Husqvarna Automower® 520H EPOS
A high-cut professional machine for commercial frontage, HOA common ground and smaller shared areas — built to run continuously rather than at weekends.
One number, fully commissioned — machine, reference station and installation. Discounts are available; call for details. Multi-machine sites are always quoted, because the numbers change once a fleet is involved.
- Husqvarna Automower® 520H EPOS
- $2,999.99
- EPOS® RS5 reference station required
- $899.99
- Professional installation & commissioning
- $650.00
- On-site demo
- Included
- Site assessment & coverage plan
- Included
- Delivery within 60 mi of Tampa
- Included
- Staff training or a service agreement
- Your choice
- Installed total
- $4,549.98
On a multi-machine site the RS5 is shared: one station drives several mowers, so the second and third machines cost $899.99 less to commission than the first. Mounting position can add labour where the station needs height to see enough sky — we identify that at the assessment, before you commit.
The four numbers that decide it
Professional machines are rated on a cutting cycle, not a single run — so read these two capacity figures as schedules rather than distances.
Why every mower publishes two capacity figures is explained in the Sizing Guide →
The full sheet
Husqvarna's published figures. Area capacity is a duty-cycle rating: how much ground the machine holds to a schedule, not how far it travels on one charge.
- Area — Standard 48
- 1.2 acre
- Area — Sports 24
- 0.6 acre
- Navigation
- EPOS® satellite
- Reference station
- RS5, sold separately
- Boundary
- Virtual only
- Cutting height
- 2″ – 3.6″
- Cutting width
- 9.45″
- Cutting system
- 3 pivoting razor blades
- Object detection
- Not fitted
- Max slope
- 45% in-zone
- Slope at boundary
- 15%
- Battery
- 4 Ah Li-ion
- Mowing time
- 75 min
- Charging time
- 50 min
- Sound level
- 61 dB(A)
- Weight
- 32.4 lb
Supplied with the machine
- Charging station
- Low-voltage cable
- RS5 reference station — required, sold separately
What we bring
- A running demo unit on your own turf
- A site assessment and coverage plan before anything is quoted
- RS5 reference station siting and mounting
- Installation labour and materials
- Mower and reference-station power supplies connected to your existing outlet
- Zone, schedule and cutting-height setup, plus fleet monitoring
- Training for your grounds staff, or we manage it ourselves
61 decibels means nothing. This is what it means.
Decibels are logarithmic, so the numbers mislead. Every 10 dB is roughly a doubling of how loud something actually sounds — which makes a gas mower about seven times as loud as this machine, not a third louder.
On a commercial site that matters more than it does at home: the machine can work through business hours beside an office window, a classroom or a clinic without anyone closing a door. No crew, no trailer, no two-stroke at eight in the morning.
Automower figure is Husqvarna's published sound level. Comparison values are typical published ranges; gas walk-behind mowers are commonly cited at 85–95 dB(A) at the operator's ear.
Demo, survey, install
Four steps, and you can stop after any of them. Nothing is owed until the third.
Site assessment
We walk the grounds with you, map the mowable area, identify the zones and check satellite sky view across the whole site. For commercial work this is also where we put numbers against your current mowing contract.
Coverage plan and quote
How many machines, where the docks and the RS5 reference station go, what schedule holds the turf at the height you want. You get a written fixed price before anything is ordered.
Installation and commissioning
Docks sited, mower and reference-station power supplies connected to your existing outlets, RS5 mounted for clear sky view, zones and schedules built, cutting heights set, first cuts supervised. We're not electricians — any new outlets need to be in place first, and we'll flag that at the assessment.
Service agreement or staff training
We either maintain the fleet for you on a schedule, or we train your grounds crew and stay on call. Either way, warranty work happens on site.
Against the machines either side of it
Between the residential line below it and the larger professional machine above.
| 420 iQ | 520H EPOS | 550H EPOS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative capacity | 0.5 ac | 0.6 ac | 1.25 ac |
| Best case | 1.0 ac | 1.2 ac | 2.5 ac |
| Cut height | 1 – 4″ | 2 – 3.6″ | 2 – 3.6″ |
| Mowing time | 84 min | 75 min | 200 min |
| Charge time | 54 min | 50 min | 60 min |
| Battery | 5 Ah | 4 Ah | 10 Ah |
| Sound | 62 dB(A) | 61 dB(A) | 68 dB(A) |
| Blades | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Object detection | Radar | — | Radar |
| Reference station | In the box | Separate | Separate |
| Built for | Residential & commercial | Residential & commercial | Residential & commercial |
Why it covers more than the 420 on a shorter run
The 520H mows 75 minutes against the 420's 84 and still covers more ground. Professional machines are rated on a duty cycle: they work continuously to a schedule, so total area comes from hours per week rather than minutes per charge. It's a different kind of machine, not a bigger one.
When to step up to the 550H
The jump is real — a 10 Ah battery and 200 minutes a charge, which roughly doubles the ground. If the site is over about an acre of actual turf, or you'd rather run one machine than two, the 550H is usually the cheaper answer once the second RS5 and second install are counted.
What people ask about this one
What is the RS5 reference station, and do I need one?
It's the fixed satellite receiver that gives the mower centimetre-level positioning. Unlike the residential iQ Series, professional EPOS machines don't include one — it's a separate item. The upside on a larger site is that one RS5 covers a 500-metre radius and drives several machines, so on a multi-mower property the cost spreads across the fleet instead of repeating per unit. Where it gets mounted to see enough sky is what drives its installed cost, which is why we price it after the assessment.
Will it scalp St. Augustine?
Not at the right height. This machine reaches 3.6 inches, which covers the 3.5–4 inches UF recommends for standard St. Augustine cultivars. We set the height at installation for your grass type. It's also worth knowing that UF research found daily light trimming produced denser St. Augustine, not thinner.
How does this compare to our current mowing contract?
That's the calculation worth doing, and we'll do it with you at the assessment rather than in a brochure. The honest version: the machine is a capital cost against a recurring one, so the comparison depends on your contract value, how often the crew comes, and how much of the site they actually cut. What robotic mowing changes structurally is that the turf is cut every day instead of once a week, at no extra labour cost — so the question isn't only money, it's what the grounds look like on a Thursday.
Do we have to manage it ourselves?
No, and you can change your mind later. We either maintain the fleet on a schedule — blades, checks, firmware, seasonal height changes — or we train your grounds crew to do it and stay on call for anything they'd rather not touch. Warranty work happens on site either way.
Does it need a boundary wire?
No — and it can't use one. The 520H EPOS works from satellite positioning and virtual boundaries only, so there is no wire to bury and none to cut through later. Zones are drawn in the app and changed the same way. If part of your site has poor sky view, that is what we check on the assessment before quoting.
What happens if someone takes it?
It has GPS tracking, an alarm and PIN protection, and it's useless to anyone else without the PIN. It's also a cellular-connected device, so you'll know where it went.
Manufacturer promotions and seasonal offers come and go, and we run our own from time to time. The installed price above is the standard one — call or ask and we'll tell you what's running right now.
Book a free site survey
We'll bring a machine to your site, walk the grounds with you, map the coverage and give you a written fixed price — including how it compares against what you're paying now. No charge, anywhere within 60 miles of Tampa.