Buying Riding Lawn Mower Blades

Riding Mower Blades

(October 2012)

The other day I went to purchase new mower blades for my Craftsman riding mower. My mower has a 48” deck with three blades.

The “Craftsman 48 inch Premium Bagging Blades” from Sears (71 24679) were $24.99 apiece ($24.99 X 3 blades = $74.97).

Lowes sells a Husqvarna 3-Pack of 48-inch Bagging Mower Blades (HU22027) for $41.98.

From everything I can see the blades are identical in size and thickness.  Both sets of blades had the number 180054 stamped on them, and the MFR/Part # only differs by one digit HOP F341 (Sears) vs HOP F361 (Husq). 

So, with a cost savings of $32.99 ($74.97 - $41.98 = $32.99), you know where I will be buying my mower blades.