I have used blades from Toro on my MTD mower, found them better then the what MTD gave me ,bit stronger and cheaper. Just be carefull, when you take the blades off,do keep the 2 screws that hold the blades in place, they have different sizes depending on what brand you have, blades can be swapped but the screws and bolts can not be changed with other types. For belts etc you can use any " generic " brand, size matters but brand is not a big difference, i used belts from 40$ and 100$ , no difference what so ever. To be honest , the cheaper one is still running after 2 seasons while the expensive one snapped after one season.
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I have used blades from Toro on my MTD mower, found them better then the what MTD gave me ,bit stronger and cheaper. Just be carefull, when you take the blades off,do keep the 2 screws that hold the blades in place, they have different sizes depending on what brand you have, blades can be swapped but the screws and bolts can not be changed with other types. For belts etc you can use any " generic " brand, size matters but brand is not a big difference, i used belts from 40$ and 100$ , no difference what so ever. To be honest , the cheaper one is still running after 2 seasons while the expensive one snapped after one season.