Scag Tiger Cat II 61″ Kohler 26HP

Description

Scag Tiger Cat II 61 Inch Zero-Turn with 26 HP Kohler Command PRO EFI

This is the widest deck Scag fits to the Tiger Cat II, paired with a fuel-injected 26 horsepower Kohler Command PRO. It is the least expensive route to 61 inches of commercial deck in the range.

Sixty-One Inches on a Single-Tube Frame

The Turf Tiger carries its 61 inch deck on a double-tube frame built for stability under width. The Tiger Cat carries the same width on a single tube and a shorter body, which makes it lighter, cheaper and more manoeuvrable, and gives up some of the composure a heavier machine has on rough ground at speed. On maintained turf that trade favours this machine comfortably.

• Cutting width: 61 inches, Velocity Plus cutter deck
• Engine: Kohler Command PRO EFI, 26 HP
• Frame: single-tube steel
• Overall length: 80 inches
• Fuel capacity: 9.5 gallons
• Width with chute down: 73.5 inches

Matching Engine to Width Honestly

Twenty-six horsepower behind 61 inches is the leanest pairing in the range, and it works on a weekly schedule over kept turf. It does not work on fortnightly rounds or spring growth, where the deck will load faster than the engine can clear it and the operator ends up cutting at the speed a narrower machine would have managed anyway. Buy width here only if your cutting frequency supports it.

Where a Wide Deck Meets a Narrow Gate

At 73.5 inches with the chute down this machine is wider than a good many service gates and side accesses. Walking a new property before quoting it, rather than arriving with the machine, avoids the awkward conversation about which parts of the lawn will be done by something else. It is the same check that decides deck width in the first place.

The 61 Inch Tiger Cats

The STCII-61V-26FT-EFI is the Kawasaki at the same output for slightly more. Above both, the STCII-61V-34CV-EFI and STCII-61V-36BV carry substantially more engine behind the same deck and are the better buy for heavy or infrequent cutting.