double blades on walker GHS

[ShortCuts]

I'm just curious if anyone has ever tried it? If so, how'd you do it?

[walker-talker]

I would think this is impossible. Not enough clearance. I bought a set of gators and had to grind down the tips of a couple of the lifts just to get clearance. This is a good question and I am curious also.
Matt

[Eric ELM]

I'm not real familiar with Walkers, but I think they have gear box drives that are timed so the blades don't hit. If this is true, you can use shorter blades on top as the doubles. I use blades for a 50" Chopper on top and the 60" Chopper blades on the bottom for leaves. If you think about it, it will give more lift over a bigger area. This might work.

[Ric]

Short Cuts

I posted a few days ago that I had changed the right hand box so the GHS deck turned like a mulcher and reduced clipping. I saw no difference in the cut. I have not tried double blades.

Try it, you will like it. Good luck.

Ric

[PIONEER]

walker-talker

How did the gators cut and how much did you have to grind off the tips to get clearance. Did this make anydifference on how much clippings you picked up?

[walker-talker]

Did not have to grind off much. There are 4 tips at each end of the blade and only had to grind approx 1/8 inch off 2 tips. I use the deflecting shield and blow out the back. It works ok, if the grass is short, but not satisfied. If the grass is high, it does an aweful job. You will have to go over at least twice. Also, by blowing out the back, casues for more clean up. I am going to purchase a used 42 or 52 mulching deck (if I can find one) before next spring. Hope that helps.

[walker-talker]

I was assuming you were mulching. If you are catching, the gators work fine. The cut is good. If you think that your catch was heavy before, you better look out. Those gators will pack the crap out of your catch. SUPER HEAVY!

[captdevo]

i've put doubles on a ghs.

it's not hard, just reset the timing, but it didn't really make a big change in the cut.

and, if you hit something, i think it'll make a mess of things.

Dave

[Rodney Johns]

Yeah on the ghs it is not worth the hassel. Now the double blade set up on the 52" deck works awesome. Especially on some of the first 52" decks made. They did not cut as well as the new ones do with the single blade. Even without the mulching kit on the 52" deck, the double blades really help to scatter the grass and reduce the size of clippings. On the smaller decks, just stick with the single blade set up.

[ed kidwell]

i spent 12 years runnning walkers and 5 selling them travrled far and wide and there is an answer to this question a fella by the name of roy dale megli makes a disc stlye set up that while not perfect does one hell of a job in areas where you arent going to encounter hits to your spindles he was working on , a heavier center section the blades where mini about four inches in length
the spinning force weight of the minin blades didnt work things to hard if you what to get a hold of him go to louisvilles expo he exhibits in a booth there or contact me and ill get you his number

[captdevo]

meg-mo junk i have seen those in action, i was not impressed.

they are no comparison to the double blade set up

Dave

[WREBELMACHINE]

Goto vortexblade.com and ask dave if it can be done!

[ed kidwell]

i would be surprised if you truly have seen a recent set the theory is sound the prosess of mounting hevy baldes to aluminum boxes is not the weight savings is considerable
i would suggest the the following to those of you who will read this dale is a resonable guy buy two sets set them so that instead of having four cutting surfaces you have eight per spindle
one every 45 degrees use spacers between your discs so that you have 3/4 of an inch between the upper and lower discs thusly giving you a substanialy more rigid disc and at 45 degree
spacing the roatational speed of the blades and there decressed
weight allows them to cut the blades of grass to even a finer consistency than whats has been seen buy four blades heavy stacked upon one another the first effort roy made was ill admit in need of some help heres the answer thanks dave

[LJ lawn]

who (again) makes the left cut gator blade and where can i get them for the walker?someone answered this a while ago but i lost the #.landscapers supply only stocks the regular mulcher for the side discarge decks.

[walker-talker]

I bought both of mine from my dealer, but I have seen them in Landscapers Supply. Check again.
Matt