Hard to tell if that damage caused its death or happened after death.

Put your part number of the blades it calls for in the Oregon site and it will list them as an option.

After 10 years of use and being on a hose reel mounted to the house, it is in as good condition as it was when I received it. Best of all, you can drink directly from it. Take a look at the labels of other hoses. You will see fine print warnings such as "Not for potable water". You will actually see cautions to wash your hands after using and "Not for sale in California". You should not even let your pets drink the water from them. Very well designed nickle plated fittings, no pressure blistering, highlt resistant to kinking (Yes if you work at it, you can kink it but the location is not remembered). Light weight and heavy duty. No, I am not a member of the designing family. I do not have stock in the company but I wished I did. (:

Because a mulching kit for my toro timecutter 42" requires pulling out the deck and mounting it to the bottom.. I'm 81 years old. Wish I could just plug the opening in the deck like you can on some mowers. Will gator blades work in place of mulching kit? Will they also bag grass as we are having three days of rain and the grass is going to be tall when I can cut it on Tuesday. You would side discharge with the gator blades?