tigercat
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I'm looking towards the fall cleanup in the next few months. Does anyone run a 52" scag mulching leaves without the baffle kit?
The reason I ask is I have the collection system which works fine, but I want to try 100% mulching this year. I have way too many leaves and the piles are a pain after a while. Perhaps it will be less labor intensive to just mulch.
I've heard without the mulching baffles the blades really push out the dust from all sides of the deck. I read that the dust kicking out is really bad, on the new V decks.
My plan is to use the mulch cover and will try it with gator blades. Here is my idea and I have no way of knowing this will work as I haven't tried it yet. I cut the wing away from the 18" blades. The mulching top wing portion I left it alone, just the outer most lift is where I cut 2" or so from each side of the blade. My logic is to reduce some of the air pressure so I don't choke myself out.
They are all balanced and sharpened ready to go. The cover is test fitted last weekend as well.
So does anyone mulch without the baffles? Does anyone think this is worth a shot?
Plan B is another set of Gator blades in proper form, without the mulch cover. Just go back and forth making a few extra passes if I must.
Thanks for your replies
The reason I ask is I have the collection system which works fine, but I want to try 100% mulching this year. I have way too many leaves and the piles are a pain after a while. Perhaps it will be less labor intensive to just mulch.
I've heard without the mulching baffles the blades really push out the dust from all sides of the deck. I read that the dust kicking out is really bad, on the new V decks.
My plan is to use the mulch cover and will try it with gator blades. Here is my idea and I have no way of knowing this will work as I haven't tried it yet. I cut the wing away from the 18" blades. The mulching top wing portion I left it alone, just the outer most lift is where I cut 2" or so from each side of the blade. My logic is to reduce some of the air pressure so I don't choke myself out.
They are all balanced and sharpened ready to go. The cover is test fitted last weekend as well.
So does anyone mulch without the baffles? Does anyone think this is worth a shot?
Plan B is another set of Gator blades in proper form, without the mulch cover. Just go back and forth making a few extra passes if I must.
Thanks for your replies