Scag V-Ride II 61″ Kawasaki 26HP

Description

Scag V-Ride II 61 Inch California Compliant Stand-On with Kawasaki FT EFI

This is the only 61 inch V-Ride II certified for California, running a fuel-injected 26 horsepower Kawasaki FT Series engine behind the full-width Velocity Plus deck. For a California operator who wants the widest stand-on Scag builds, it is the configuration, not a preference.

The Widest Deck With the Smallest Engine

Because the compliant range is narrower than the standard one, a California buyer choosing 61 inches also accepts 26 horsepower rather than the 38 or 40 available elsewhere. That combination is perfectly workable on maintained turf cut to schedule, but it leaves less reserve than the equivalent non-compliant machines, and it is worth knowing before the first heavy week rather than after it.

• Cutting width: 61 inches, Velocity Plus cutter deck
• Engine: Kawasaki FT Series EFI, 26 HP, California certified
• Tracking width: 48 inches
• Fuel capacity: 8 gallons
• Caster tires: 13 x 6.5-6
• Weight: 1,127 to 1,173 lbs

Setting Ground Speed to the Engine

The way to get the most from this pairing is to treat ground speed as the variable rather than cut height. Dropping a half mile per hour through a thick section keeps blade tip speed up and the discharge clean, where pushing on at full speed loads the deck and produces the clumping that needs a second pass. Over a day the slower approach usually finishes sooner because nothing gets cut twice.

Caster Pressure Sets Your Real Cut Height

Cutting height on a stand-on is measured from the caster tires, so an under-inflated caster lowers the front of the deck and takes more off the turf than the pin setting says it will. A machine that starts scalping for no apparent reason has usually lost a few pounds of pressure on one side rather than developed a fault. Checking both casters weekly with a gauge, rather than by eye, keeps the cut honest across a fleet.

Sizing a Compliant Machine to Your Work

Take the 61 inch width if your California sites are genuinely open and cut on a tight schedule. If they are heavier or less frequent, the SVRII-52V-26FT-EFI-CA puts the same engine behind a narrower deck and holds speed better in material. For gated access the SVRII-48V-26FT-EFI-CA completes the compliant range at 48 inches.