Cutting Disc Replacement Blades

Cutting Disc Replacement Blades FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 22-4-29 "We've been absolutely swamped with inquiries about our blades since FARM SHOW featured them last year. We've fielded an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 inquiries from all over North America. "However, huge demand, coupled with various supply glitches, has put us way be-hind on orders, for which we sincerely apologize. "We've never cashed a single check for an order until after the blades were shipped. We appreciate your readers' patience as we resolved our supply problems. "Incidentally, blades start at $49.95 and run up to $79.95. We recently added bigger sizes, up to 36-in., to our line. Add $4 S&H per blade." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Megli Lawn Care, P.O. Box 423, Sterling, Ill. 61081 (ph 815 625-0125; website www.meg-mow.com). Here's what some customers have to say about Megli's system: Dave Henderson, Sharpsville, Ind.: Dave uses Megli Lawn Care replacement disk blades on two riding mowers - a Dixon equipped with 48-in. deck and a Deere 445 equipped with 54-in. deck. He mows three acres of yard and ATV trails a week. "I ordered a set of three disks for the Dixon for about $160 last fall, but didn't get them until late in the season so I didn't have a chance to try them out until this season. Once I did, I immediately ordered a second set of three disks for $190 for the Deere. "They chop grass up real fine, even when it's wet, so the mower doesn't throw out clumps. You can run the Dixon wide open in bluegrass up to 14-in. tall and it cuts the same as if you were going real slow. On the Deere, grass doesn't collect under the deck the way it did before, so you don't have to stop and clean the deck all the time." Ray Dykes, Bloomfield, Iowa: "I'd recommend them to anyone," says Ray about the cutting disk replacement blades from Megli Lawn Care he uses on both his Toro Wheelhorse riding mower equipped with 46-in. deck and his Homelite mower equipped with 48-in. deck. "I'm real pleased with the way they cut grass and mulch leaves. The original blades on the Wheelhorse were too soft and I had to sharpen them after two or three uses. The blades on these disks are made of hardened steel. Not only do they seem to pull grass up to cut it off, but they stay sharp longer as well. I've mowed the yard five or six times already this season with them and they're as sharp as the day I put them on. They cost around $120 and $145 per set, respectively, and they're fantastic." David Willenbring, New Vienna, Iowa: David's "basically happy" with the Megli Lawn Care replacement blades he installed on his Deere 175 mower equipped with 38-in. deck last summer. "At $90, they were four or five times more expensive than the $20 Deere replacement blades cost, so it was more than I wanted to spend," says David, who mows at least 1/4 acre of lawn a week. "However, they're bet-ter than Deere blades, which bunch and wind-row grass badly, especially when it's wet. You can also mow in both reverse and forward with them, unlike the originals. They do a better job of mowing and you can go a little faster with them, too." Russell Mortenson, Roosevelt, Utah: As grounds keeper for his local school district, Russell was looking for blades that would mulch grass clippings so he didn't have to rake the 34 acres he mows every week. So this season he replaced the original blades on his Deere F1145 mower equipped with 72-in. deck with replacement blades from Megli Lawn Care for $240. "I love æem," Mortenson says. "They chew up the grass clippings and spread them out better than the factory originals. That way, they settle into the grass and save me raking, just as Roy told me they would. I'm not sharpening blades as often, either, because you have four cutting surfaces in-stead of two."

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