1. Product Presentation

2. About Hover Mower™
Eastman Industries of Portland, Maine manufacturers hovering lawn mowers. Eastman Hover Mowers are designed and built to be the toughest and best performing commercial duty hover mowers in the market. Two models are available, one equipped with a 2-stroke Suzuki engine and the other with a 2-stroke Robin engine. The mowers are used by landscapers, municipalities, cemeteries, resorts, parks and golf courses. Eastman Industries is currently the preferred supplier of Hover Mowers™ to over 5000 golf courses, which are owned or operated by Arnold Palmer Golf, Billy Casper Golf, Club Corp, NGCOA (National Golf Course Owners Association), PGA Tour and its Tournament Players Courses and VGM Golf.

3. Features and Benefits Hovering:
Eastman mowers weigh less than the competition. They also come equipped with larger impellers which generate more CFA (cubic feet of air) per minute. As a result, our mowers feel lighter and require appreciably less effort to operate. They also do not easily bottom out and scalp the grass on undulating terrain.
Cutting:
Eastman mowers have a 1” – 3” adjustable cut height, the only mowers in their class offering such a feature. The mowers come equipped with an aluminum cutter disc and metal edged nylon or a reversible stainless steel cutting blade. The steel cutting blade offer a sharper cut, are more durable and last significantly longer.

4. Features and Benefits The Deck:
The deck is designed deeper than the conventional hover mowers to allow for a higher cut. The design also eliminates “torquing” which results from the air circulating under the deck. In a conventional design, the mower has a tendency to move to the left. Our tripod deck design eliminates torquing giving the mower a more neutral stance. The polyethylene polymer with UV inhibitor material has a superior stress crack resistance combined with high impact strength and rigidity. This makes our decks more durable and gives them significantly longer life as compared to the competition.
Handlebar Connection:
In the absence of wheels on a hover mower, the handlebars are used for carrying and moving the mowers. This puts a higher degree of stress on the area connecting the handles to the deck which becomes prone to cracking and stress fractures. To eliminate this problem in our mowers, the handle is connected to the deck using metal connecting plates. Our competition attaches the handles directly to the deck with the attendant cracking and fracturing problems.

5. Comparison

6. Comparison
MODEL HM19S-2

7. MODEL HM16R-2 ENGINE: Robin - 2 HP EC04ER - 2 stroke
DECK: High density polyethylene - UVand chemical resistant
IMPELLER: Alloy Plastic – machined aluminum hub
CUTTER SYSTEM:
A. Metal edged nylon blades attached to an aluminum disc
B. Reversible stainless steel blades attached to an aluminum disc
C. Heavy duty tempered 16" steel blade (International Only)
HANDLES: 18 gauge steel - tubular construction - reach 50”
ENGINE MOUNT: Glass filled Zytel
CUTTING HEIGHT: Maximum - 3 inches
Minimum - 1 inch
CUTTING WIDTH: inches
WEIGHT: lbs.
TRAVEL: /16" above ground

8. MODEL HM19S-2 ENGINE: Suzuki - 3.8 HP M120X - 2 stroke
DECK: High density polyethylene - UV and chemical resistant
IMPELLER: High impact ABS – machined aluminum hub
CUTTER SYSTEM:
A. Metal edged nylon blades attached to an aluminum disc
B Reversible stainless steel blades attached to an aluminum disc
C. Heavy duty tempered 19" steel blade (International Only)
HANDLES: 18 gauge steel - tubular construction - reach 52”
ENGINE MOUNT: Glass filled Zytel
CUTTING HEIGHT: Maximum - 3 inches
Minimum - 1 inch
CUTTING WIDTH: inches
WEIGHT: lbs.
TRAVEL: /16" above ground

9. The Hover Video™