how often to sharpen blades?

[Sammy]

Hey , have you tried the flap disk in your angle grinder ?
They seem to work better, don't get the blade as hot.

[MASTERMOWER]

Hey , have you tried the flap disk in your angle grinder ?
They seem to work better, don't get the blade as hot.

How long would one last???

[jeremy1380]

thats crazy every day

[Blake]

wow! you guys really sharpen every day??

how many hours do you put on them before you sharpen?

and isnt it a pain in the ass? it takes me like 5 mins a blade, plus dont your blades wear down really fast when you are sharpening them every day? they are expensive..

i sharpen mine like 2x a season, and probably put 20 hours on them a week...

is that bad?

Sometimes if it's real dry I'm lucky to 20 hrs out of a set of blades. Even when conditions are good I can sharpen blades about 3 times and that puts them at +/- 25 hrs. At 25 hours the lift wing/blade or whatever you want to call it is gone. Even if you don't sharpen them they won't last any longer, probably not as long.

Twenty minutes a day to have sharp blades will save you way more than 20 minutes mowing time, with a clean cut to boot.

As for being expensive, blades are like gas, they're not an investment.

[Number 10]

Sometimes if it's real dry I'm lucky to 20 hrs out of a set of blades. Even when conditions are good I can sharpen blades about 3 times and that puts them at +/- 25 hrs. At 25 hours the lift wing/blade or whatever you want to call it is gone. Even if you don't sharpen them they won't last any longer, probably not as long.

Twenty minutes a day to have sharp blades will save you way more than 20 minutes mowing time, with a clean cut to boot.

As for being expensive, blades are like gas, they're not an investment.

Blake, are you saying your blades only LAST 20 hours before you have to put new ones on??

[MASTERMOWER]

thats crazy every day

Dude, if you wanna run a troll, at least spell 'Tecumseh' right.

[Number 10]

Glass houses.........

Dude, if you wanna run a troll, at least spell 'Tecumseh' right.

...........Throw stones

[inland pest control]

Blake, are you saying your blades only LAST 20 hours before you have to put new ones on??
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our blades here in florida last maybe 7 hours of mowing. The mow crew is six members doing almost 300 accounts a week. with a dedicated blade grinder it takes about two hours a week to sharpen all the blades at one time for the five mowers on the trucks. bad thing is you have to always keep a case of blades for each machine on hand to replace bad blades. each blade can be sharpened about three times after that all they do is shred the grass

[Number 10]

Holy Smokes!!!!!

[greenC]

you have to always keep a case of blades for each machine on hand to replace bad blades. each blade can be sharpened about three times after that all they do is shred the grass

***, a case of blades on hand for each mower? these blade threads get better and better. How much is a CASE of blades and how many blades come in a case? and you carry 5 cases at all times? And if you sharpen daily you only have a set for three days? I assume 3 or 4 days since you mentioned they only last 7 hours and you only sharpen 3 times. Is that right?

[Sammy]

Only sharpen three times ?
Must be made in china blades.

[juwood]

i dont get it.. i sharpen mine about 2x a season, with 55 accounts, and I dont notice a poor cut... none of my customers have complained..

where are you guys from? is the grass thinner? thin grass doesnt seem to cut well with poor blades..

im from new england.

do you have alot of very high end accounts?

[yardboy]

i dont get it.. i sharpen mine about 2x a season, with 55 accounts, and I dont notice a poor cut... none of my customers have complained..

where are you guys from? is the grass thinner? thin grass doesnt seem to cut well with poor blades..

im from new england.

do you have alot of very high end accounts?

2X's is it?
You do not cut grass.......
You just rip the grass....

[blissrock]

every 6-8 hrs

Only sharpen three times ?
Must be made in china blades.

i have a set of mulching blades.gator.hi lift. gator blades last about 8hrs. then they start ripping the grass. mulching blades that came with the kit. last about 5or6.hrs never use hi lift

[steve-o]

special blades............

that's what you need, special blades. they hold their edge forever.

steve