On my property, i have a steep hill. I started to mow it by driving my lawn tractor up and down it. With the automatic transmission, it seemed to start burning it up and the transmission started slipping or it pops the joystick out of gear. It is a Craftsman LT1000 or something like that with a 21hp engine. I then bought a self-propelled yard-man mower. Even though the wheels slip it seems to work fine, but it takes 2 days to mow.
I was thinking of buying a zero turn mower and mow side to side. Are zero turn mowers better on hills?
