Blowing the leaves around

[garydee]

I have used a similar approach to mulch leaves. I found that when you mow over the leaves with the left most blade only, the leaves are thrown into the center and right hand blades which re-cut what the left blade is throwing at them. Kinda like running them through a "blender" so to speak.

The aforementioned technique literally makes the leaves nearly disappear in the lawn. No hauling needed! Dry, crunchy leaves mulch best. I have done the same with clippings on the lawn to mulch and spread them more evenly.

My 3 blade 54 GT deck on the 1864 really does the job with freshly sharpened hi-lift blades to chop the leaves to smithereens and propel the leaves or grass out the chute. The lawn looks great after clean-up!!

[spndncash]

Originally Posted by garydee

I have used a similar approach to mulch leaves. I found that when you mow over the leaves with the left most blade only, the leaves are thrown into the center and right hand blades which re-cut what the left blade is throwing at them. Kinda like running them through a "blender" so to speak.

The aforementioned technique literally makes the leaves nearly disappear in the lawn. No hauling needed! Dry, crunchy leaves mulch best. I have done the same with clippings on the lawn to mulch and spread them more evenly.

My 3 blade 54 GT deck on the 1864 really does the job with freshly sharpened hi-lift blades to chop the leaves to smithereens and propel the leaves or grass out the chute. The lawn looks great after clean-up!!

To be fair, the GT54 is the best deck Cub cadet made. the 54 is great everywhere and all conditions. I switched to zero turns for mowing many years ago and would not go back but that 54 deck is awesome. I still have a 54 and a 60 for my SGT but the 54 is always the first choice!