Husqvarna Lawn Mower Review Model HUF625AWD & Model HU775BBC - AWD Versus RWD - April 8, 2017 

I have the Husqvarna AWD with the Honda engine. Best lawn mower I have ever owned.

I just got one of those Husqvarna all wheel drives today for free it runs great !! I couldn't believe someone was giving it away... My luck day

I've found that the AWD is really a novelty and just adds more moving parts that collect debris and need maintenance. Rear drive is all that's needed.

We like the older model. Been in Hort trade 40 years+.and boyfriend also in Hort trade 40years. Now we each gave 7 acres places. His is a horticultural paradise. I have a football size lawn & also use mower to bag bad weeds in some areas. And i have a big sit down mower. WE Like the ability to stop mower & shut off blade & NOT the engine! And of course, We do like a throttle.I Bought a new Husks. Mower last year 2017 & you have to hold that engagement bar very very slightly or you are Running behind the mower as you cut grass! Thanks for video.

My Husqvarna HU 800AWDH has the Honda larger engine. This mower is miles better than the RWD Toro I had. I had multiple issues with the Toro including starting it. I also have a Honda Mower not self propelled. My home yard has hills & the Hus blazed right thru my yard. So glad I got rid of that Toro.

I don't prefer stuff I don't need but rather quiet powerful performance. Good cut quality, rear wheel drive, easy empty bag. I like to choke and throttle the engine my self. I don't need electric start and one handle adjust, just more weight and cost. Don't run ethanol and a fuel filter never hurts.

Those Husqvarna mowers are sweet man! As a matter fact, Husqvarna is making a name for themselves in general. It appears they are a step or two ahead of most other brands in general quality. I still think Honda may be the benchmark though. But, it's SO dadgum hard to tell what you are buying nowadays. Lots of mowers are mad by MTD with various brand names on them. Your RWD machine really sounded good too.

i got the hqvarna 625 front wheel drive with the honda engine and i love it,,,hasnt let me down once in 2 years and i sometimes mow 3 times a week during the busy season

Really nice pair of Husqvarna mowers. I like the 775 engine better as well. but I've always wanted to try out an AWD mower.

I have the HU625AWD and as my first self-propelled mower it is fine if somewhat heavy to move about. I did wish the engine was more powerful; my lawn has quite a bit of weeds & thick grass which stalled the mower 2 times, but otherwise does the job. Given I only paid ~$225 for it brand new, I think it is a decent mower, but since it has a power-sapping AWD & its weight, I would go for the bigger engine variant.

Most mowers have throttles on them here in Australia, only thing stopped me getting a Husqvarna is the motor, I prefer the Subaru OHC motors, 11.2nm of torque for half the price of an equivalent B&S and quieter.

I bought a Husqvarna 675 AWD this year brand new at Lowes and I kept having trouble with the AWD drive jamming up. I kept the under carriage cleaned out as much as I could but it didn't seem to matter, it would get jammed with grass every time I would use it. It finally got to the point to where the AWD drive system didn't seem to have much power even though the under carriage was cleaned out. I looked around every gear pulley I could and didn't find anything jammed. Its kind of frustrating the front wheel drive gear cover is designed in such a way to where grass clippings get caught underneath the gear cover and the only way you can keep it cleaned out is to partly disassemble the front of lawn mower, take the wheels off just to get to the screws in order to take the drive over off to clean it out. In order to keep the front drive over free of grass clippings that could cause it to jam you would have to stop every few minutes to clean this thing out because that's all it takes is a few minutes of mowing for underneath the front drive cover to build up of grass. Needless to say I got so frustrated with this mower I just sold it. I bought the mower because I thought Husqvarna was a good brand. I am not sure if this year's models were made cheaper / poorer design or I just got a hold of a faulty one but either way Husqvarna left a bad taste in my mouth.

Hey Cliff... Got the mower... And guess what, the front metal cover under the deck was bent and the blade was stuck.... Bent the metal back, and its good as new, started on first pull.... Sweeeeet awd works perfectly too..... It's only 6 months old.

Hey cliff, great video! Hope all is well! Those are 2 really nice mowers and they run well too!

Yeah, that 775 will be the one to keep. Rear wheel drive is bay far the best :) Mine does not have the BBC, so I am a bit Jealous. Great vid as always Cliff

The RWD with the 775 series any day over the 625. While I don't think the 625 is bad, that 775 is so much better. I haven't found a 775 made after 2014, I think replaced it with the 725 with the "check & add/ never change the oil" feature. Have had both engines on Snappers and it's a pretty big difference. But a nice comparison and two nice mowers!

They're both great mowers Cliff.

You had the back chute in the wrong spot. There are two holes towards the bottom and you squeeze the the metal rods into the holes

Run, don't walk away from Husqvarna mowers, especially the ones with AWD and Honda engines. They have major design flaws that will cost you a lot of money to repair. If you think Husqvarna + Honda = Quality you'd be WRONG! Here's why I think this way. In 2017 I bought the 22 inch deck with the 190cc Honda engine. I babied this mower more than any other that I've owned. When I say any other I only had one in the last 15 years before the Husqvarna. Last month this $450 mower basically self-destructed upon hitting a 3/4" diameter X 6" long stick. I am not lying about it. That was all it hit. Rear plastic shroud under deck broke in half ($15). That was what was supposed to protect the drive gearbox. Rear gear box ruined because the stick or drive engagement cable snapped off the connection arm that is molded into the lower gearbox. Without that arm you have no AWD therefore you have to buy a new gearbox ($70). That molded in connection arm is an incredibly stupid design flaw. After I replaced the shroud and gearbox I started the mower to see if everything worked. It did. Since I didn't know that it would for sure I didn't fill the gas tank lest I have to drain the gas and oil. I stopped the mower and topped off the tank. I tried to start it again at which point the mower kicked back so violently that the plastic starting tee/cord yanked out of my right hand and struck my left hand so hard it tore a gash in it. Once I bandaged that up I rolled the mower under the carport only to find that the blade had sheared the "spider" off the mounting hub and the blade was lying in the driveway. ( mounting hub $17) Now the dealer says that the problem is that either the flywheel pin sheared (I don't see evidence of that) or the timing belt has slipped or broke and the timing is off causing the valves to be opened or closed when they shouldn't be. And if that is the case the Honda engine may be ruined ($400+). I'm going to take the damn thing apart because I can't afford to pay the dealer to fix it. Neither can I afford to hear him tell me he'll give me $50 off on a new mower and he''use it for parts. I'd wind up in jail for trying to kill him. I'm going to go buy something else and write it off. A tough $500 dollar lesson that anyone considering these pieces of sh*t doesn't have to pay if they take my word.

Wow beautiful

I have a Husqvarna L221 AHK, one of the last ones ever made. . it's not an AH, it's an AHK. Which means Kohler . Not 149 cc , 173 cc, cast iron cylinder, no oil change required so they say. It's amazing. However. I don't use it as my Scott's and my snapper are working great. Scott's 21997x8a tecumseh and snapper elp euro series platinum , both 3 speeds, both awesome. Snapper has 7.0 Briggs intek . I wouldn't trade any of them for a Lamborghini.

All-whewl drive would be nice for hills and fast cutting on flats

I bought a Toro 3 years ago. Piece of crap. I'm getting one of these bad boys. Might go with the AWD got some inclines to deal with.

I recently acquired a HU625AWD and it looks to me like the rear shoot rods go into two holes in the side of the handle supports. The rods have some nibs on the end to keep them in the holes only so far and keep the shoot centered on the back opening. I originally did the exact same thing as you and put the rods in the same place as the grass catcher. However, putting the rod ends in the same spot as the grass catcher bag makes the shoot too high and it looked to me like it might even be dangerous as the shoot could possibly separate during operation if there was a rock or branch impact because there's not much really holding it down except gravity and some friction. Even with the shoot installed firmly in the side holes on the handle support, the thing is still awkward and I don't think I would ever use it with the shoot. I do really like the AWD on it because it pulls so much harder and stays straighter than FWD. I have some decent hills and FWD is next to useless. RWD is better, but still not as good as this AWD. I don't think the stock blade is all that great at mulching and I think I might replace it with an Oregon gator type blade.

The two mowers have different size rear wheels... do you notice a difference between the high wheel and the smaller wheels? Thanks.

Hey Cliff, guess what I'm picking up tomorrow for 20 bucks, that's right the one on the left, cause it a awd, but looks like the one on the right with the monster engine like my toro xp, mines going to be the hu 725awdhq.... Exi series, awd, guy says the engine is blown, but he says theres no hole in the block, doesn't really matter I have a 725 series briggs sitting around anyway with key start, so it's going to become a 725 with key start, will let you know if the engine is really blown or not, cause I bought a pristine toro timemaster for 150 cause the guy thought he blew the engine and it turned out to be a blown head gasket, so got my fingers crossed its something simple the neat feature of the hq exi is it has two drive controls, squeeze the one on the left and the front wheel drive engages, squeeze the one on the right and the rear wheel drive engages, squeeze both together and the awd engages, pretty cool.... Never had one b4.

The professional series engines were way better than the new ones they put out like on that AWD mower. I still prefer Honda.

What are your thoughts on a HU775L? Briggs says 175cc is only a gross of 5.75hp. What’s are your thoughts? I’m looking for something closer to 7hp or more

I just bought Honda Hrx217HYA for $700.00. Is it really a good lawn mower for 30-40 degree steep hill?

What is the reason for the little orange plastic push on the lever by the throttle?

Has anybody had a problem with the underneath of the Husqvarna all-wheel-drive mowers not being painted

I still find Honda better than these mowers due to their dual blades. I definitely would recommend one over these

the rear wheel drive

why make a video and no one can tell the cut quality.... frustrating! Honda HRX 217

It seems you're a huge Briggs engine fan. So be it. But guess what ?? It's basically a 1930's flathead engine modified with an OHV head and push-rods. That's it ! They're very cheap to build with tolerances so loose that machining can be done with a coarse file, crankshafts that are rarely if ever balanced, and a host of built-in reliability problems. But I don't mind, because I make a lot of money fixing those old crap engines. Just used a portion of the profits and paid cash for a new pickup truck. So keep buying Briggs engine products, I like making lots of money.

hi cliff,great looking mowers,i got a lawnboy lawnmower at a moving sale last fall here were i live,the mower looks like it is in great shape,it even had a bag,it has that briggs and stratton 625ex series engine,went through it and the mower will not run,got spark and oil is clean and new gas,cleaned the carb,sitll wont start,any ideas

Does anyone know about the new Briggs engine having those plastic carburetor on them..? Any good? At my Lowe’s all they have is the Honda’s with the metal bowls. While the Briggs has the plastic. Just how is the plastic?

How do you lower the blade low enough to scalp your lawn. I scalp my Bermuda lawn every year, but just bought the husqvarna rear wheel drive and I can’t lower it enough to scalp. Can someone help? Thank you!

What about the LB553Se contractors model?

I have the 625 and it has been disappointing. The motor is weak for any tall, thick or wet grass of any kind. It stalls even when going super slow. The design of the housing makes it to where the grass collects in the hole for the bag eventually backing up and stalling the motor. So I clear all the grass out of the bagging hole, start the mower, and within minutes I'm back to a full stall, and got to clear out the grass once more. The worst design ever! They should have added a plug to plug off the bagging hole, but instead its a grass catch while mulching causing frequent stalling.

Some body just gave me the same awd model that the motor is destroyed , they hit a concrete brick that bent the crank and split the lower crank case, what a waste.

It’s husqvarna not husqahvarna

BBC. Lol