Does anyone know if a Kubota RC-60-72 mower deck wil fit a 1979 B7100? The deck comes with the mid-mounted PTO, lift kit, and all other needed hardware. Also; I have front-end loader on the tractor, does this have to be removed to install the deck? Thanks for the help all.
Kubota B7100HST, International IH454, John Deere F910
Hi Dennis,
I can't comment on the fitment of a specific model mower deck, but I have been told that the MMM's and FEL's don't mix on our B7100's.
I have a mid-90's B7100 HST, with a RC-60-71B mower deck. You can see in my attached picture that the brackets for the mower deck are mounted to the frame in 3 places: The front, below the starter nose cone area, and near the differential lock pedal.
I've seen some pictures of B7100's with FEL's installed, and it looks like the frame for the loader is pretty much full length of the tractor's frame, so there would definitely be some interference.
I think the "C" version of the Kubota loader allows an MMM. That being said, I doubt your 79 has that loader. Also, I don't think it has a mid PTO. I thought about putting a MMM on my early 80's B6100 but it wasn't worth the hassle of removing the older syle loader framework. You could add a rear mower but not as easy to get everywhere with it.
