Hi lift blades.....
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You guys will like em,,cant go wrong..they are not a fix all,,but defiantly help out quite a bit!!
I cut a really high 15" wet one last week down to 3.5" and my chute never clogged,,I did blow a few piles of big chunks here and there but the double cut broke them right up...the deck was clean underneath also,,had a couple spots where it was building up but nothing like the stock blades.
The more powerful suction and vacuum of the hi lift wing really does move the clippings out better.
I was at the same lawn prior with stock blades and the chute got plugged shut,,had to raise the deck all the way up for first cut and let it dry out more.
Tom
I cut a really high 15" wet one last week down to 3.5" and my chute never clogged,,I did blow a few piles of big chunks here and there but the double cut broke them right up...the deck was clean underneath also,,had a couple spots where it was building up but nothing like the stock blades.
The more powerful suction and vacuum of the hi lift wing really does move the clippings out better.
I was at the same lawn prior with stock blades and the chute got plugged shut,,had to raise the deck all the way up for first cut and let it dry out more.
Tom
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Don't know if you ordered yet or not. On my Raptor SD the G5 cut is really nice. But, the deck gets covered in clippings, I mean a boat load.
This is more of an annoyance than a problem. I clean the deck with a blower after every mowing. With the stock blades I would not collect that much grass if I mowed my yard 3-4 times without cleaning.I suspect this has a lot to do with the deck design. The cutting height and deck attitude may also be a factor. I cut at about 2.75 to 3 " (still tweaking that). I think my deck is level but I will verify this weekend. I checked it shortly after I got it but frankly I don't remember exactly.
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I've been contemplating different blades. I put the mulching kit on mine with the Hustler mulching kit and they work decent, but I'd like a little finer cut. Of course after 2 weeks the center divider bolt sheared off and that was an experience, bent the divider all up, plus they don't sell the dividers individually....so I may end up going back to a stock setup and a better blade.
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The reasons your using for having problems with G5 Gator blades doesn't really pan out, if they did I couldn't use them to cut grass here in Florida. High Humidity doesn't really have much to do with it or matter when it comes to mowing lawns. Yeah the wet grass probably doesn't help matters but as far as cutting wet grass humidity doesn't hurt anything. I mean I walk out the door every morning at 7 am to mow lawns and I have 85 to 90% humidity every day and that generally after a nice 10 to 11 pm evening rain the night before. If your having the problems you say your having my guess would be there's a problem with your deck not creating enough vacuum to make the blades work the way there suppose to.
It's Different Strokes for different folks all across the USA. Some people think hi lift blades totally home run Gator blades and vice versa. Gator blades work perfectly for me on my lawn last year even when it was wet. But when my neighbor's machine broke down and I did his lawn for him 2 times I got a ton of build up with the Gator blades. He had a lot of leafy weeds in his lawn... all I can think of is the Gator blades were chewing up those leaves and spraying the juice all over the underside of the deck and it became glue. Every pass I made I could tell from the sound of the deck I was building up a little bit by little bit. I don't know if hi lift would have worked better over there or not.
This year I bought a fastrack and figured I would have to switch out the standard blades but they're working fantastically well for me even in wet grass. We had two and a half inches of rain the other night I have standing water in one part of the lawn I was able to go right up to it and discharge it and it looked great. My lack of tire tracks for a 850 pound machine tends to Boggle my mind ton!
This year I bought a fastrack and figured I would have to switch out the standard blades but they're working fantastically well for me even in wet grass. We had two and a half inches of rain the other night I have standing water in one part of the lawn I was able to go right up to it and discharge it and it looked great. My lack of tire tracks for a 850 pound machine tends to Boggle my mind ton!
Im looking forward to seeing how the RSD 54 with these wide tires does in real wet standing water areas..we just have not had enough moisture this Summer at all.
I did cut/sip all my treads in half with a thin metal cut off wheel,,smoked out my neighbours,,well see how she holds the banks this week
The soil underneath standing water can be a real crapshoot. Sometimes it's pretty firm and you can walk right across the top. Sometimes it's a virtual muck.... my bet is if those Wide Tires sink down a little bit and build up a little wall in front of them you're going to be wishing you hadn't experimented! But there's only one way to find out and from watching your post I'm pretty sure I can predict what your going to do....lol. Enjoy!