On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:08:47 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Jun 11, 1:57*pm, "Bob F" wrote:
Elmo wrote:
What's the trick for mowing a half-football field sized steep slope
with a gas push mower?

I need to mow the steep hill at the side of my house which is
overgrown with tall grasses and weeds. It looks like half a football
field on its side, with the shorter distance being the fall line.

I don't know the degrees but it's hard to walk along the slope,
mostly due to the unconsolidated soil and the slope; but it's
possible to walk it; but with a mower, things get harder fast.

When I tried to mow down the fall line, it was way too hard as I
accelerated down and couldn't pull the mower up (and kept falling
down, which doesn't seem safe).

When I tried to mow across the fall line, I could barely hold the
line to cut a swath but it was always a steep diagnal. Gravity pulled
the mower so that it actually moved at a 45 degree angle to my
sidewise motion, which itself was something less than straight across
the fall line due to the slope.

I thought of tying a rope to the handle and letting gravity mow
straight down the fall line; but it might be difficult to pull the
running mower back up.

Before I try something stupid, I figured I'd ask you guys if you've
solved the problem of trying to mow with a gas push mower (it's all I
have) on a steep slope.

A plug-in electric mower would be way lighter and easier to handle. It would
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"A plug-in electric mower ...."

OK, everybody that hates corded landscaping equipment please raise
your hand.

I don't like them but in some ways they're great. ARe there trees or
bushes that would make it hard to manage the cord?

OP, what did the previous owner do? Does he have all his toes?