Yarbo is looking into varying the lines taken when driving a Pathway to lessen the impact on the grass.
Is Yarbo looking to do the same for the lines when mowing an Area? I like to have the lines parallel to my house, but even this early in the season I can see this becoming an issue. I can use the Route Rotation Degree, checkerboard, or diamond, but rotating the mowing area will lose the long lines and increase turns. I might be able to use Set Back and achieve the same effect, but that will leave the edge unmowed, and it’s a manual process.
Enhancement: In addition to the rotation options, have Yarbo shift mowing lines over in subsequent mows, which would allow you to keep the mowing angle you want, but help mitigate the impact of tracks on the grass.
Was thinking of using the overlap as a solution, but I don’t want to go with 0, and because 4 and 8 are multiples of each other, I’m thinking subsequent mows will wind up on the same tracks anyway, always on the 4s, every other time on the 8s. Unless my brain isn’t looking at it right.
I’m curious why you think it going over the same cutting path each time is a problem. I mowed the same route with my zero turn (which is like a thousand pounds, it’s commercial grade) for 14 years and never had an issue with creating ruts or wear patterns.
With Yarbo I am doing the checkerboard, so from my perspective, the tracks will disperse the 200 lbs over more surface area. Thus, in essence making it much lighte. With the use of smart turns, it won’t tear up my lawn like my zero turn used to. I’m seeing more positives here than any negatives.
Thank you for your thoughtful feedback — you’ve brought up an aspect we hadn’t fully considered before. We truly appreciate your insight and will forward your improvement suggestion to our product team for further evaluation!
@bryan.wheeler - I’m seeing McRibs, which is what prompted me to consider sending the heads up to the Yarbo folks. Will others see ribbing? Is it an issue for the lawn’s health? I’m not a lawn expert (obviously).
This has had I think 3 mows over a week or maybe a week and a half. Yep, too early to tell, I agree. So I don’t know if the ribs are getting worse, just “look bad” right now and aren’t really a big deal, will eventually become permanent, or whatever. The grass hasn’t come up enough to get a full cut, just some stubbies here and there, but seeing these ribs made me realize, yeah, it’s the same narrow tracks every time. That can’t be good for the long term if you’re mowing twice a week anyway. Will it be OK? I don’t know.
My obvious workaround is to do what you are doing and rotate my lines with one of the options available (that’s what they are for, and to get a better cut), but if I were to put my “fussy customer” hat on, I’d like those lines parallel to my house, please, so make some variance like I do as a human on my rider.
Yarbo is already looking to deal with this on Pathways, and it seems variances on mowing lines would be a related concern to put on the request pile.
Anywho – for now I’m going to do one of the rotations and see how that goes. You undoubtedly saw my related question on FB.
