9
SLOPE GAUGE
(Keep this sheet in a safe place for future reference.)
15°
SIGHT AND
HOLD THIS
LE
VEL
WITH
A VER
TICAL TREE
A POWER
POLE
A C
O
R
N
ER
OF A
BUILDING
OR
A FE
NCE POST
F
O
LD
ON
D
OT
T
E
D
L
IN
E
, R
E
P
R
E
S
E
N
T
IN
G
A
1
5°
S
LOP
E
USE THIS PAGE AS A GUIDE
TO DETERMINE SLOPES WHERE
YOU MAY NOT O
PERATE SAFELY.
WARNING
Do not mo
w on inclines with a
slope in e
xcess of 15 de
gr
ees (a r
ise of appro
ximately
2-1/2 f
eet e
ver
y 10 f
eet).
A r
iding mo
w
er could o
ver
tur
n and cause ser
ious injur
y.
If oper
ating a w
alk-behind mo
w
er on such a slope
, it is
extremely difficult to maintain
y
our f
ooting and y
ou could slip
, resulting in ser
ious injur
y.
Oper
ate RZT z
ero tur
n tr
actors across the f
ace of
slopes r
ather than up and do
wn
. Begin with the first pass
across the bottom of
the slope and tur
n uphill
at the end of each
pass whene
ve
r possib
le
.
