mower blade guestion

[ultimatehick]

i have a 7116 with a 48" deck and i was woundering if i could just go over to the home depot and buy some. Would i maybe need to get them from simplicity dealer. please help me thanks. i am looking for a set of three blades that are rather cheap.

[RonT]

Try your local NAPA they do have blades in their powerequip book. Don't know any prices but it's worth a try.

[BillC]

Ultimate Hick, Try making your own blades out of steel bar stock. Just drill mounting hole(s), bend up the back edge on both sides and sharpen the edge. Can't get any cheaper!

[Dutch]

It doesn't matter whether you buy blades from Home Depot or make them yourself. There's still the expense of maintaining them. Just borrow blades from a neighbor when you need to use them.

[gretsch]

You should be able to get Simplicity blades from a dealer roughly $45. Home Depot or Sears usually will only have current deck sizes available (whatever AYP or MTD is currently using) and they are definately lower quality. Simplicity blades will ding, the store blades will bend and warp. Sometimes they are not even balanced straight out of the package.

[MPH]

geez guys, had a hard week??Seems I've read something on here last mowin season about quility of blades but CRS disease got them brain cells so I can't really help you either. I know k-mart blades don't hold an edge well from using them on my push behind mower before I got lazy and started riding around when mowing, guess I'll have to go to the gymn now to stay in shape..MPH