Commercial Scag vs Exmark vs Hustler who’s the King zero turn? Part 2

After running each of these mowers for several days, I still truly think the hustler is the best. It has the most robust hydraulic system of any mower on the market. Also the best warranty.

For weekly cuts in dry weather it would be hard to tell on cut quality between the 3. All these stripe very well. Exmark cuts clippings up well in dry conditions its deck is baffled more than hustler and scag. I did notice in wet both exmark and scag tend to clump after several passes because of the last baffle catching grass. Then when you make the deck bounce it would drop a pile of grass. All mowers will do this at some point and as a home owner id recommended never cut when wet. But a landscaping company will have to at some point. Hustler front end is nearly impossible to come up making it extremely stable.

All of these mowers are great and each have something unique about them.
Pros of each ⬇️

Exmark

Light weight
Easy maintenance
One fuel tank
Baffled deck for smaller weekly clipping

Scag

Duel purpose foot break
One fuel tank
Great ride
High discharge
Highest deck height I’ve seen ona mower

Hustler

Best ride
Breaks in handle bar no lever
Fastest
Best hydraulic system
Easy maintenance


Some more thoughts on the 23 scag turf tiger ⬇️
I did mow backwards and it leaves a trail on the left blade. Also notice that it tends to throw a lot of grass out of the front of the deck if it’s dry and thick. Like the hyperdrive it also lets the deck jump into lock position if you hit a bump at high speed. One thing I didn’t realize is I like the bolts better than chain on deck for the hills. It lets the deck shift and zag in really steep sideways stripes. Hard to explain but I can see in the line of stripes on my hill where the deck would slide sideways from leverage of weight. Making a curve in the stripe.