Municipal maintenance workers are responsible for a broad spectrum of tasks such as maintaining roads, playgrounds and parks as well as street cleaning, winter service, and tree care. In the summer months, municipal green areas and leisure facilities including sports fields and amateur football fields become a priority. AS-Motor offers professional technology for many of these applications, guaranteeing excellent work results while prioritizing operator health and safety standards.
Parks play an important role as recreational spaces and “green lungs” for surrounding neighborhoods. AS-Motor’s mulching mowers and professional lawn mowers are excellent tools for the care and preservation of these green areas.
AS-Motor is a trailblazer in the realm of mechanical weed removal. The AS 30 and AS 50 offer weed removal solutions for large car parks and uneven cobblestone surfaces without the use of chemicals.
Roadside greenery improves drivers’ visual guidance as well as road safety. AS-Motor Allmähers provide the advantage of high work rates and outstanding mulching results in maintaining city and community roads, especially when high grass is involved. AS-Motor’s walk-behind 2-stroke mowers are excellent solutions for embankments and steep slopes.
AS-Motor’s professional lawn mowers and mulching mowers are the best solution for playgrounds with angled green areas, bushes and trees. The devices’ rotated engine ensures minimal pressure on the grass and a polished cutting result. The operator decides whether the cuttings are then collected or mulched to serve as natural fertiliser.
‘The Sherpa is light and very capable off-road. If I get stuck with the mower in a very wet spot, I simply engage the differential lock and then get out again without any problems. The agricultural tyres also ensure that the tread does not get clogged up in wet terrain.’
‘Not only is the Sherpa RC great to work with, it's also fun! [On switching from manual to remote control:] It's a simple operation and done in no time. Yes, and there are actually situations where manual operation makes more sense. For example, if you have a larger area to mow, you'll definitely be faster if you sit on it.’
We at Stadtwerke Sehnde GmbH have been using the AS 940 Sherpa 4WD RC for over 600 operating hours in our maintenance work – and we’re still impressed. The machine is efficient, fast, and reliable, even under challenging conditions. Thanks to its tight turning radius and high ground clearance, we can easily access difficult areas such as basins, ditches, and slopes. The remote control makes mowing on inclines safe and precise for the operator, reducing any risk to a minimum. The Sherpa stands out for its stability, traction, and durability – qualities that make a real difference in daily use.
– Ron Breitenherdt, Team Leader Wastewater, Stadtwerke Sehnde GmbH
We have been waiting for a machine like this for a long time. Safety is now being increased when mowing large slopes, which is a frequent request from the company's management. We really like Sherpa!
– Boban Stanisavljević (machine operator, JKP "Ravno 2014" Ćuprija, Serbia)
The AS 940 Sherpa 4WD XL replaces a lot of manpower with brush cutters. It mows flawlessly where all other mowers we used would stop: On all extreme tall grass areas and steep slopes that used to be maintained with manpower and brush cutters, which took a lot of time. It has proven to be a very reliable, easy-to-use machine that always delivers excellent results.
– Šemso Kurtović (Lokom d.o.o. - Public Administration of the City of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The AS 940 SHERPA 4WD RC is a great helper when mowing tall grass. It works very well in steep terrain, and the best part is that it can also be controlled by remote control.
– Miroslav Šesták (Mechanic & Craftsman of Bratislava Capital, Slovakia)
We use the AS 901 SM especially on slopes, but also on straight, narrow areas. The good mowing pattern is still present even in long and dense grass. The purchase of this machine has considerably improved the safety of our staff. Another major advantage is that it makes the work easier for the staff and thus more efficient.
– Umweltbetrieb Bremen (Municipality of Bremen, Germany)
Overall, the AS 63 2T ES is one of the absolute highlights of our test history at MOTORGERÄTE. Here, the product management has obviously listened very carefully to what the practice needs, and the designers have implemented this brilliantly. The result is a product that combines the entire know-how of a manufacturer steeped in history.
The Sherpa is lightweight and has great off-road mobility. If I get stuck with the mower in a really wet spot, I lock the differential and maneuver out without any trouble. Moreover, the agricultural tyres guarantee grip on wet terrain.
The new AS 30 WeedHex 160 was made available to us for a product test, and the results were convincing... The device is very easy to operate. The guide bar is adjustable to 3 positions, providing optimal adaptation. An emergency switch ensures safety.
– Beschaffungsdienst Galabau 03/2018 (trade journal for the landscaping industry, Germany)
During the mowing season, professional operators often run their machines 5 days per week, 8 hours per day. AS-Motor’s machines are unbeatable in terms of quality, durability and professional work results. Additional advantages include low weight, lashing points and compact transport dimensions.
Ornamental lawns in both private gardens and public facilities can be maintained with either mulching or collecting mowers. When mulching, the finely-shredded cuttings remain on the surface as natural fertiliser, while collection bags help the operator transport cuttings to a disposal point. Lawns are usually mowed once per week to a cutting height of 40–50 mm, from a maximum height of 15 cm.
Flower meadows are structurally rich habitats that are extremely important for insects, wild bees, and species that depend on flowers. The key is not to mow frequently, but to cut at the right time. Before the flowering phase, the vegetation can quickly reach heights of 30–40 cm. After that, maintenance is carried out at longer intervals, usually once or twice a year.
This form of extensive use requires machines that can safely cut tall, heterogeneous vegetation without putting unnecessary strain on the area. Clean cuts, controlled deposition, and an adapted driving style are essential for preserving plant populations and enabling regeneration.
Extensively used meadows such as orchards, compensation areas, or roadside greenery are deliberately mowed only once or twice a year. The vegetation reaches heights of 60 to over 100 cm and forms dense, structurally rich stands.
This form of maintenance serves to keep the area open and suppress woody plants, not to maintain the lawn. Machines with high throughput, uniform cutting performance, and controlled deposition of the cut material are required. This is the only way to efficiently manage large amounts of biomass without overloading the area or damaging the soil and vegetation.
Mulching is a process by which grass cuttings are shredded several times into a fine mulch, which then remains on the surface as natural fertiliser. Special mulching blades with a double cutting plane and a circular mulching unit are used on ornamental lawns, while cross-blade systems or flail mowers are primarily used in high grass.
Animal burrows, anthills, mole hills and water channels cause uneven terrain. Several AS-Motor machines have high ground clearance, all-wheel drive and limited slip differential, along with appropriately studded field tyres, for uneven terrain.
AS-Motor engineers machines with high ground clearance, steep ramp angles, low overall weight, optimal weight distribution and a low centre of gravity to perform on slopes.
All-wheel drive not only ensures performance on inclines over 30 degrees, but also a high level of safety for travel downhill. All-wheel drive delivers propulsion in wet conditions and on uneven terrain – even if the wheels of one axle no longer have traction.
Remote controlled devices make the mowing of extreme slopes possible. This technology also allows the operator to mow at a safe distance from dust, wasps, ticks and other hazards.
The AS 50’s high work rate delivers efficient weed removal on large and uneven surfaces such as a car parks, commercial areas and paths. A collection bag eliminates the need for sweeping and surface cleaning.
Cobblestones and uneven paved areas can be treated for weeds, without the use of chemicals, using mechanical methods. The agile AS 30 is designed for work close to edges, water inlet channels, manholes and on traffic islands with posts and signs.
Ecological mowing and extensive land management focus on reduced, targeted interventions instead of blanket mowing. Cutting heights, timing, and maintenance intervals are based on vegetation development and site conditions, not on maximum area coverage.
Sub-areas are mowed on a rotating basis, while others are deliberately left untouched. This creates varying growth heights, refuges, and stable structures on extensive meadows, compensation areas, municipal green spaces, and in landscape management. Technology is used for control, not intensification.
