Hi Len,

Yeah, I am considering swapping over the disc off the Rover to the new
mower. The Rover disc has 4 brand new blades on it too.
The bar blade system is a real dud, obviously dirt cheap to
manufacture. I was actually thinking of welding up a six blade bar
system, but common sense prevailed!
I think the disc system works so well because the actual disc keeps a
lot of the cut grass clear of the blades, and helps discharge it(like a
centrifuge).
I only replaced the Rover(came free with the house, wouldn't run)
because it keeps developing carburettor problems, and I got sick of
buying secondhand carbs for it(yes I tried to fix the carbs, but it was
a problem I couldn't be bothered finding!). I kept it because it has the
cast iron bore Briggs engine, a very solid engine. Interestingly, the
new Briggs engines use a plastic carb, identical to the old one, just
plastic.
I can't find fault with my new mower for the price though, dead easy to
start and lots of grunt, the silly US mandated handle bar brake system
was pretty quickly disabled though!

Regards, Andrew.

len gardener wrote:

g'day adrew,

anything more than a 2 blade cutting operation does a much better cut
on a good lawn, scott bonnar used to have a 3 blade set up and rover
and some others a 4 blade system all cut very even and make a neat
job. not recommending anything un-toward but maybe you could fit a
rover disc and blade set up if you are not quiet happy with the
current cut of your new mower (has a cutter bar most likely). i have a
masport that came with a bar my opinion a pretty hopeless system so i
swapped for a rover disc assembly lost about 1/2" on the cut width,
but hey cut nice and neat and picked up grass heaps better when i used
the catcher.

len

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