KennedyDiesel
Veteran Member
I've always run the high lift blades on the 54" deck on my 455. Last year I tried some std and dis not like them. Ordered some high lifters and left on the shelf for this season. I went to open them and they flat out suck. Nowhere near what I used to run.
The "wing" on the true high lift is about 4" long and about every bit as long as the cutting edge. The wing on these is mabe a bit more than an inch long.
The true high lift also has an offset to raise the mounting point about 3/16" or the thickness of the blade. The new ones are flat which lifts the blade 3/16" further up into the deck.
Old number M76467
New number M135590
If anybody can shed any light on potential source for better blades I'm open to suggestions. The 54" deck is a rock solid design that suffers from lack of volume in the rearward area and raising the blade up sure doesn't help this at all.
The "wing" on the true high lift is about 4" long and about every bit as long as the cutting edge. The wing on these is mabe a bit more than an inch long.
The true high lift also has an offset to raise the mounting point about 3/16" or the thickness of the blade. The new ones are flat which lifts the blade 3/16" further up into the deck.
Old number M76467
New number M135590
If anybody can shed any light on potential source for better blades I'm open to suggestions. The 54" deck is a rock solid design that suffers from lack of volume in the rearward area and raising the blade up sure doesn't help this at all.