Blade sharping.

[dodge man]

I've always had a hard time getting my BX in the air high enough to take the blades off and sharpen them. I have a set of ramps and they get high enough, but not enough I can get an impact on the blade bolts. I can use a breaker bar but there is still barely enough room to get to the middle blade. It also seems these tractor are difficult to use a floor jack on, there just isn't any really good jacking points.

My solution, and it should have been obvious to me years ago, use the FEL. I but two or three pieces of lumber under it, put the bucket most of the way in dump, and lifted the front end up as high as I could. I then was able to put a floor jack under part of the frame to act as a back up in case the loader failer to hold the tractor up. Plenty of room under the deck this way to clean it or get at the blades.

 

[oldballs]

I suppose most of us have gone thru some methods to get at 'em. As of a year ago, I just change the blades with a sharp set at the end of each season when I take the MMM off for service and storage. The FEL and an outside heavy duty work bench serves that purpose.

Well............, last year I didn't get to it until spring.

 

[kcender]

I find it easier to just take the deck off my GR2120 and stand it on end.It can be a bit tippy but not too bad if you are careful.It is almost the same as the fine cut deck for the BX series.

 

[dodge man]

I used to take my deck off to sharpen the blades but that always took a lot of time.

 

[JWR]

I take my deck off every December after the leaf bagging and before the snow moving. Then sharpen blades and put deck back on in the spring. I find the air wrench so much better than a long lever. Just makes abreeze of the job of removing blades.

 

[dodge man]

I find I need to sharpen my blades at least once during the summer. I also found I can get an impact on it by lifting it with the end loader.

 

[oldballs]

It sounds like you are being safe, Dave. That is my priority anyway. Is it necessary to block the rear tires?

 

[robertm]

My drive-over deck allows me to take the deck off in minutes. Then, I lift it with the loader to hang it in the air while I scrape the deck and sharpen blades. This is a spring job for me, but since I started using Meg-Mow blades, I haven't had a need to sharpen. There are four blades, yes four, per spindle.

https://www.meg-mo.com/

 

[dodge man]

Probably a good idea to block the tires in back. I didn't but realize now I should have. When working on vehicles when on ramps, I block the rear tires.

 

[D2Cat]

Here's how I do it. Pretty safe, easy and doesn't take much time!

 

[dodge man]

Here's how I do it. Pretty safe, easy and doesn't take much time!

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Wish I had one of those, I see alot of people that commercial mow use similar machines. Around here, they seem to command high dollar used.

 

[JWR]

D2Cat -- there's always a wise guy ! Ha !

 

[davesl708]

I use two sets of blades. At the end of the season I pull the deck then lift it up on its side with the FEL to clean it and swap out the blades. Then sharpen the blades some time over the winter.

Picking the deck up and moving it with the FEL is quick and easy with a couple of chains.

 

[4get gto]

My drive-over deck allows me to take the deck off in minutes. Then, I lift it with the loader to hang it in the air while I scrape the deck and sharpen blades. This is a spring job for me, but since I started using Meg-Mow blades, I haven't had a need to sharpen. There are four blades, yes four, per spindle.

MEG-MO Systems™ – Lawn Mower Blades, Mower Blades, Blade Sharpening, Tractor Blades, Lawn Care

That blade system looks interesting. What made you switch to it. And do you mine giving us a hint what you payed?

 

[Gary Fowler]

That blade system looks interesting. What made you switch to it. And do you mine giving us a hint what you payed?

There is a price structure in the link. Looks like for a 52" mower the price would be $239 plus shipping. Personally I can do a lot of removing and sharpening for the price difference. 3 blades for my mower cost about $55 so I can buy 5 sets for the cost of one set of those. I cant see them staying any sharper for me since my biggest item to dull the blades are crawfish mounds and rocks. Even replacing the blades is not cheap at $8each x 4 per spindle + shipping $15 IIRC, so that would be $47 per spindle x 3 = 141 for each blade swap out. WAY too much for me and my tight wallet.

I bought 2 sets of blades with my mower 3 years ago. I just discarded one set last week and still use the other as a spare. Last fall I bought a new set and just put them on today. Generally I use my FEL to raise the mower up, take my impact gun, remove the dull blade and put the sharp one on. From start to finish including scraping out the underside of the mower deck is less than 15 minutes including the time it takes me to get my B26 out and positioned to raise the mower. I bolted on a piece of 3/8" chain to the front of the mower to hook my lift chain onto. It makes quick and safe attachment to the mower.

 

[robertm]

The blades are not your average blade. After 2 years of mowing with the blade, I have yet to need to sharpen, and they mulch where the standard blades do not. Unless I get behind and have to mow heavy deep wet grass, I do not have windrows that require raking. A higher blade tip speed would provide better results, but they do better than the average factory blades, and require minimal sharpening. I don't have time to spend removing blades to resharpen a few times per season. My time is money, so they work fine for me.

 

[joesco]

There is a price structure in the link. Looks like for a 52" mower the price would be $239 plus shipping. Personally I can do a lot of removing and sharpening for the price difference. 3 blades for my mower cost about $55 so I can buy 5 sets for the cost of one set of those. I cant see them staying any sharper for me since my biggest item to dull the blades are crawfish mounds and rocks. Even replacing the blades is not cheap at $8each x 4 per spindle + shipping $15 IIRC, so that would be $47 per spindle x 3 = 141 for each blade swap out. WAY too much for me and my tight wallet.

I bought 2 sets of blades with my mower 3 years ago. I just discarded one set last week and still use the other as a spare. Last fall I bought a new set and just put them on today. Generally I use my FEL to raise the mower up, take my impact gun, remove the dull blade and put the sharp one on. From start to finish including scraping out the underside of the mower deck is less than 15 minutes including the time it takes me to get my B26 out and positioned to raise the mower. I bolted on a piece of 3/8" chain to the front of the mower to hook my lift chain onto. It makes quick and safe attachment to the mower.

My BX2230 has a 54", 3 blade deck. When reinstalling the new blades, should they be positioned a certain way?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[oldballs]

Nope, just put 'em on like the old ones came off.....i.e. with the bent (curved) tips up.

 

[joesco]

Nope, just put 'em on like the old ones came off.....i.e. with the bent (curved) tips up.

Thanks!

 

[SDT]

I remove my MMM each fall before annual service and installation of snow blade.

Tilt the deck onto it's back to remove and sharpen blades.

Remount MMM in the spring before mowing season.

SDT