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Well last night I swapped on my new gator blades on my 2008 Cub LT1050's deck. Just jacked the mower up with my ATV jack and did it from underneath, piece of cake with the breaker bar even for my just 2 weeks out of hernia surgery self! Observations: These gator blades are a good bit...

742-04068 Fits 1000 series Hydrostatic lawn tractors. Model LT1024 HEAVY DUTY (3) Blades for 50" cut 17.9 3/4" 2-3/8" .187 ROT11506 13.95 Quantity: Cub Cadet Blades Add To Cart Have any of you guys used this blade? It looks like a low lift blade designed more for my needs. My needs...

I'm having excessive clogging with my LT1050's 50" deck equiped with the "3 in 1" blades. Is there a blade out there that deals with weedy grass a bit better and at taller heights? I refuse to cut a yard at the cruise control speed I'd fall asleep doing it lol. At the same time i'm not...

Well yesterday I got to use my LT1050 for the first time! Let me tell you the last time I was on a tractor it was my father's when I was cutting his yard when I was younger and it was a 12hp Dynamark with 42" deck. This was around the 1994-1998 range. That tractor was $1200 new. In any event...

Well I broke down yesterday and purchased a bran new LT1050 from Tractor Supply Co. They matched Home Depot's 10% off coupon and had the newer models with the 25hp Koehler vs. the older ones with the 23hp Koehler. Also one thing to note is the seats of the older models don't have the arm rests...