Will these blades fit John Deere S100?

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Easy to remember is grass grows UP, Blade wings go UP!

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Mowing & mulching fun. Hope the MP's work well for you too - thanks for watching 🙂

Yep, can't beat a Honda mower. I purchased that HRB215 in 2000 so it's 22 years old now and is still working like a swiss watch with only yearly oil changes and I think I'm on my 3rd spark plug. Up to two pulls now to get it started so might be time to install the 4th plug... 🙂

Just be sure you do stick a stump of wood underneath just in case. Safty has no quitting time.

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@Apaul - Yep, I look after all my stuff - makes it last longer and a penny saved is a penny earned. I purchased that little Honda push mower shown in the video back in the spring of 2020 so it's going on 22 years old now and still runs & looks great.

@@Rchelicopterfun buy good quality, look after it properly, it will last forever.

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Thanks for sharing your experience with them - interesting idea pairing them up like that. 👍

wow.....i may attempt to do the same feat, on one 6 hp push mower i got....thanks.

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It's actually an RC airplane prop & RC helicopter Blade balancer (I fly RC helicopters) that I also use for checking mower blade balance. It's called the Du-Bro Tru-Spin balancer. amzn.to/2TuAit0 One caveat if you get one for mower blades - you will have to make some sort centering hub for the blade hole and the coned prop shaft (the white thing you can see in the middle of the blade hole in the video).

I've always used a screwdriver through the hole hold it straight and the blade will tilt to whichever side is off balance.

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Yep, it's one of the items I mention in the description on what affects quality of mulch.

if you don't mind me asking, what deck are you using? actual poulan or husquevarna? i have a 38" poulan, needs a new deck, pretty worn out, was looking to upgrade to a 42 if it will work and what belt to use with it. i was thinking since poulan is no longer around, at least here in my area, maybe a husky deck would be interchangeable as in bolt on product without modifications.?. any advice would be appreciated. thanks.

Hi Tom, I do mention pace in the description playing a roll in how well or how poorly mulching works; but yes, I tried very much to match walking pace.

I experience similar (whole deck vibrates/rattles), but only when the grass is wet or overly long; basically clogging up the deck faster than the blades can chew the grass up and blow it back down. Not sure if that's the same thing as what you're experiencing or not, but to stop it on the little JD I have, I just have to go slower or raise the cutting deck and do two cuts.

@Rchelicopterfun ...That may be it. Here in PacNW, our grass grows a couple inches or more a week. I noticed initially it sounds great, but as you hit a thick spot and clippings build up under the deck, it gets really loud, like it's grinding rocks with a tuning fork. If I slow down, it goes away slowly until it's mulched up into very fine bits, with virtually zero clumping. Maybe it just requires mowing twice a week instead of only once.

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I've found over the past year now, I've never have to double pass unless I leave the grass too long between cuts, or it's too wet. The only thing I don't like about these maxpower mulching blades as much as the JD mulching blades that came with the mulch kit is they do seem to have less suction. Last fall, I found they (the maxpowers) didn't lift leaves off the grass as well to mulch them and for that specific leaf mulching job, a second pass or very slow speed was indeed required. That is the one area where the original factory mulching blades definitely have the edge (pun intended). 🙂

Best to not cut your grass with the mower deck down to the lowest level on your tractor. Raise your mower deck up and allow the RPM's do their job on cutting and reciting the grass down to small particles, or residue on grass. I do have a push mower which is a mulcher mower, and the setting of it is up in the middle between high and low, and after cutting the grass with it, you see nothing at all by way of grass shavings.

They (mulching blades) produce less suction to move the clippings into the bag. For spring cleanup with the Honda push-mower for example, I always refit the regular blades as they do a much better job of sucking up all the crap into the bag.

As I said in the video, mulching plugs are an integral part of a mulching system. Mulching blades only work as intended when the grass clippings are circulated within the deck and not immediately blown out the side or back.

Grass needs to be fairly dry and not too long when mulching for best results and to keep it from sticking inside the deck. You can also try treating the underside of your deck with something to prevent the grass from sticking to it. I use Boeshield T-9 once a season and it works great. I've heard others recommend car wax, furniture wax, ceramic coat, cooking spray, silicone spray, wiping it down with transmission fluid or motor oil etc. If the grass is really wet however, no amount of anti-stick coating will keep it from sticking & building up.

Of course they could clog in the right conditions with the right kind of grass. And no, the grass is not going over those forks, *it's interacting with them*. They are what help chop it up finer as I stated. Yes, the forks most certainly can clog and they have clogged; clogged absolutely solid when I once had to mow long wet grass. Of course you should never cut long wet grass ( *especially when mulching* ), but sometimes life & poor weather get in the way forcing you to mow in less than ideal conditions. So that's absolutely one specific example of "why in the heck would they clog". There are more.

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I wouldn't think so unless you were to totally clean the deck of grass/weed/seed buildup between lawns.

As I said in the video, you need a mulching plug as well for your specific deck. So that's all you need the blades and the plug.

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

They will chop up the blades finer, but not to the same extent they would be with the plug in place because the clippings will be discharged much quicker than if they are kept circulating within the deck. It won't be much different from just side discharging with normal blades in other words. Mulching blades are meant to be used in conjunction with mulching plugs for them to work correctly.

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Original factory deck/others? It's the same deck & same height for all 3. Only change was the three sets of blades.

Nope, makes no difference.

@@Rchelicopterfun Be interesting to see how it performs without the mulching thingy in there.

Not well. The grass all gathers and clumps badly on the discharge/outlet side of the deck (the right side on this specific deck). With wet grass/long grass, it will actually clog that side of the deck up so badly without the mulching diverter, the belt will actually start slipping on the blade spindle pully (at least on this machine it does).