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SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
Use this page as a guide to determine slopes where you may not operate safely.
Do not operate
your lawn mower
on such slopes.
15
°
SIGHT AND
HOLD
THIS
LEV
E
L
WITH
A VERTICAL TREE
A POWER
POLE
A CORN
ER OF A BU
ILDING
OR
A FENC
E POST
F
O
L
D
O
N
D
O
T
T
E
D
L
IN
E
, R
E
P
R
E
S
E
N
T
IN
G
A
1
5
°
S
L
O
P
E
WARNING
Do
not
mow on
incline
s
wit
h a slop
e in excess
o
f 1
5
de
gr
ees (a
rise o
f ap
pr
oximat
e
ly 2
-1/
2 f
e
e
t e
v
e
ry 10
fe
et
).
A
ridin
g
mo
we
r
could
ov
er
tu
rn
a
n
d
ca
us
e s
e
riou
s in
ju
ry.
If o
p
e
ra
ting
a
wa
lk-b
e
h
in
d
mo
we
r o
n
su
ch
a s
lop
e
, it is
ex
tre
m
ely
dif
ficu
lt t
o
m
a
int
a
in
yo
ur
f
oot
in
g
and you
could s
lip
,
result
ing in
s
e
rious injury
.
Operate
RIDING mow
e
rs up
and down s
lo
pes,
never
acro
ss th
e f
a
ce of
slo
pes.
Ope
ra
te
WALK-
BEHI
ND
mo
wers acro
ss t
he f
a
ce
of
slo
p
e
s
, neve
r up
a
nd do
wn slo
pes.
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