Kubota 54" MMM Overall External Width

[2Bad4u]

Hi there. Our house plans presently call for a 5' garage door to store a BX23 that will be purchased next year. The Kubota web site gives the overall external width as 66.5" for the Standard Cut 54" MMM (RCK54-23BX). Hoping this will fit through a 5' door with the discharge chute in the upwards position.

I've already tried searching for this answer without any success.

Thanks in advance!

-- Bill --

 

[KennyV]

Bill
Save yourself a lot of Future grief ... You don't have the door yet... get a standard size door. Go with an 8 foot door, you will never regret having an extra 18 inches on each side of whatever you try to take in & out.

 

[uglyboywith11fingers]

my 54" deck measures 58-59" with the chute up. gonna be a real tight fit thru a 5' doorway.
I have a 7' (double 3-1/2') doorway in my 12 x 24 little barn I built for my BX24.
The doorway is OK, but about an hour after I started putting stuff in the barn, I wished I had made it 16 x 32.

you rarely regret going bigger...

Pete

 

[2Bad4u]

my 54" deck measures 58-59" with the chute up. gonna be a real tight fit thru a 5' doorway.
I have a 7' (double 3-1/2') doorway in my 12 x 24 little barn I built for my BX24.
The doorway is OK, but about an hour after I started putting stuff in the barn, I wished I had made it 16 x 32.

you rarely regret going bigger...

Pete

You're right that is going to be tight. I've already inquired about changing the door from 5' to 6', but the 6 footers are not very popular and may be difficult to find. Could also be done with it and just put in an 8' door but the garage is already 30'x26' with the two other 9' doors.

Thanks for responding!

-- Bill --

 

[rbarker]

You're right that is going to be tight. I've already inquired about changing the door from 5' to 6', but the 6 footers are not very popular and may be difficult to find. Could also be done with it and just put in an 8' door but the garage is already 30'x26' with the two other 9' doors.

Thanks for responding!

-- Bill --

Just remember, it's much cheaper and easier to change it now than to try retrofit it later. If you build it just barely big enough you leave yourself no room for expansion. Don't forget about the height either. With rops up you need 80 inches on some BX models.

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[kcender]

I measured the 54 inch deck on my B2620 and the 54 inch deck on my GR2120 and they both measure 57 inches without the chute deflector.It would be a tight squeeze through a five foot door.

 

[2Bad4u]

Just remember, it's much cheaper and easier to change it now than to try retrofit it later. If you build it just barely big enough you leave yourself no room for expansion. Don't forget about the height either. With rops up you need 80 inches on some BX models.

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All doors will be 8' (96") high so the height won't be an issue, even with the ROPS (87.2") up. I am concerned about the 5' wide door for the tractor - a very tight squeeze. Whichever doors we end up going with I'll have to live with. Changing them in the future is just not going to happen due to the prohibitive costs.

We are still waiting to hear back from the designer we are working with regarding the wider doors. Six and seven foot wide doors are not easily available so we may widen the garage by another 3' and go with an 8' door. Doing this would change the garage dimensions to 33'x26' if we go ahead with the 8' wide door. Heating this space in the winter will also increase slightly, but we are putting in a geothermal radiant floor heating system so it shouldn't be much of a hit. Will also be putting in an air exchange system in the garage to keep the moisture buildup down to minimum.

-- Bill --

 

[2Bad4u]

I measured the 54 inch deck on my B2620 and the 54 inch deck on my GR2120 and they both measure 57 inches without the chute deflector.It would be a tight squeeze through a five foot door.

Thanks for the measurement. It looks like a bigger door is the right way to go.

-- Bill --

 

[zoltanthegypsy]

Glad you came to that conclusion.

When we built ~30 years ago I added a ~half-size roll-up door next to the 16-footer. Seemed like it would be handy. Duh. Too narrow for the mower. A serious pain to use as a man door. I don't own a motorcycle... Really dumb idea. Waaaay expensive to change after the fact even though the garage was wide enough for a full-sized roll-up.

Too soon old, and too late smart,

Z.

 

[2Bad4u]

The designer got back to me and said that going to a 6' wide garage door shouldn't be a problem - it's not a common size. The other good news is that the 6' door will fit without having to increase the width of the garage. The additional 12 inches also allows for a 60" MMM, with the discharge chute up, if I want to go in that direction. It's good news all around.

-- Bill --

 

[rbarker]

The designer got back to me and said that going to a 6' wide garage door shouldn't be a problem - it's not a common size. The other good news is that the 6' door will fit without having to increase the width of the garage. The additional 12 inches also allows for a 60" MMM, with the discharge chute up, if I want to go in that direction. It's good news all around.

-- Bill --

The 54" vs 60" debate has raged on here since the beginning of time! LOL it goes something like this.... the 54" will be more maneuverable because it will fit in more places, plus its smaller and lighter making it easier to take off and put on..... The 60" is better for trimming close because it sticks out further and let's you get real close, also it covers more ground quicker saving mowing time. It used to be that the 60" had a self balancing mechanism to help prevent scalping which the 54" didn't have but I don't know if that is still the case. I'm sure I left some " important" points out and expect others to chime in. ;-)

I'm of the 60" camp btw.

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[radioman]

The designer got back to me and said that going to a 6' wide garage door shouldn't be a problem - it's not a common size. The other good news is that the 6' door will fit without having to increase the width of the garage. The additional 12 inches also allows for a 60" MMM, with the discharge chute up, if I want to go in that direction. It's good news all around.

-- Bill --

Go with a common door. you need the rops clearance. 9x7 doesnt fit the TLB BX's, but I think they fit 4 digit BX like yours. Why 9x7? its a common size and if you break it or need to replace/fix it, you dont need to order it. you can run to lowes or home depot and pick one up and install it the same day. under 200 bucks you can get a garage door. odd sizes cost more so its cheaper for you in short and long run.

 

[2Bad4u]

The 54" vs 60" debate has raged on here since the beginning of time! LOL it goes something like this.... the 54" will be more maneuverable because it will fit in more places, plus its smaller and lighter making it easier to take off and put on..... The 60" is better for trimming close because it sticks out further and let's you get real close, also it covers more ground quicker saving mowing time. It used to be that the 60" had a self balancing mechanism to help prevent scalping which the 54" didn't have but I don't know if that is still the case. I'm sure I left some " important" points out and expect others to chime in. ;-)

I'm of the 60" camp btw.

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I hear what you are saying about the 54" vs. 60" debates and I'm in the 60" camp with you. Now that I know that I can get a 6' wide garage door it's pretty much a done deal with the 60" MMM. The only thing right now that may persuade me to go with a 54" is the property. The lot is very flat, but the first 165' is SOLID bush and trees. Until we remove the bush and thin out the trees it's just too difficult right now to make that decision. A 54" may make more sense if manoeuvrability becomes an issue.

Can anyone confirm if the new 54" MMMs have the self balancing wheels that the 60" models have?

-- Bill --

 

[2Bad4u]

Go with a common door. you need the rops clearance. 9x7 doesnt fit the TLB BX's, but I think they fit 4 digit BX like yours. Why 9x7? its a common size and if you break it or need to replace/fix it, you dont need to order it. you can run to lowes or home depot and pick one up and install it the same day. under 200 bucks you can get a garage door. odd sizes cost more so its cheaper for you in short and long run.

The original house plans called for a good sized 24' x 26' double car garage. Both doors were 9' x 8' (see post #7). I did convince my wife that we really needed at minimum a 2 1/2 car garage - a three car garage was not going to happen. So the garage grew to 30' x 26'. All three door heights were always 8' tall. The additional height was mostly for aesthetics due to the elevation of the house, but having a taller door could also prove to be useful.

I agree that standard sized doors are less expensive. But I don't believe that replacing a standard door will be that much (if any) faster to get. Whatever sized door is chosen, and it needs replacing for whatever reason, I'm sure I'm looking a custom order to match the other existing doors (size, colour, material, design, windows, insulation, etc.). Besides it's not very often that you hear that someone had to replace their garage door.

-- Bill --