Anyone here ever use a lawn dethatcher lawn mower blade?
I bought one from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It arrived yesterday and I mounted it on my push mower. Excellent for a separate job other than what it was intended. My mower is a 21 inch but the De-Thatcher blade that I ordered is 16". I was a little concerned that a 21"/22" blade might bog the engine down too much. The 16" did slow down in thick matted roots and grass, but not too much.
On one side of our yard, there is an alley way between our house and the neighbor, and it is paved with asphalt. We had a driveway added around our house years ago - through the back yard to the alleyway. The back yard driveway is asphalt and was installed at just above ground level with a slight crown for water to drain off. Over the years, dirt on the crowned edges along with grass mulch has built up to the point that about 12" of driveway edge on both sides were taken over by grass. I have sprayed it with round-up and other - twice a year for the last several years and finally decided to just scrape the dirt/grass mulch off. That is not easy for a 70+ year old.
Yesterday the de-thatcher arrived and I put it onto the push mower. It did a fantastic job but the springs did wear down by the end. I probably did close to 200 linear feet of de-thatching and it did well. One must have a mower with easy adjustable height for it to be effective. I will probably go over it again in a week or two. It did not get all the way down on the sloped edges, and that is what I hope to do on the next go-round. I have ordered two new sets of those de-thatching springs. I had to push slow for it to be most effective, but it did a little better that I was actually expecting.
Anyone use the de-thatcher on their mower?
I bought one from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It arrived yesterday and I mounted it on my push mower. Excellent for a separate job other than what it was intended. My mower is a 21 inch but the De-Thatcher blade that I ordered is 16". I was a little concerned that a 21"/22" blade might bog the engine down too much. The 16" did slow down in thick matted roots and grass, but not too much.
On one side of our yard, there is an alley way between our house and the neighbor, and it is paved with asphalt. We had a driveway added around our house years ago - through the back yard to the alleyway. The back yard driveway is asphalt and was installed at just above ground level with a slight crown for water to drain off. Over the years, dirt on the crowned edges along with grass mulch has built up to the point that about 12" of driveway edge on both sides were taken over by grass. I have sprayed it with round-up and other - twice a year for the last several years and finally decided to just scrape the dirt/grass mulch off. That is not easy for a 70+ year old.
Yesterday the de-thatcher arrived and I put it onto the push mower. It did a fantastic job but the springs did wear down by the end. I probably did close to 200 linear feet of de-thatching and it did well. One must have a mower with easy adjustable height for it to be effective. I will probably go over it again in a week or two. It did not get all the way down on the sloped edges, and that is what I hope to do on the next go-round. I have ordered two new sets of those de-thatching springs. I had to push slow for it to be most effective, but it did a little better that I was actually expecting.
Anyone use the de-thatcher on their mower?
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