A walk reel mower has a reel cutting unit carried by the frame, wherein the reel cutting unit comprises a laterally extending cutting reel rotatably journalled between a pair of laterally spaced inserts for rotation about a substantially horizontal rotational axis, the cutting reel having a plurality of blades. The reel cutting unit is removably mounted to a pair of laterally spaced side plates of the frame, wherein the pair of inserts are located on opposite ends of the laterally extending cutting reel such that the pair of inserts are at least partially received within the cutouts located on the pair of laterally spaced side plates when the reel cutting unit is mounted to the pair of laterally spaced side plates.

A walk reel mower has a reel cutting unit carried by the frame, wherein the reel cutting unit comprises a laterally extending cutting reel rotatably journalled between a pair of laterally spaced inserts for rotation about a substantially horizontal rotational axis, the cutting reel having a plurality of blades. The reel cutting unit is removably mounted to a pair of laterally spaced side plates of the frame, wherein the pair of inserts are located on opposite ends of the laterally extending cutting reel such that the pair of inserts are at least partially received within the cutouts located on the pair of laterally spaced side plates when the reel cutting unit is mounted to the pair of laterally spaced side plates.