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Mulching Plate

20 years ago

I recently moved and seeded a new lawn. As a result I just bought a used John Deere 345. The deck has standard blades and no mulch plate. My intention was to change to Gator blades ready for next spring. I seem to remember reading that Gator blades work best when the discharge chute is NOT closed with a mulch plate?

Can anyone comment, Thanks, Tony

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fairview
20 years ago
Gator blades on a 21" wb Toro recycler with chute plugged cutting a 75% swath makes a total mess of the lawn. Every square inch of yard needs to be blown down. My dealer "gave" me a set to try. After watching the results from the first job of the day, they were replaced with the standard mulch blades.
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