Heck yes. It makes a good mower almost great. I have the 60”. My 3rd year with mulcher. Very nice results


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I have a mulch kit on my 60” deck and it works great.

 

Can you tell me the JD part # of your mulch kit? I have the same setup as you, 2018 2025r with a 60D drive over deck. The one the JD dealer sold me was not right (looked like for a 54).... and when I took it back, he could not come up with a part number for the 60D. So no mulch kit, and I want one. Thanks in advance.

 

Yes, the JD mulch kits are very good.

 

I will never own a mower without a Mulch Kit.
Installed a mulch kit on my last three ZT mowers and the riding lawn tractor before that.

 

Ditto on the mulch kit! Have been running it for almost 5 years now on my 1025r. If the grass is wet you may need to cut narrower swaths, but overall I am happy with the results.

 

I agree completely on mulch kit.
I have it on my 54D and it is GREAT!

 

Yes. Forward and back no trails. Wife has plant beds all over. Couldn't cut in straight line. Now no more grass blown on her gardens... Better for me.

 

Yes. I have the 60” deck. I have stopped bagging since I put the mulch kit on. Fall leaves included. The mulch kit on my 1026R works a lot better than the one on my push mower.

 

Was not expecting such a resounding positive response

will now have to look into it in detail

@ejb69 i noted you said you used on leaves how deep of leaves and what are the results

the way my house sits and driveway it acts like a funnel and I get everyone’s leaves

 

Was not expecting such a resounding positive response

will now have to look into it in detail

@ejb69 i noted you said you used on leaves how deep of leaves and what are the results

the way my house sits and driveway it acts like a funnel and I get everyone’s leaves

Lawn was completely covered with leaves to the point you couldn’t see grass. When the leaves are coming down fast I will spot mulch every few days. I don’t waits until they are completely off.

U p at the cabin , which is in a heavily forested area, we don’t mulch. Just use a packpack blower to blow them back into the woods and away from the buildings.

 

I have 3 ZTs right now. All have mulch kits. I would find it hard to believe anyone could have more leaves than I do. They are a one pass process with any one of my ZTs.

 

The mulch kit on my 54 MMM works great on leaves. In fact, the leaves work great on the mower deck. At the end of the mowing season running through long areas of dried leaves does a great job of scouring the underside of the mower deck prior to storage.

 

Very happy with the mulch kit too. It works great on everything.

 

I see Deere has a couple of mulch kits available for the 54" decks. What is the correct part # for the 54D drive over deck?

 

John Deere 54-inch Deck Mulch Kit - BM20827

www.greenpartstore.com

This is the kit I installed on my 54MMM. I lucked out and happened to order it from them during a Spring sale and paid $222.56 (delivered) in April '21.

Note that my 54D is a 2017. Check compatibility for your own 54D before ordering.

 

In the fall I was having to use a lawn sweeper with my 1025R to pick up all the leaves. . .

I put a mulching kit on my 60D MMM. It worked so well I sold my lawn sweeper.

Zero regrets.

 

Have mulch kit in x749 very happy with it

 

I mulch leaves with mine and it works really well. The one bag thing is if the leaves are matted down or wet it won’t pick them up and mulch them. As a rule I think mulching blades are lower lift. I had a mulch kit on my previous Kubota BX. It worked good but would often leave this little windrow of cut grass. The JD doesn’t do that. They say to leave the deflector on the right side of the deck. I’m not sure why, it’s blocked off, I removed mine.

 

Had an X738 with a 54HC and mulch kit that cut beautifully. Moved to a 1025r with a 54D and was disappointed until I put a mulch kit on it. Huge difference in how well it cuts.

 

Although I don't have a deck for my 1025R, I have been using various John Deere mulching decks for over 30 years. I don't want anything else. The smaller decks are limited in heavy leaf situations but the second time over usually solves it.

 

I have seen multiple part numbers for the 54 in mower deck, mine is a drive over with a load and go kit added to it

what mulch kit do I need or need to be looking at?

 

For the new style 54D (mid-2020 and newer) it's BM23977.

John Deere EZtrak™ Mulching Kit For High-Capacity (HC) 54-inch Mower - BM23977

www.greenpartstore.com

 

Thanks @MarkEagleUSA

 

Yep. Forward or backwards can't see trails

 

Here's a tip. When I mulch leaves, I lower the mower deck down to 2 1/2". It gives the deck more suction being closer to the ground.
This late in the season is not going to hurt your grass to be cut this short.
I normally cut mine at 3 1/2".

 

Put a mulch kit on my 60D and saved at least 1/3 of my mowing time and fuel by not having to worry which side I trimmed with around a multitude of trees, flower beds, rock gardens, etc. Fuel savings literally paid for the mulch kit in the first year! And I no longer leave windrows of dead grass all over the yard. Clumps when it gets long and wet sometimes, but not windrows. I didn't even put the mulching blades on yet as there are a lot of blade eating boulders buried in the yard (ex-pasture).

 

I’ll check in my paperwork and see if I have a part number.

 

When I bought it they installed it but the sales form calls out BM23978 HC mulch kit.

 

That p/n doesn't show a reference to the 2025R deck but does for the 2026R. Neither does the p/n I posted.

It's confusing because the SCUT decks were all redesigned sometime between 2018 and 2020.