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Everything about mowing slopes with robots: which models are rated for steep grades, how we test traction on real properties, where to draw the line on safety, and the install tricks that keep a mower from sliding, stalling, or scalping on a bank. If your property has a hill you dread pushing a mower up, start here to find out whether a robot can take it over for you.


Can a Robot Mower Handle a 40% Slope? Our Navimow X430 Install on a Bucks County Berm
If you've been told your property is "too steep" or "too complicated" for a robotic mower, this install is for you. We recently completed what we're calling a Complexity Level 10 installation in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — the steepest, most obstacle-dense property we've ever put a robot mower on. The customer built a massive berm, a man-made hillside that runs along the front of his property to shield his home from the road. It's a beautiful piece of landscaping. It's also
Paul RICHARDS
Sep 83 min read


No More Mowing Hills: A Navimow X430 Install on a Steep Septic Mound in Carlisle, PA
Every lawn has a part nobody wants to mow. On this property in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, it was a septic mound — and not a gentle one. This mound rises on all four sides, which means there's no easy approach, no flat run-up, and no way to cheat it. Just a steep climb from whichever direction you come at it. If you've ever pushed a mower up a septic hill in July, you know the drill. You're fighting the machine to keep it from sliding, walking sideways across the face, and burnin
Paul RICHARDS
Aug 305 min read


Can a Robot Mower Handle Steep Hills? We Tested the Navimow X430 on the Hilliest Lawn in Maryland
Most people think Maryland is flat. West of the Chesapeake Bay, that reputation falls apart fast — and one property in Annapolis proved it in dramatic fashion. This is the highest, steepest lawn Zippy Lawnz has ever installed a robotic mower on, and it taught us a lot about what modern robot mowers can (and can't) handle. Watch the Navimow X4 climb some serious hills The Problem: Gas Mowers Were Tearing Up the Lawn For years, a traditional mowing crew serviced this property.
Paul RICHARDS
Aug 293 min read
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