So far, I disagree with everything I read here. I have been doing heavy duty cutting for 23 years with a Land Pride RCR3572. 1/2" by 4" blades. I do hit rocks as evidenced by the dents in the deck. We have rocks. How can I not hit a rock once in a while in 23 years. I chop box elder saplings 3" thick, sometimes more. I use the mower to clear fence line brush. The only time I sharpen blades is when they get blunted over on the leading edge from, you guessed it, rock strikes. Normal cutting including rock strikes gives them a jagged leading edge which actually cuts grass just as good and maybe a little better than a smooth leading edge. I'm on my third set of blades, in 23 years. The second set was destroyed in a massive stump strike. Stump was concealed by brush, weeds and grass. Those things happen. If I want a really good smooth cut in grass, I back up. Now that really drives guys on this forum ape. Gives a much closer, cleaner cut and the replaceable skids don't dig in. They just glide along smoothly due to much lesser angle of attack. And no, I don't change the oil in the gearbox. It doesn't even have a drain plug. One guy told me he changed his gearbox oil every year. I asked how. He said he opened the add oil plug and hung it on the shed wall. Crazy. I'm not going to hang a 1300 lb mower on my shed wall. My rant but I have a lot more mower facts. The more mower facts, the better. (;>))
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