Groundkeeper mounted mower

Top performance all year round

In use across the entire year:

• Mowing
• Scarifying
• Mulching
• Collection of leaves, horse droppings or any other rubbish

Flexible and versatile
No matter whether short or long grass, damp or dry conditions, with the Groundkeeper you can be relaxed about any operation and at any time of the year.

Compared with either rotary or cylinder mowers, the Groundkeeper, as a fine flail mower operates reliably, thanks to its design, even at noticeable higher cutting heights. The Groundkeeper provides a superb cutting performance in both short and long grass.

1. Fine flail mower Groundkeeper
2. Rotary mower
3. Cylinder mower
4. Mowing frequency in days
5. 7 days
6. 14 days
7. 21 days
8. 28 days
9. Work results: very good
10. Work results: average
11. Work results: poor

Effective mowing on wet or dry, short or long grass!

The AMAZONE mowing and scarifying system
The Groundkeeper does a superb job in nearly all climatic or vegetation conditions. Its well-proven AMAZONE mowing and scarifying system is the guarantor for well-groomed lawns. Whether the sun is shining or the early morning dew is still on the grass – work can begin. The Groundkeeper is not bothered whether the grass is wet, exceptionally tall or even thick – and it always achieves first class results. Its large rotor and tolerance of foreign objects makes it the ideal tool for the extensive maintenance of large lawns.

The combination of reversible mowing blades and sharpened wing cutting blades offers the well balanced combination of little wear and of excellent mowing and collecting performance. Cuttings are finely shredded by the blades. This reduces composting time.

• Simple changeover to mulching without conversion:
  The Groundkeeper can be used without collecting for the first pass, so that seeds and nutrients can return to the ground. A second pass a few weeks later will further process the clippings, working the important nutrients back into the soil helping to enrich it.

1. Mowing consists in cutting the blade of grass with a cutting device. The aim is to limit its growth. This operation therefore has to be performed regularly.
2. Sickle mowing is a process, in which the plant is cut off completely at its base with a cutting device. A further operation is required to process the clippings produced into a more manageable length.

The AMAZONE Groundkeeper cuts the plant at its base and then chops it into several pieces which are either gathered up or allowed to fall to the ground. It combines the advantages of mowing and sickle cutting systems in a single machine. The Amazone Groundkeeper can be adapted to your lawn maintenance requirements.

Upgrade your lawn care

Why scarify?
The natural growth of a lawn can be hindered by the formation of lawn thatch. Tight mowing intervals without collecting, a poor rotting of leaves and the remainder of clippings or the formation of moss all serve to suffocate the lawn; they prevent water, nutrients and air from getting into the soil and reaching the roots. The AMAZONE Groundkeeper removes and collects lawn thatch from your lawn in a single process.

The soil structure can be improved and renewed by carrying out a trouble-free scarifying with the AMAZONE Groundkeeper. Scarifying blades, fitted to the rotor penetrate 1 to 2 mm into the turf, breaking up the upper earth layer, cutting off parasitic plants and thinning out the lawn surface. Lawn thatch is combed out, collected and simultaneously the soil is rolled. The combination of mowing and scarifying blades produces an outstanding suction effect.

Clean up your lawn quickly and efficiently

1. Optimum collecting and shredding of the leaves with the combination of the H77 long wing blades and scarifying blades

The powerful suction effect captures almost “everything” (leaves, chestnuts, acorns, etc.). This ensures optimum utilisation of the hopper capacity. In addition, the chopping up of the leaves by the rotating blades speeds up their decomposition. Often in the spring, autumn leaves remain covering the ground and the grass can only grow with difficulty. To improve and aid that grass growth, those leaves can be collected and the lawn aired in a single pass by simply adding the scarifying blades.

The rotor’s high rotational speed, plus the combination of sharpened wing blades and scarifying blades make the Groundkeeper a highly efficient means of collecting, even in damp conditions. The robust SmartCut exact cut rotor makes short work of foreign objects.

 Outstanding cutting and collecting quality

The rotor has a large diameter and produces an air stream which gives the AMAZONE Groundkeeper an extremely high collecting capacity. The 2,650 rpm rotational speed of the rotor ensures a first-class mowing performance.

The Groundkeeper’s first-class cutting and collecting performance is based on its SmartCut exact cut rotor. An outstanding feature of the SmartCut exact cut rotor is its special, V-shaped blade arrangement, which reduces energy consumption and noise. For this innovation, AMAZONE was awarded a Silver Medal by the Innovations Jury at Demopark 2013.

Due to the high suction effect provided by the SmartCut rotor, the Groundkeeper can also be used for collecting already mown grass, leaves, debris, acorns, chestnuts etc.

The benefits of the SmartCut rotor, with its V-shaped blade arrangement are obvious in comparison with the rotor technology so far, where the cutting blades are arranged linearly in rows. Because the knives, when arranged in a V-shape, do not pass the shear bar simultaneously but in very short intervals one after the other, they convey the cut material better in the direction of the rotor centre, resulting in less lateral air turbulence and, because of this, in an additional improvement in the collecting performance.

Benefits of the SmartCut exact cut rotor

• Precise and clean cutting in one pass
• Improved collection quality
• Reduced noise emission
• Simple and quick blade exchange

For quick emptying into containers or trailers – wherever you want

Convenient emptying
The hopper contents can be easily and conveniently emptied from the tractor. The overload point has been positioned far to the rear, so that even tall tanks and trailers can be optimally filled. A hydraulic cylinder lock ensures safety when working on the rotor or the hopper under the raised hopper.

All hydraulic functions are controlled using three buttons via the electro-hydraulic control unit, directly from the tractor cab, for convenient operation.

1. The airflow detector expels the air, as well as any dust stirred up by mowing, from the back of the machine – improving the operating conditions for both the driver and the tractor (option)
2. The hopper protection hood helps protect the hopper from being damaged by stones or other foreign bodies
3. Wide-angle drive shaft
4. For trailed drawbar models:
   • Straight drawbar for attachment via PTO shaft (standard)
   • Straight drawbar for attachment to tractor drawbar beneath the PTO shaft (option)
5. Simple, infinitely variable height adjustment
6. The fill level indicator for the hopper reliably and accurately shows the exact fill level

Standard execution:

• 50 % H77 long, sharpened wing blades, 50 % mowing blades
• Infinitely variable height adjustable support roller
• Mulch flap
• Castor wheels
• PTO shaft with over-run clutch
• Fill level indicator

The fill level indicator for the hopper reliably and accurately shows the exact fill level

The support roller helps to achieve an even cutting height and excellent ground contour following of the mower. Rolling with the support roller helps to increase the toughness of the lawn.

The hopper protection hood helps protect the hopper from being damaged by stones or other foreign bodies.

The operating hours counter records all times when the PTO shaft is switched on, enabling documentation of the completed work hours (option)

Thanks to the high transport speed, even long distances are no problem.

The adjustable 3-point extension enhances the angle capability of the universal drive shaft.

• 3-point linkage
• Mulching function
• Working width 1.35 m to 2.10 m
• Infinitely variable height adjustment
• Collection function
• Hopper capacity 1,350 l to 2,100 l
• Ground level discharge
• Integrated airflow deflector
• Hopper protection hood
• H77 wing blades (standard equipment)

• 3-point linkage
• Mulching function
• Working width 1.35 m to 1.50 m
• Infinitely variable height adjustment
• Collection function
• Hopper capacity 1,400 l to 1,550 l
• High-lift discharge 1.80 m
• Airflow deflector (option)
• Hopper protection hood
• H77 wing blades (standard equipment)
• Swivel rear wheels
• Permissible road speed 25 km/h

• 3-point linkage
• Mulching function
• Working width 1.50 m to 2.10 m
• Infinitely variable central height adjustment
• Collection function
• Hopper capacity 2,500 l to 3,500 l
• High-lift discharge 2.10 m
• Airflow deflector (option)
• Hopper protection hood
• H77 wing blades (standard equipment)
• Swivel rear wheels
• Permissible road speed 25 km/h
• Electro-hydraulic control (option)

• Straight drawbar
• Mulching function
• Working width 1.50 m to 2.10 m
• Infinitely variable central height adjustment
• Collection function
• Hopper capacity 2,500 l to 3,500 l
• High-lift discharge 2.30 m
• Airflow deflector (option)
• Hopper protection hood
• H77 wing blades (standard equipment)
• Twin fixed rear wheels
• Up to 40 km/h on the road*
• Electro-hydraulic control (option)

* Please be aware of national road traffic regulations!