48" Mower Deck

[kcuttuck 1]

I saw a picture of a 48" mower deck for a Wheel Horse where they doubles up the blades. They where positioned them like an X. Is this a bad idea or will this work?

 

[varosd 1,185]

My 48" came from the PO with edger blades in addition to the normal blades.  both were so worn out that I just removed them and put regular set up.  others who have used this set up will chime in.

  If it doesn't seem to improve the mowing...you have a spare set blades!

[tarcoleo 119]

I'm  curious to know whether there is an advantage to putting two standard blades

on each spindle.  Has anyone tried this--with what result in comparison with the

regular setup?

[tunahead72 2,545]

I believe those "upper" blades are Gator blades, I've seen that setup here on RedSquare, never tried it myself.

 

GlenPettit is one of the guys who sets his blades up that way, although I believe he sets the Gator and regular blades at a 45 degree angle, not 90 like your photo shows.  You might try a search here to find some other threads that discuss this method.

[skrusins 128]

Been using 6 blades on a 42 and 48 deck works grt cuts the grass finer also the extra blades gives it a higher lift.

I also have a zero turn Kabota with a 60 in deck by taking out the fat washer I was able to put 6 blades on it.

It made a great difference in cutting and lift. I've had this setup for 2 1/2 years now no problem.

[tommyg 154]

I had a Honda Recyler push mower that had this design as standard equipment. The only difference was that they wer sandwiched on top of each other, (not as an "X") and locked into position with a fabricated piece of metal to keep them from shifting. The cutting edges were separated by about a half inch for the purpose of a finer mulching cut.