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6
SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
15°
S
IGHT A
ND HOLD
T
H
IS
L
E
V
E
L
W
ITH A
V
E
RTICA
L
TRE
E
A PO
W
E
R
P
O
LE
A
CORNE
R OF A
B
U
IL
DING
OR
A FE
N
C
E
POS
T
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
Do
not
mo
w on
i
n
c
lines
wi
th
a
sl
ope
i
n
e
x
c
e
s
s
of
15
de
gr
ees
(
a
r
is
e
of
appr
o
x
im
ate
ly
2
-1
/2
feet
ev
er
y
10
fe
et)
.
A
r
id
ing
mo
wer
c
oul
d o
v
e
rtu
rn
an
d c
a
u
s
e
s
e
rio
u
s
in
jur
y
.
If o
per
ati
n
g
a
wal
k
-b
e
h
in
d m
o
wer
on
suc
h
a s
lope,
it
is
e
x
tr
e
m
el
y
di
ffic
u
lt t
o
m
a
in
ta
in
y
our
fo
otin
g a
nd y
o
u
co
ul
d s
lip
, r
e
s
u
ltin
g i
n
s
e
rio
u
s
inj
u
ry
.
O
per
ate
RIDIN
G
m
o
we
rs
up
an
d do
wn s
lo
pes
, n
e
ve
r ac
ro
ss
th
e fa
ce
of s
lo
pes
.
O
per
ate
WA
LK
-B
E
H
IND m
o
we
rs
ac
ro
s
s
the f
a
c
e
of
sl
ope
s,
nev
er
up
an
d do
wn s
lo
pes
.
WARNING