Low lift blades for a ZTHD 48"

RingSteel

RingSteel

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The blades listed on Gravely website are for hi-lift. Amazon blade specs reveal the thickness is less OEM specs,listed below.
Blade Length: 16-1/4" (16.25")
Blade Width: 2-1/2" (2.5")
Thickness: 0.250" (Heavy-duty quarter-inch thick)
Center Hole Size: 5/8"
Most blades listed have a thickness of 0.197
Service and parts manual both use same part number for a high lift.
We now have good coverage of Bermuda grass. What I've read is a low lift blade is best.
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My challenge is being to OCD and over thinking it all. Too late for me to change.
Over 45 years of aviation and power plant maintenance work, with tight tolerances and little wiggle room.
So bear with me.
I'm open to:
part number for low lift blades and or sound reason for continuing use of OEM hi-lift blades.
Appreciate it, see y'all later....
 
I wouldn't call the OEM Gravely blades high lift. They are more like standard lift or medium lift. Maybe, the OEM style mulching blades would work for you. I'll look around and see what I can find on a true low lift blade.
 
MParr said:
I wouldn't call the OEM Gravely blades high lift. They are more like standard lift or medium lift. Maybe, the OEM style mulching blades would work for you. I'll look around and see what I can find on a true low lift blade.
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Thanks appreciate the help.
We all have different skills.
I've tried low loft blades.
May contact Oregon see what they have.
Cheers.
 
RingSteel said:
Thanks appreciate the help.
We all have different skills.
I've tried low loft blades.
May contact Oregon see what they have.
Cheers.
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I just looked on Oregon's website. There is no listing low lift blades in 16.25 length with a 5/8" center hole. I've gotten the same results on Stens website and Rotary's website.
 
My three acres is former pasture. I run a Gravely Pro Turn 260. It was a lot of trial and error to get my deck and blade setup just right. My problem was getting a good throw on the clippings. I imagine that our climate is similar. I have a mixture of Bermuda, Bahai, Centipede, and St. Augustine.
 
I'm in the Shiner area and this year El Nino/a whatever lol is really soaking us good. My neighbor just came in to set up a time for first hay cut. YEAH...!!!! Took several year also to get the Bermuda to take over the home area for a yard. Ha...
Just finished my fist in-depth service (222 hrs). Engine oil, valve lash and added a commercial Donaldson air filter system. Wow did it wake up. Mowed 7 inch Bermuda at normal speed and blade noise never changed pitch. Hydros got Triax synthetic and filters. Now the tools are on the way to check engine RPM, and blade level tool to set deck properly.
After five years now have time to get this one piece of equipment done right.
 
for future reference for anyone getting gator knock off blades, here's the set up.
These blades have four notches, the G5 Gators have three.
Resigned myself to accept about a 60-70% Bermuda yard. Surrounded by three pastures. KR Blue stem, Bermuda, Dallisgrass seed the hood during hay season.
So, these blade appear to finely chop up the grass and does not discharge in the same pattern as the OEM hi-lift.
Very few long stem grasses were left standing, about 90% 1st pass cut was good.
OEM blades left enough that i just did a full second round of mowing everything.
The spacer set the blade to correct height as the OEM.
Appreciate the info, and hope this helps others when shopping.
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RingSteel said:
for future reference for anyone getting gator knock off blades, here's the set up.
These blades have four notches, the G5 Gators have three.
Resigned myself to accept about a 60-70% Bermuda yard. Surrounded by three pastures. KR Blue stem, Bermuda, Dallisgrass seed the hood during hay season.
So, these blade appear to finely chop up the grass and does not discharge in the same pattern as the OEM hi-lift.
Very few long stem grasses were left standing, about 90% 1st pass cut was good.
OEM blades left enough that i just did a full second round of mowing everything.
The spacer set the blade to correct height as the OEM.
Appreciate the info, and hope this helps others when shopping.
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Similar mixed grass situation in my yard.
 

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