Howdy.

I am new to posting, but have lurked off and on for years. I have a 1998? lt1000 craftsman with the 19.5hp and hydrostatic drive that I bought last month in Eugene, Or. for $500 that runs good but when I try to mow grass that is about a foot tall it clumps up and won't discharge. It has the mulching 3 E/Z deck but my local sears repair shop said that the deck is the same as a high discharge deck and all I had to do was to replace the mulching blades with high discharge ones. So I bought two and brought them home but they look just like the ones on the tractor now; the old blades have been sharpened a lot and toward the end of the blade there is only half of the width left. The question is then: will the craftsman EZ 3 mulching deck work with high discharge blades?

Thanks for any knowledge you can pass along.

Clarence