Scag V-Ride II 48″ Kohler 25HP

Description

Scag V-Ride II 48 Inch Stand-On Mower with 25 HP Kohler Command PRO EFI

This configuration adds electronic fuel injection to the 48 inch V-Ride II, on a 25 horsepower Kohler Command PRO. It sits a few hundred dollars above the carbureted Kohler in the same range and repays the difference through fuel consumption and starting behaviour rather than through cutting performance.

Doing the Payback Arithmetic

EFI meters fuel against actual engine load instead of running a fixed mixture through a jet, and the saving is real but not dramatic. The way to judge it is annual hours multiplied by fuel price rather than a percentage figure quoted in isolation. A machine on a heavy commercial schedule will recover the premium well inside its first ownership period; one mowing a single large property a week will not.

• Cutting width: 48 inches, Velocity Plus cutter deck
• Engine: Kohler Command PRO EFI, 25 HP
• Fuel system: electronic fuel injection
• Fuel capacity: 8 gallons
• Drive: dual Hydro-Gear 12 cc pumps, Parker 14 ci motors
• Weight: 1,015 lbs

Cold Mornings and High Ground

The benefits operators notice first are not on the fuel bill. An injected engine starts without choking, which removes the ritual at the beginning of a cold morning and the flooded engine that sometimes follows it. It also holds its mixture as air density changes, so a crew working from a valley yard up to hillside properties does not lose power partway through the day the way a fixed-jet engine does.

Positioning This Machine in the 48 Inch Range

Choose it where hours are high, mornings are cold, or your route climbs. If none of those apply, the SVRII-48V-23CV saves money on the same deck and drive. Crews wanting injection with a Kawasaki instead can look at the FT Series in the 52 inch models, and anyone selling into California needs the SVRII-48V-26FT-EFI-CA regardless of preference.