Scag Tiger Cat II 48″ Kawasaki 26HP

Description

Scag Tiger Cat II 48 Inch California Compliant with Kawasaki FT EFI

This is the 48 inch Tiger Cat II certified for California, running a fuel-injected 26 horsepower Kawasaki FT Series. It is also the most powerful 48 inch machine in the range, compliant or otherwise.

Compliance and Capability Happen to Align Here

On most Scag lines the California machines sit mid-range on output, because the compliant engine options are narrower than the standard ones. At 48 inches on the Tiger Cat the opposite is true: the compliant FT EFI at 26 horsepower tops the width. A California buyer choosing this machine is not accepting a compromise, which is unusual enough to be worth saying plainly.

• Cutting width: 48 inches, Velocity Plus cutter deck
• Engine: Kawasaki FT Series EFI, 26 HP, California certified
• Cutting height: 1 to 5 inches in quarter-inch increments
• Fuel capacity: 9.5 gallons
• Forward speed: up to 12 mph
• Width with chute down: 60.5 inches

Tiger Eye Tells You Before the Gauge Does

The Tiger Eye monitoring system watches engine and machine functions in real time and reports them at the operator’s station rather than waiting for a warning light. Its value is in the trend rather than the alarm: an operator who notices a reading drifting across a week has a scheduled repair, while one who waits for the light has a breakdown. Most operators ignore it entirely, which wastes the feature.

Mulching or Discharging

A mulch kit closes the deck and recirculates clippings rather than throwing them clear, which suits frequent light cuts and suits nothing else. On a fortnightly round or in spring growth a closed deck loads up and leaves rows. Crews that fit a kit in May and remove it in June are using it correctly; those that leave it on all year are not.

The Compliant Tiger Cats

This and the STCII-51V-26FT-EFI-CA at 52 inches are the two California options in the range. Outside California the STCII-48V-22FX and STCII-48V-23CV cover this width without the certification premium, and the STCII-52V-26FT-EFI is the equivalent engine on a wider deck.