I would like to here from all the pros:
We are mowing:
- 90 Acres a week
- Mostly flat yards but have some holes and bumps here and there
Scag? But what kind... Cheetah or Tiger cat 2? or other?
Ferris?
Gravely?
Xmark?
Dixie Chopper?
Spartan? (I know ... Covering all bases)
Kubota
... We like the 52" to 62" range
We like our mowers to:
- Take a beating and last
- Cut Clean
...Which one will beat out all others?
Can't wait to hear the feed back
I cut 90+ yards every 2 weeks from 15 acres or so down.
Most of it is cut on 2 week intervals. Most of it has a large percentage of Pensacola Bahia in them. I have never operated anyitng that will out cut a 52" Tiger Cat Scag.
I have cut grass beside numerous other brands in neighborhoods where we work. Nothing i have seen in my opinion will out cut the Tiger Cat Scag.
In my opinion the 52" has a better cut than the 61". If you are cutting flat out smooth yards that are wide open then I guess the 61" would be ideal but if you are like us and load and unload numerous times a day and cut smaller yards as well then I would still stay with the 52".
We have demonstrated the Turf Tiger with a 61" on several occasions but the quality of cut is not as good or was not for us anyway. Plus the difference in money just did not ad up spending the extra when the cut or amount of grass you could cut in a day was not different.
We operated Kubotas for a while. After running Kubota and Scag I personally would not run a Kubota if Kubota gave me a brand new one to run.
I have 3 Tiger Cats. One bought in 2014, which has over 1700 hours on it. One in 2015, that has over 1000. not sure how many actually because the hour meter went out on it and I did not get it fixed in a timely manner. And one in 2016.It now has over 800 hours on it. I also just bought a new Tiger Cat II a few weeks ago. It now has over 50 hours on it. Not sure without looking.
I traded in a ZD 326 Kubota with 800 hours on its when I bought the second Tiger Cat that I bought in 2015. In my opinion it would not cut grass even close to the Tiger Cat. I had a ZG 222 that I recently got rid of as well that as far as I am concerned was useless to cut grass with.
If there was anyting that is sold in my area that would out cut the Tiger Cat I would be running it. For me unless they make a drastic change that is determinal to them I would not run anything else.