Scag Liberty Z 61″ Honda 27HP

Description

Scag Liberty Z 61 Inch Zero-Turn with 27 HP Scag SR Series

At 27 horsepower behind a 61 inch deck this is the most powerful machine in the Liberty Z range, using Scag’s own SR Series engine. It sits below the Kawasaki version on price despite offering three more horsepower.

The Top of the Homeowner Range

This is as far as the Liberty Z goes, and it is worth being clear about what lies beyond it. The next step up in Scag’s catalog is the Freedom Z and then the Patriot, which are commercially rated machines with heavier frames, larger drive systems and Velocity Plus decks rather than the Hero deck. A buyer routinely working this machine at its limit is looking at the wrong range rather than the wrong model.

• Cutting width: 61 inches, Hero cutter deck
• Engine: Scag SR Series, 27 HP
• Transaxles: dual hydrostatic
• Forward speed: up to 7 mph
• Seat: contoured high-back with armrests
• Deck lift: spring-assisted foot pedal

Fuelling a Machine This Size Safely

A big mower takes enough fuel that owners start using larger cans, and larger cans are harder to control. Fill on the ground rather than on a trailer bed, where static can build with nothing to discharge it, let a hot engine stand a few minutes first, and keep the can spout in contact with the filler neck throughout. Spilled petrol on a hot exhaust is the one mistake with no second chance.

Air Filters on Dusty Ground

Rural properties are dustier than suburban lawns, particularly late in a dry summer on ground that is more paddock than garden. The filter on a machine working that kind of land needs checking several times a season rather than once, and a restricted one costs power quietly rather than announcing itself. Replacement is cheaper than the cleaning most owners attempt.

Where This Sits Against Its Siblings

The SZL-61H-26KT is a horsepower behind for slightly less money, and the SZL-61H-24FR is the Kawasaki option at a premium. If 61 inches is more machine than the ground needs, the SZL-52H-24SR is the same engine family on a narrower deck for considerably less.