# Back-and-forth mowing pattern

**URL:** https://forum.yarbo.com/t/back-and-forth-mowing-pattern/1561
**Category:** Suggestion and Feature Requests
**Tags:** lawn-mower, currently-under-review
**Created:** [May 6, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/back-and-forth-mowing-pattern/1561 "2025-05-06T03:39:29Z")
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### Author: ![mwilliams](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/mwilliams/32/1576_2.png) [@mwilliams](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/mwilliams)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/back-and-forth-mowing-pattern/1561/5 "2025-07-02T15:55:48Z")

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> [@pvanmuyden](#):
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> n we have a back-and-forth cutting pattern? That is, Yarbo would go up the hill and come back down along the same track without turning. This approach would slightly increase the job duration, but since it reduces the number of turns, it wouldn’t take twice as long. More importantly, it would preserve the turf and ensure full coverage o

This would also solve my problems related to ([Minimize Turns Path Mode via Backwards Driving](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/minimize-turns-path-mode-via-backwards-driving/2617)) and a temporary work-around (though it takes hours to map all of the dead-ends it would take to cover the yard) ([Dead-end reverse extension](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/dead-end-reverse-extension/2714)).

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