clipping left on lawns looks terrible and unprofessional. So I know there is an art to discharging but hopefully I can just mulch

Like Carscw All I do is discharge with mulching blades on the ZTR's What you call an art is basically called double cutting if you leave clippings. Most of the time if you can keep a regular schedule you should have a problem with clippings, it's when you get behind because its rained for a week you end up with problems with clippings. If I'm using the 30" I also use it with the side discharge closed, in fact I don't think I've ever used the discharge on my 30" but like LMF said the smaller mowers tend to do a better job not leaving clippings

Dec 1, 2013#20

L

LoCo86

exotion said:
Well yes I have both however they are not 30" which can have time savings that I want

I know it looks good on paper, but I don't think that the time savings is really there. I think you should try a 36" walk behind

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