I know there is some fudging on the horsepower/pto but this takes the cake. I was looking at a cute M9540 Low profile tractor at my dealer today and came home and checked out the specs on the Kubota website. It says it has PTO power of 84 horses at rated speed of 2600 RPM. But wait! To get 540 RPM at the pto you have to lower the engine rpms to 2205?!?! Thats is almost 400 rpm lower to get at the speed where you need to actually work a implement on the pto. No mention of the horsepower at the PTO at 2205 rpm. I knew the rated speed on my 5040 is 2600 and the 540 pto speed is 2550. So 50 RPM.....not a big deal. But 400?? Even the standard M9540 runs at 2300 RPM to get 540 at the PTO. Goodness........the M9540 intstead of being a usable 84 PTO horsepower must be down to about 73 or less with that much drop in the engine speed to get it low even to get to 540 on the pto. I've always admired the bigger M series but now they kinda look like cheats. Anyone know where you could find the actual PTO power on a M9540 while its turning a mower at a actual 540 RPM?