This year the landscapers all bought new Scag ZT mowers in my suburb. In years past they ran Xmark, but this spring many of them showed up on orange machines.
From reading, it sounds like small gasoline engines last around 1000 - 1500 hours. I estimate these guys run their machines around 40 hours/week (6 days) or 160 hrs/month. Their year runs from May thru October so 6 months is about 1000 hours. By my rough numbers, that means if they do routine maintenance they might eek two years out of these machines before a new motor is needed.
Anyone know anything different?
If anyone knows which Scags are commercial vs residential builds, I'm curious about those models. They have names like Patriot, Freedom, Tiger Cat, etc. and one can pick the width of the deck and the engine within each model. Scag does not tout one over the other as a 'commercial' machine like, say Stihl (which has a number of 'professional saws' w/ larger air filters, lightweight magnesium cases, and higher power to weight ratios).
From reading, it sounds like small gasoline engines last around 1000 - 1500 hours. I estimate these guys run their machines around 40 hours/week (6 days) or 160 hrs/month. Their year runs from May thru October so 6 months is about 1000 hours. By my rough numbers, that means if they do routine maintenance they might eek two years out of these machines before a new motor is needed.
Anyone know anything different?
If anyone knows which Scags are commercial vs residential builds, I'm curious about those models. They have names like Patriot, Freedom, Tiger Cat, etc. and one can pick the width of the deck and the engine within each model. Scag does not tout one over the other as a 'commercial' machine like, say Stihl (which has a number of 'professional saws' w/ larger air filters, lightweight magnesium cases, and higher power to weight ratios).