Scag V-Ride II 52″ Kawasaki 26HP

Description

Scag V-Ride II 52 Inch Stand-On Mower with No-Flat Tires

This is the 52 inch V-Ride II with the 26 horsepower Kawasaki FT EFI engine, supplied on flat-free airless drive tires. The NFT suffix is a factory option rather than a dealer fitment, and it carries a premium over the pneumatic version of the same machine.

What Airless Tires Cost You

Airless drive tires are usually sold on what they prevent, so it is worth being clear about what they cost. They are heavier than a pneumatic of the same size and they transmit more of the ground to the operator, because there is no air column to absorb small impacts. On rough or stony sites that difference is noticeable across a day. They also tend to mark soft turf slightly more readily, since they deflect less under load.

• Cutting width: 52 inches, Velocity Plus cutter deck
• Engine: Kawasaki FT Series EFI, 26 HP
• Drive tires: flat-free airless
• Fuel capacity: 8 gallons
• Cutting height: 1.5 to 4.5 inches in quarter-inch increments
• Width in transport position: 53.75 inches

Where the Trade Comes Out Positive

The calculation turns on what a puncture actually costs you. A machine working within twenty minutes of a shop can be recovered cheaply. One working an hour out on a route with no spare, or a rental unit in a customer’s hands, cannot. Sites with construction debris, thorn hedging or reclaimed ground shift the odds far enough that the ride penalty stops being the deciding factor.

Specifying Tires on a 52 Inch Machine

Order this version where downtime is expensive and the ground is rough enough to puncture a tire. Where it is not, the SVRII-52V-26FT-EFI is the same machine on pneumatics for meaningfully less. The no-flat option is also available at 61 inches as the SVRII-61V-38FX-EFI-NFT if you need the wider deck with the same protection.