Gator blade install and first mow on my Cub Cadet XT1
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Here is a quick video showing the Gatorblade G5's replacing my OEM Cub Cadet XT1 blades showing how I removed and installed them. Also a quick mow in the beginning of fall
UPDATE FOR THE HATERS: I have since switched setups and adjusted things and find that these Gators work great with a mulching plug and decinigrates leaf piles!
Just came back from checking out the 18 HP 42 inch deck Cadet with hydrostatic drive. Will buy it !
My blades did not rub when I put them on but they sure made a noise when I started the blades up to cut . All I heard was this bang everytime the blades hit those bellys in the deck . I have over 3 acres to do and 2 mowers are better than one . Plus I am up high on a hill and when modular house was put in i hade the front slope gently eased to the bottom of the property
Just needed to see which way they go on lol pretty obvious but I’ve been known to put things on wrong before! Thanks
618sam glad it helped in some way. Thanks for the view.
Hint to keep your deck clean take deck off clean down to bare metal and get grophite slip plate and paint it on . it keeps grass from sticking to the underside of the mower . Keeps it from rusting also . Tow truck drivers use it . I got mine on ebay 44 dollars for a quart and that does 2 mowers . I have been using gator blades since 2016 and I have not had to change them out yet on my cub cadet and I have over 3 acres to mow . I bought the mower and first thing I did was take off new blades and put on gator blades and bought a 46 inch cub cadet this spring and first thing took off blades coated the deck with slip plate and put on new gator blades . I am a fan of them
Thanks for the advice. My deck deff needs some attention
I've used the G5 Gators for 2 seasons on a 42" deck 21hp. They work 100 times better than the G3 Gators I had before. Piles of leaves magically disappear after a couple passes.
You are welcome & keep up with all your videos !! Love them & Love my gator blades on my cub cadet , Mine is just like yours , Take care & stay safe
Thanks, you too!
They are certainly marketed as mulching blades:
Gator Mulcher® 3-in-1 Patented Design
Designed to boost performance and durability
Makes bagging easier, cuts finer mulch & aids in better discharge
Unique "Gator Teeth" Design
Redirects flow of air under the deck
Allowing grass clippings to be cut multiple times
G5 Design
Features a high lift contoured blade
Up to twice the cutting length of standard blades
Optimizes the cutting efficiency with every revolution
Fusion® Cutting Edge
Electrofusion process that welds tungsten carbide into the blade
Reduces sharpening and lengthens blade life
Superior Mulching
Cleaner, more efficient cutting performance
Can eliminate the need to bag, saving time and hassle
They are. People are giving me a hard time about them though. Personally not sure they are the best for mulching from my experience though.
Immersive POV lawn mowing video. What’s the conclusion ???
Can’t tell if that is a joke or not. This was early on in my CZcams experience.
Anyway, I have been using these blades for a few years now with no real complaints. I have mulched, I have discharged, I have bagged, I have chopped up branches running them over and they just do it all.
Sure there is probably a better blade for each of those tasks, but it seems to do all of these pretty well.
I do however wish for a little better mulching performance, but the issue could just be my grass or deck design.
BTW, for all the haters. . . . . I have reinstalled the Gators on the mower along with a mulch plug and they do wonderfully! Quite a bit better than the mulching blades that came with the plug kit did.
PMPerformance, I did the same thing with the gator blades and the mulch cover!!
thomas mine has the oem style 3 in 1 blades on it,but I hit something the other day and busted a spindle so I'm gonna order 2 new spindles,gator blades,and a mulch plug.
@@ciphercode2298 ouch, sorry to hear that.
Much work to replace a spindle?
@@PMPerformance nah,its not bad to replace. I can get the oem spindle for $65,but I'm gonna try some knock offs made by a company called 8ten. I can get the for $33 off Amazon. I mow our place,my daughters,my sisters,and her neighbors. I like my ltx1040 pretty good,other than it having the cvt transmission. With it you still have to use a gearshift to go from forward to reverse. If I ever replace this mower my next one will be a true hydrostatic. Take care friend, wish me luck.
@@ciphercode2298 good to know on the spindles. Good luck to you and thanks for watching!
My mower also starts like this. Hate how long it takes to crank over. Have a new battery and plug in and still starts like this cold every time. Even treat her to only rec90 gas
I don’t recall having issues with it starting in this video.
@@PMPerformance takes forever to crank over sometimes to the point of low battery indicator with new battery
@@adamclark94 mine only does this when
The battery is basically dead
Beautiful, I have that same mower, just ordered these same blades.
Congrats. I hope you enjoy them.
So much negativity in the comments here, I think you did a good job!
Nils Kall people need to show their manliness I guess. Lol. I just won’t make lawn care videos anymore. I appreciate the kind words
PM-Performance people who have never made or uploaded a video tend to have a lot of tips on how to do things. While the are unimportant, it can still hurt your feelings. Have a great weekend!
I got pretty thick skin. I can handle it. lol. I only posted this to do a favor to show people that you dont need to go crazy and drop the deck and show the blades themselves .Lesson learned. Thanks for the kind words though
Nice job 👏
@jacljones1448 thank you
With a right side, side discharge, you should only turn LEFT, so you don't create a huge pile of clippings.
While this is true, it is a little hard to follow through with. I try to stay concious of this, but I cannot seem to commit to the Nascar style mowing.
Not to mention I have a fence, so the left turns would not work as I would never be able to touch within 2 ft of the fence.
Or just make a couple of passes through the pile at the end of the cut. That disperses the pile.👍
Good idea with the jack, just throw two stands under it to be safe, you never know. Same as you I never remove the deck when sharpening or changing blades. I use a chain block with a strap to lift and a cordless impact. Did you like the new blades? Great vid and enjoy the mower .... I just got my new XT1 and love it.
Normally I would use stands with the car, but I knew the mower would not be an issue, so I was a little lax on that behalf. The new blades do cut well. nice and even and never get hung up if anything bigger is in the yard I did not see. I will seldom go out behind the fenced area with it where there is brush and will chew through some thicker stuff to give me some extra space to walk through if needed. While I did originally get these more for cutting up leaves though, I do not think they do really stellar there. An actual mulching setup would do wonders here or bagging.
my swisher came with gator blades and chute came blocked and it works great as designed
Crawford Overton interesting. Again that was a direct quote from Oregon who makes the blades, but I have a plug now, so maybe I will try my gators with the plug and see.
Great job ,, Love the video !! Take care
Thanks for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it.
As a fellow baldy, you should get band aids that blend in better. As a band aid on the head expert, I'd recommend the nude kind. I can't help but wonder how you have 2 separate injury locations. Did you hit the same thing twice? Hate when that happens. Now that you've mowed with them for while, how much of a difference have you noticed? Thanks for the video.
You know what, every time I see this video, I cringe that I even made it after a fresh shave. Sometimes I get a great shave and sometimes I get a poor shave. If I have any kind of bump or something it gets hit when I shave and head cuts DONT EVER STOP! lol. I use a safety razor though and was probably trying something different at the time that my scalp did not agree with.
I think the blades mow very well. I have since switched to a mulching plug setup with matching baldes for the mulcher since I grew tired of throwing grass 30ft! I may try these blades with the mulching plug to see how they do as I am not thrilled with the mulching blades that came with the setup.
3rd set of blades now in a year, you would think I would find something I like by now. lol
The only problem with mulching is that the grass loads up and keeps the air away from the dirt. Thatching is required yearly. If. Y grass is short, no big deal but sometimes I can’t get to it and leaving the cut grass on the yard looks messy.
G Howard I normally cut the grass at 4”. So the problem I have with side discharge is that not only it throws it 20’ is that if I don’t mow 2x a week it will leave more of a mess with trimmings. So far I have found that the trimmings left over tend to be less with the mulched, but I have only done a few mows with this setup. So far though it shows positive results and not throwing grass trimmings into my mulched beds too. I agree with wet grass mulching tends to leave more junk behind, but I try not to mow super wet stuff. I do have a thatcher though as well that I planned to do likely each spring.
Great job buddy. I've got the mulch guard installed and waiting for these exact blades. Going to borrow my neighbor's impact driver. What is that like an 1 1/4" socket? Thanks man.
I literally just installed these for my neighbor last week. lol. i think it is 13/16 off hand
@@PMPerformance Thanks for your quick response.Some other video showed the guy using a 24mm socket, which is 15/16th.
Ken Petronack i May be wrong. It may be a 15/16. I know I’m close though. I looked for the socket at the front of my std drawer because that’s the only time I use std. have both and your safe. Lol
@@PMPerformance I just checked and it is 15/16. Thx though.
I put new gator blades on my new cub cadet 46 inch and the blades were hitting the bellys in the corner of the deck and cut dip enough to hit raw metal and it was after only a few seconds of it happening I stopped the mower took the deck off and saw the damage the blades did . I have gator blades on my 42 inch cub cadet and they do not hit the deck at all , but then the deck dos not have those 2 bellys in it like the new mower does . I have 2 cuts now in the deck from the blades hitting the deck at those indents in the deck
I do not recall any obtrusions on my deck. I believe mine is a 2016 model if memory serves me.
My bet is there was a deck redesign and the manufacturer of the blades was not aware the tolerances were different to revise the blades.
I would certainly contact them to advise
@@PMPerformance I contacted cub cadet and oregon about this problem . These 2 bellys are the problem on the deck . I looked at my 2016 mower and no bellys there and looked in my cub cadet dealer showroom and they all have the bellys and I shoed him video of the blades moving and the banging sound and thenb showed him the huge scrapes on the deck down to bare metal . They are each 3 to 4 inchs long . He wants to send a guy out to look at the deck so I left it off my mower .
@@sissymurphy9620 interesting and I am surprised they are sending someone out. Let me know how you make out.
@@PMPerformance they came out and showed me the diffence it is how the outside of the blades are straight rather than clipped and curved . I look on cub cadets sight also and saw the difference . The outside edge of the blades are angle cut and the ones I got have an outide straight part instead , so no good for my mower so I have to buy the more expensive gator blades with the clipped outside edge . I also looked on ebay and saw the difference
@@PMPerformance my 2016 cub cadet does not have the bellys either but I looked at the outside edge of my gator blades on the 42 inch and they are not straight they are clipped edges with a point . I looked on ebay and found the right blades , Because my cub dealer did not have gator blades
Hard to see the conclusive evidence from the video. Did you feel like they mulched well? I can tell they are cutting but, I’m curious how it looks in person. Thanks
technically I guess these aren't mulching blades and I do not have a mulching plug, so its not a true mulch. I will say it did cut the clippings up finer ,but it did not perform like I had hoped for bulk leaves. I will get some more data once it gets warm out. Only got a few cuts with them
Cant you take the chute off now that the blocker is in place? Would make it easy to exit the mower from that side.
Sky1 I did not have a block in place at this time. I have since put a mulch block in and removed the chute, and yes life has been much easier! The block seems to get grass stuck in it which is common, but that is another modification to be made to fix
I like the Koehler engine and the hydrostatic drive but the deck is hard to remove and it’s noisy.
G Howard so far the kohler has been flawless for me (knocks on wood). The hydro static is a little noisy for my liking. I have it tried to remove the deck yet, but it doesn’t “look” too bad. Lol. It is noisy turning the pto on and off though. I just figured it was the belt though.
Kohler on mine is at 22 years old just give it a fresh plug and oil change each year, keep the air cleaner clean. I always use fuel stabilizer plus seafoam to keep the carb clean.
David Moran that’s very encouraging to hear! So far this thing seems to be pretty great. I’m at like 27 hrs on it
Thanks
I guess after a case of beer He take's the Cadet to buy more beer and when He returns home takes the mustang and mow the lawn.
I have only done that twice. Did you see that on the news by chance? I didnt think it made coverage out of the county the time I got caught
Did you buy the Cub Cadet because it matched your car!??
No, but an added bonus right? lol
Lol right mine matches my top banana Daytona charger
Did you spackle your head with band-aids because it matched the walls of your garage?
Holy Crap, you have a postage stamp yard, what are you doing with a rider?
Its a half acre plot. I got it more so because I was tired of dealing with shitty push mowers. I was constantly having problems with mid/higher tier mowers and said screw it, ill buy a riding mower. Sometimes a push mower would be easier, but even on a rider it takes me well over an hour to complete and then weedwacking afterwards is another 20-30 minutes. But its nice having horsepower that will chew through anything and not hiccup
Mark W heh.. mine is smaller then his yard and i have the same mower. I bought it mainly because i couldn't get a push mower with a cup holder for my beer
Chris R lol... I have a buddy that used to drink while mowing too. He said the same exact thing. Lol
I used to hand mow 1/3 acre, I wouldn't want to do 1/2 acre by hand. I now have 3 acres that is all hill.
David Moran Ive done this by hand. It’s not horrible, but why do it if I don’t ha e to? I wanted this more for HP.
I had a Japanese monk make my blades. They cut rocks in half.
can you get me his contact info .. i hit alot of rcoks
I hope you watched the cub cadet video showing how easy it is to remove the deck.
Simon Dorothy removing the deck would have been harder than me jacking the front up
Did you see the new Cadet snap on blades? Interesting! Deck would not have to be removed.
I have not. I may have to google that to see what it is all about. I do not remove my deck for blade replacement though. I just jack up as in the video and zip them off with my impact.
Have to replace all the spindles for snap on blades, checked for my xt1 50"
I can’t believe you’re using a driving mower for that small yard LOL
William Smith you saw about 1/18th of my yard in this video.
I have a 1/2 acre. It still takes over an hour with a riding mower to cut it.
By having your chute open you are NOT getting the full effect of the blades, the plug is to keep the cut grass in the mower deck to be cut up many more times to reduce to size of the 'clippings' so that they will fall through the grass all the way to the turf!
as per the company directly, they said these ARE NOT mulching blades and will not perform properly with a plug kit. Just going by their suggestion.
Yeah, these are for chopping up and raking leaves in the fall...not mulching grass...do some research before you post
I did do research. EVERYONE posts these as mulching blades. I took it as that until I ordered them and talked to the manufacturer. Sorry if this video offended your manhood.
I went by what all the reviews and forums said. They said they were for mulching. I spoke with the manufacturer after the fact and found out to not use the plug. Quite honestly, they do not even cut up the leaves all that much. As you can see above the guy above me thinks these are mulching blades just like all the forums said. ;)
Basically isn’t this just a video of a guy Cutting his lawn? There’s really no resolution? Sorry, I just don’t get it.
Video has 50k views. . . shrug. Someone must have found some kind of use for it? It was more so documenting the blade change and why I changed them. What did you expect to see when you came to a video titled "Blade install and first mow"?
That being said, what would you like to see? This was one of my first videos getting started on CZcams. Had I had any idea it would have gotten this much traction, I probably would have tried to do a better job
What is the plug they mentioned.
G Howard mulching plug. I now have one Installed because I am now using mulching blades
It’s on the bigger cadets and on CZcams
I checked it out earlier from one of their demo vids. Looks pretty slick. Wonder why they have not done that sooner to be honest.
I just came to see the mustang..
lol. troll! hahahahaha
Pietro Manicioto did you buy the cadet because of the color? Dont lie :-)
Partially, but not really. It was more of value per performance compared to the Deere and other big box brand stuff. It was just a bonus that it was yellow
U need to be gentle with your Home Depot Cub cadet dude especially XT1-2s . Box store mowers are throw aways. Engage and disengage your blades and slow speeds.
How are they throwaways? Dealers sell these too. Lol
I’ve been driving it the same way for over 4 years now. It’s gotta have 80 hours on it by now. No issues.
How could I be any more gentle? Idling down before I engage and disengage? If so, that is not realistic. This is a belt driven system. My guess is the belt would snap first before spindle issues
Are those mulching blades?
WV591 technically not really. But I just posted a video of them with a mulching plug doing gal cleanup of quite a bit of leaves to clear up any confusion. I been mulching with them for a couple months now and they do very well setup that way in my opinion
The Gartor Blades , G6 esp. Need more HP to function properly. Your mower may be inadequate. JMO.
jon fioravanti in regards to what? I never said I had a problem with the gator blades that I recall. I have plenty of power for them I would think. I have an 18hp mower.
I now added a bagger setup and they seem to lift and bag very well too. Overall they seem great with side discharge, mulching and bagging as far as I can tell
18Hp is marginal for those blades. JMO.
@@PMPerformance
jon fioravanti I cant say I understand why this topic came up as I haven’t had problems with the blades, but opinion taken
I bet it would've mulched better with a deck plug.
Lubacote Mobile Quick Lube they specifically told me to not use a deck plug as these blades are not designed to do so
👍
Here let me show you how these blades work on grass that was not in need of a cut.
While I appreciate the view, were you that bored that you felt the need to make this comment? Give me a break, it was one of my first videos.
You didn’t sharpen them ?
Scrum Thebum2 no, actually I am on my second season and have not sharpened them yet. I keep meaning to pull them off and do them, but been too busy with projects
PMPerformance I was thinking of taking mine off and get them sharpened again but maybe I’ll try those gators
Scrum Thebum2 if you gotta pay to sharpen, get the gators. Every scenario I have used them in, they do fabulous
PMPerformance thanks I might just do that. Is yours a xt1 42 “ ?
Scrum Thebum2 yep
Dude where is your grass?
No worries Mate dude, did you bother to watch the video or read any of the data or look at the date? It was end of fall. Not to mention I just moved into the house not long before and have been working on the grass.
What? Was that part 1? No poster comments on the effectiveness of the blades? HAHA...these are raking blades son, not mulching blades...now go get me a beer
I never got back to making a follow up video unfortunately. My car stuff always takes priority over other stuff. I don't recall saying they were mulching blades, but I havent watched the video in awhile. Now since you edited the comment to make it a little nicer, I will say they do cut pretty well. They will chew up bigger stuff if you hit by accident without issue. I still kind of wish i went with more of a mulching blade and a plug as these tend to still throw the grass quite a bit more than other reviews made them seem. Some people they to plug and mulch and the manufacturer says they are not designed for that. I never claim to be a professional mower, so cut me some slack man. I just posted the video showing the install and showing a quick cut.
You must really like yellow
Christopher W it just kinda happened that way. Lol
All I really wanted to know was which side goes up!! But you never mentioned that Could only SEE that the Tag side of the blade goes up. However, Nice garage. Kewl Impact tools and a hot little yellow sports car in your new garage. Oh, BTW. Starting a Cold engine at HIGH RPM'S will only lessen the life of those rings, valves and carbon up your cylinder. Perhaps when you write the "Title" of your video next time, you will stay on point and tell us EXACTLY what we were searching for. Thanks for the effort. 🤢
It should be obvious which side goes up. I didn’t include that as I didn’t think it was needed.
That being said, the serrations should point up. That’s what lifts the grass to chop it up finer.
There is no issues with how I run my mower. You need to give choke to start and choke runs the idle high.
My mower has almost 90 hours on it and runs perfectly fine.
How u gonna tell if the gators work if u don't have grass to cut...wow!!!!!
Chris Owens did you take any time to think about the video at all or read the comments. There was plenty of grass to cut, I just cut it low for the end of the season and to cut up the leaves. Would you like an updated video of me cutting grass during peak season? I can take one and link you do it if you like .
For real? I just watched this video that took everything I had not to scream at the incredibly bad audio, in hopes I would get to blade review and would be worth it at least. Only to find out its just you mowing the gerd dam grass and thats it??? Skip the usless talking and meaningless how to blade change garage, and share some feedback on how the quality and performance was dude...ey yey yey
This was one of my first videos. Cut me some slack.
Do you have a channel I can look at for reference on how to make my videos?
I think you will find anything in the last 4 years or so are more thorough.
PS: there has been an update video on the performance of chopping up leaves if you look through my channel for it.
@@PMPerformance was just one of those days I guess so my bad. Just frustrated but not an excuse im sorry. Keep it up hope you the best
@@aaronmenchinger all good man. I try to have thick skin, but in the same token it’s a learning process. I am very accustomed to teaching things and training, but doing on camera takes some adjustment.
This was one of my first like semi Levi videos on the channel.
If you look at my newer videos you will see I have learned some things and changed my presentation a little.
Damn no gloves no safety glasses.blades Fallin on your hand.boy your just asking for it aren't ya!
If you feel the need to wear full safety attire for a 5 min job, that is on you. I personally do not feel the need to wear gloves and goggles to work on my projects, please do not pass judgement on that.
Fingers and hands are completely over rated.
I see mama raised a b1tch, poor Chris.....needs a safe space when changing blades.
@@PMPerformance Agreed
Thanks