View attachment 237672 View attachment 237673 If you aren't the type of person who pre-walks the yard and looks for debris and hazards,
then This is NOT the kind of thing to do to your mower.
You'll likely end up with a damaged mower and possibly hurt yourself severely
IF you are
that person who hits roots, rocks or stumps toys, garden hoses (or shoes), then you have NO business trying this.
It will break loose from hitting objects.
IF you run two blades,
you have to keep an eye on the retainer condition!
This means
checking it before every use.
Always keep a stock of center bolts and fresh washers on hand to replace when they look a bit worn or the washers start to get cupped looking.
A quick touch up of the edge is good while you are checking things, is good also.
Here are a few of the blades I've tried over the years.
You can see how I used a couple of bolts for anti-rotation when stacking two blades.
Notice how the nuts area set so that the flats are parallel to the blade sides.
Just drop a center bolt into the stacked blades and then install the bolts to fit the needed spacing.
I think the blades with a bit of steel tacked to them (tack weld on the
blade edge only) are all under the mowers somewhere now.
Yep. A little bit of M.A.D. ..
mower acquisition disease here.
The "wavy" mulching blade and the "gator" blade seemed to be a pretty good combo after trying several types.
The "S" shaped one didn't seem to cut any different (better or worse) in my grass. Don't recall if it was any quieter or not.
The, high lift wing, blade would load the engine noticeably in heavy grass.
It also seemed to stir things a bit too much and actually did a poorer job of loading the bag on a Snapper 21"
That side tube, from the deck to the bag, seems to be a bit of a choke point I've discovered.
If the grass was lush, the tube flow would be bad to clog when running a high air flow.
Seemed like the bag would let a certain amount of air through and then above that point, the flow and grass clippings began to stall and choke in the tube.
I ended up using a Murray rear exit deck, to bag leaves.
Eventually a backpack blower curtailed my using the mowers to grind the Fall Season leaves.
The blower is why things have gotten a bit rusty from sitting unused.