# Minimize Turns Path Mode via Backwards Driving **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestion and Feature Requests\ **Tags:** lawn-mower, mapping\ **Created:** [June 28, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/minimize-turns-path-mode-via-backwards-driving/2617 "2025-06-28T02:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**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:** [October 14, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/minimize-turns-path-mode-via-backwards-driving/2617/14 "2025-10-14T16:51:40Z")
Just wanted to link the similar back-and-forth mowing idea here: > [@Back-and-forth mowing pattern](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/back-and-forth-mowing-pattern/1561): > > The main reason I purchased the Yarbo was to mow my steep 26-degree hill. Depending on the turn settings, Yarbo at the top of the hill either tears up the turf, skips significant areas of the lawn, or does a bit of both. can 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 impo… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/minimize-turns-path-mode-via-backwards-driving/2617)._