AndyM
Charter Member
LONG story...
After two weeks of rain and long hours at work I desperately needed to cut my grass last weekend. I have 60 inch First Choice Rear Finish Mower, and I decided the blades were beyond sharpening and it was time to replaced them.
For the sake of convenience, I picked up three 20 inch blades at Tractor Supply Company last Saturday. When I got home, I realized the new blades were half as thick as the old ones. There wasn't enough threads on each spindle to completely tighten the nuts because the blades were thinner. I ran back out and bought a large washer to put between the blade and the nut, which worked and put me back in business.
I got the front yard done and started on the back yard, then it happened... I ran over a tree root and BADLY bent one of my new blades.
Obviously, Tractor Supply Company isn't a good place to by blades. I need to find a source (hopefully without ordering them) to find decent quality mower blades similar to the ones that came with the mower three years ago.
Where do you buy your blades, and how well do they hold up?
After two weeks of rain and long hours at work I desperately needed to cut my grass last weekend. I have 60 inch First Choice Rear Finish Mower, and I decided the blades were beyond sharpening and it was time to replaced them.
For the sake of convenience, I picked up three 20 inch blades at Tractor Supply Company last Saturday. When I got home, I realized the new blades were half as thick as the old ones. There wasn't enough threads on each spindle to completely tighten the nuts because the blades were thinner. I ran back out and bought a large washer to put between the blade and the nut, which worked and put me back in business.
I got the front yard done and started on the back yard, then it happened... I ran over a tree root and BADLY bent one of my new blades.
Obviously, Tractor Supply Company isn't a good place to by blades. I need to find a source (hopefully without ordering them) to find decent quality mower blades similar to the ones that came with the mower three years ago.Where do you buy your blades, and how well do they hold up?
