6
SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
15°
SIGHT
AND HO
L
D
THI
S
LEVEL
WI
TH
A VER
T
ICAL TRE
E
A POWE
R
POLE
A CORNER OF
A BUIL
D
ING
OR A FENC
E
P
O
ST
F
O
L
D
O
N
DO
T
T
E
D
L
IN
E
, RE
P
RE
S
E
NT
ING
A
1
5
° S
L
O
P
E
Do n
o
t mow o
n
in
clin
es with
a slo
pe
in excess of
15
de
gr
ees (
a
r
ise of
a
ppr
oxima
te
ly
2-
1/
2 f
e
e
t e
v
e
ry 1
0
f
e
e
t)
. A rid
ing
mower
co
uld
over
tu
rn
a
n
d
cau
s
e
ser
iou
s
inju
ry.
If
o
p
e
rat
in
g a
walk-
beh
in
d
m
o
w
e
r o
n
su
ch
a
s
lop
e,
it
is
ex
tre
m
ely
d
iffic
u
lt
to
ma
in
ta
in
yo
ur
fo
o
tin
g an
d yo
u could
slip
, re
sult
ing in
ser
iou
s inju
ry.
Op
er
at
e RIDI
NG
m
o
wer
s
up
and
d
o
wn slope
s, ne
ve
r acr
o
ss t
h
e
fa
ce of
slope
s.
WA
RNI
N
G
