AS Motor Lawnmowers?

[jamesd]

Has anyone heard of these mowers? I have been looking at getting a mower similar to our old victa and the two stroke version of these seem pretty similar.

Just wandered if anyone uses them/ know anythnig about the make?

Here is a link to the one i'm interested in:

AS Motor > Manufacturers > Home > Best Buy Mowers

[Gavint]

Hi Jamesd,

 

We've got a bunch of AS mowers at work, apparently they're pretty common here in Germany among professionals. I'd never seen them before moving here, and after using them, I was seriously unimpressed. They are slow, very heavy, hard to manoeuver, the self propulsion often doesn't work, and when it does, not very well, they don't bag clippings very well and are hard to start, even when warm. Picture pushing a 65 kilo mower uphill because the drive wheels aren't working again... no fun. At work, I call them the Ass mowers, but of course none of my coworkers get it because none of them speak English.

 

After lots of coordinated whining to the boss, we finally got him to cave on some newer Sabo 54 Pro mowers. They're really nice mowers, get the job done, but are also very heavy. However, we had a Honda HRH 536 HX as a trial, and it was the best mower I have ever used. The hydrostat control is really nice for turning around and going through different grass heights, and the half-mulch-half-bag feature saves an incredible amount of time emptying the bag and carrying clippings. Back in Canada, we used the Toro Commercial mowers, and they were great. They did a great job and were bulletproof and fast, you could run behind them, and get about 15 suburban lawns done alone in a day.

 

Perhaps TMI, but I'd go for the Honda, or a professional grade Toro.

 

Cheers,

Gavin

[jamesd]

Cheers for the info gavin.

I run HRH536 Hondas for cutting lawns when i need to collect the cuttings.

But i was looking for something with a side discharge when i don't need to collect the cuttings which the AS mowers seem to have, they are also two stroke so i can use them on banks.

I havn't seen many about thats why i asked the question. Did you use any of the side discharge mowers that were two stroke?

[GardenKit]

Have you had a look at the JD yet James?

[Gavint]

Hi Jamesd,

 

All our AS mowers are baggers, with 4-stroke Briggs and Stratton motors. Why are you looking for a side discharge mower? When the grass is short enough that you don't need to bag it, mulching is a better option. You don't have to rake or blow afterwards, and the clippings are forced down onto the ground where they can be quickly broken down, as opposed to blown across the top of the grass, where they sit and dry off and look bad. The Toro Commercial came in a 2-stroke version (not sure if it still does) which was great on banks, and did a nice job mulching. I haven't looked around for a 2-stroke mower lately, are you limited in your selection because of this?

[jamesd]

Have you had a look at the JD yet James?

 

No unfortunately havn't had chance yet! But hopefully i might get chance tomorrow, asked my local dealer after PM'ing you about it and they didn't have one in stock .

So may have to look into going further a field to find one to look at! Do you know any JD Dealers out Hampshire way?

[jamesd]

Hi Jamesd,

 

All our AS mowers are baggers, with 4-stroke Briggs and Stratton motors. Why are you looking for a side discharge mower? When the grass is short enough that you don't need to bag it, mulching is a better option. You don't have to rake or blow afterwards, and the clippings are forced down onto the ground where they can be quickly broken down, as opposed to blown across the top of the grass, where they sit and dry off and look bad. The Toro Commercial came in a 2-stroke version (not sure if it still does) which was great on banks, and did a nice job mulching. I haven't looked around for a 2-stroke mower lately, are you limited in your selection because of this?

 

I have a couple of contracts that are only carried out fortnightly/monthly and the grass is too long for collection or mulching by then so side discharge is the only option. (they are rough areas anyway so it does not matter if the grass is left on top).

I'm not really limited to using a two stroke mower but i have to have one that will be ok to use on banks.

TBH I think the selction is quite poor for 21" mulching/side discharge mowers. the only other mower i like the look of is the JD c52ks:

https://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_INT/products/equipment/commercial_mowing/commercial_walk_behind_mowers/c52ks/c52ks.page

Have you used one of these before?