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SECTION 2: SLOPE GUAGE
15°
SIGHT AND
HOLD
THIS
LE
VEL
WITH
A VER
TICAL TREE
A P
O
WE
R POLE
A CORNE
R OF A BU
ILDING
OR
A FEN
C
E POST
F
O
L
D
ON
D
O
T
T
E
D
L
IN
E
, R
E
P
R
E
SE
N
T
IN
G
A
1
5
°
S
L
O
P
E
Do not
mo
w on
inclines with
a slope in e
xcess of 15
deg
rees (a r
ise of a
ppro
ximately 2-1/2 f
e
et
e
v
er
y 10 f
eet).
A r
iding mo
w
e
r could
o
v
er
tur
n
and cause ser
ious injur
y. If oper
ati
ng a w
a
lk-behind mo
w
e
r on such a slope
, it
is e
x
tremely difficul
t to ma
intain y
our
f
ooting and y
ou could sl
ip
, resulting in ser
io
u
s
in
jur
y.
Oper
ate
RIDING mo
w
e
rs up and do
wn slopes
, ne
v
e
r across the f
a
ce of slopes
.
Oper
ate W
A
LK-BEHIN
D mo
w
e
rs across the f
a
ce of slopes
, ne
v
e
r u
p and do
wn slopes
.
WARNING
USE THIS PAGE AS A GUIDE TO DETERMINE SLOPES WHERE YOU MAY NOT
OPERATE RIDER MOWER SAFELY:
