You should not have to remove the deck! Sitting on the tractor look down off the right hand side platform. Black and silver sticker top of deck towards the back edge.
Question......if it's the B2620 deck, how come everyone says the 60" deck on the B2650 is not a drive over deck?The B2650 normally comes with a 72" deck, they use the B2620 deck when they want to eqquip it with a 60" deck.
Both the B2650 and the B2620 have a 2500RPM Mid PTO.
I have the B2650 with the 60" mmm. It is definitely not a drive over deck and that is in the manual that came with the deck. It rolls in from the right side very easily I will add. The 72" deck for the B2650 is a drive over deck. Looking at the deck for the B2620, I see it is a suspended mowing deck, not a ground engaging deck like the one on mine. So maybe there is some difference in the mounting brackets and there is definitely some difference in the wheels. Mine rides on 2 large bogey wheels in the front corners, and a pair of wheels in the center of the deck on the rear. I see the one for the B2620 has 4 anti scalp wheels. One in each corner.
I usually play it by ear! The conditions dictate ground speed! Best analogy is when you drive, it snows you slow down! Grass gets tall and wet slow down.
Hi zin01. When using the mmm, I mow at the rated pto speed of 2500 rpm to keep the blade tip speed where it should be for a good cut. Works great. I also run all my diesel equipment at least 85 percent of max throttle when working the tractor. I noticed in your post that you mow at a lower rpm to save fuel. Not sure what gph you are at at that rpm, but for comparison, my tractor uses .66 gph mowing at pto rpm which I think is outstanding. As far as what gear range I use to mow, I use medium range. I personally would never mow in high range, as I feel it too fast and too hard on the HST. For me high range is strictly a road gear. Hope this helps.
