Splitting the field into smaller sections to limit running empty across headlands.
I was taught to lift the mower at the corner after 6-8 times around the outside, drive empty to where I want to split the field, square up to my chosen line, pull into the hay, lower the mower, and head across. At the other end, lift the head, spin around and mow right back down where the tractor just ran. Continue in a left-turn pattern for however many back-and-forths (anywhere from 2-8) to split the field into three equal sections. Mow the remaining two sections in a right-turn pattern. Larger fields may need to be split twice.
Modern hydra-swing and self-propelled mowers have made this obsolete. You just start at one side and work your way across.
Another school of thought is to just keep going round-and-round until you get to the middle. Corners get pretty tight after a while, though I never understood why.
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