blade sharpening

I'm new to the lawn care business. Just wondering how often do you experienced guys sharpen your mower blades?

 

DAILY

 

Depending on your conditions, 8 to 12 (actual mowing) hours. The newer Fusion blades may go longer (I have no experiance with them yet).

Keep and extra set with you to change in the field if needed.

 

Every week I sharpen blades and switchout the dull ones.I have two sets of gator mulching blades and two sets of magnum blades .

 

I usually change blades about every 8-10 hours or every other day of mowing, but that can depend on the grass or if I hit a rock or something.

 

Usually every other day depending on conditions. I also always carry an extra set in case you need to change them mid-day for some reason.

 

the way I was taught was when the grass tops look torn instead of cut it's time to sharpen....

if you notice weeds are a lot tougher than grass. you may get only 1 cut if you mow a field that has several weeds, than if you did several homes..

 

thanks guys for the helpfull information..

 

All blades get sharpened weekly. I tried doing it daily for a while but found that I couldn't keep up with that schedule.

 

Amen to that sentiment!!!