Changing blades

[jekjr]

How long do you guys get on blades before you have to sharpen them? We keep three to four sets of blades and swap out a sharp set daily. Is this average for those of you that run commercial?

 

[X-man]

How long do you guys get on blades before you have to sharpen them? We keep three to four sets of blades and swap out a sharp set daily. Is this average for those of you that run commercial?

In general, I sharpen my blades about twice a year, and I replace them every spring.

 

[jekjr]

In general, I sharpen my blades about twice a year, and I replace them every spring.

How much grass do you cut though. For instance if you cut only one yard and you cut it 30 or 35 times a year and you sharpen them twice and replace then in the spring you have gotten roughly 10 cuttings on a sharpening. Start off new and sharpen twice. We cut 8 yards yesterday and several were good size.....

 

[X-man]

How much grass do you cut though. For instance if you cut only one yard and you cut it 30 or 35 times a year and you sharpen them twice and replace then in the spring you have gotten roughly 10 cuttings on a sharpening. Start off new and sharpen twice. We cut 8 yards yesterday and several were good size.....

I mow 30 lawns per week, each take about 20 minutes to mow. I mow in a trailer park for residents and for the management.

 

[Ric]

How long do you guys get on blades before you have to sharpen them? We keep three to four sets of blades and swap out a sharp set daily. Is this average for those of you that run commercial?

I keep three sets of blades per mower and change blades when the grass tells me to. Generally speaking I change out to a sharp set every two weeks. Keep in mind that I use three different mowers daily and mow 70 plus lawns a week.

 

[jekjr]

I mow 30 lawns per week, each take about 20 minutes to mow. I mow in a trailer park for residents and for the management.

Wow. That is a lot of running on blades.That is incredible.

 

[exotion]

How long do you guys get on blades before you have to sharpen them? We keep three to four sets of blades and swap out a sharp set daily. Is this average for those of you that run commercial?

I replace all blades each winter. Sharpen twice a week

 

[glckenosha]

Depend on how much you're cutting. I have approx 100 accounts and change them once a week.

 

[Carscw]

I change out to a sharp set every two days so about every 30 yards.

I only sharping blades 3 times before I replace them.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

 

[X-man]

I replace all blades each winter. Sharpen twice a week

That's a LOT of sharpening, dude. You can only sharpen about 5 times before replacing.