42” Recycler Blades

[nylyon-(Admin) 8,852]

I bought my 416H new and ordered it with a 42” Recycler.  They didn’t have a recycler deck so they gave me a 42” RD and ordered a recycler kit, which is the same thing.  I would take the kit of on the spring because it would clog up WAY too much with wet grass, it’s really a dry grass attachment.  Through the years, I just stopped putting the recycler on.  Last year I got a KILLER deal on a 42” Recycler, brought it home and just hooked it up and it worked nicely but didn’t recycle like I remembered my old one doing.

Well, getting things ready for this year, I took off the snow blower, and dragged up the 42” Recycler to put on the 416-8.  I still have my daughters 310-8 with a restored 42” RD for wet grass.  Anyway, I wanted to sharpen the blades and turned it upside down and something looked off.  Left is a real recycler blade, right is what came off the deck.  Well, the recycler NOW has 3 sharp RECYCLER blades.

 

 

 

[nylyon-(Admin) 8,852]

It definitely sounds more like I remember.  Grass is too wet to try it, but looking forward to seeing if it’s back to mulching properly.

[squonk 45,798]

I have a Recycler deck plus a set of new blades the manual calls for. My blades look like the ones you pictured on the right.