Mower Blades

Yes, Shrek that is a good idea...but it would not help with my problem. It's not the cutting edge that is wearing out, its on the side opposite the cutting edge at both corners. The corners are actually tearing away from the blade.

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Cabin Fever what would happen if you cut the corners off:sort of in a diagonal
shape and put just a slight edge on that corner? I know it's the back side but would it stop the blade from tearing or would it throw the balance off to much to be able to use them?
Maybe try it on some of your old blades and see what happens.

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I was thinking of doing that. I do not have a torch, so couldn;t cut it that way. Grinding would take too long. Perhaps if I bought a metal-cutting blade for my bandsaw, I could cut the corners off and then use the grinder to get it back into balance....good idea!

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Have a buddy with a chop saw? Those are noisy contraptions that I dislike, but they do have their uses.

How about just trying a set of the Gator blades and think about this next season?

I did buy a set of three Gator blades and a set of three Oregon blades from a place called MowParts.com. Total price for all six blades plus shipping was $48.62 or about $8 per blade....a lot less than the $20/blade that I was paying at the Cub Cadet dealer. So, I guess I'll be set for a while. I really wanted to get the Gator Magnum blade (1/4" thick!), but they don't make them in the size I need.

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Why not take the blade to a welding shop and have them put a bead on the back side. Just make sure that they use a 'hard' welding rod. Or maybe you could have them cut out part and weld in some tool steel.

just a thought or two

I use to have a Lincoln mower that had, what I call mowing machine blades. When blades got dull, just replace with a new machine blade on the end with rivits.It was a cutting SOG. May work in your case, just cut the old blade short enough to allow the mowing machine blade to be rivited to each end. That also would solve the problem of wearing out where the blade turns up. One other thing, you can also turn the blades over and use the other sharpened side. Some times people call them sicklebar blades.

If this is the problem, it's definitely the gravel. The same way the blade airlifts the grass, it's airlifting rocks now!

Should be 4 blade cracks to every broken window.....go count the windows and then count the cracks in the blades. Data gathered after one summer of the missus cutting our grass!