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SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
15°
S
IG
H
T AN
D
H
O
LD
TH
IS
L
E
V
E
L
WI
TH
A VE
R
T
IC
AL
TR
EE
A PO
WER
P
O
LE
A
CORNE
R
O
F
A
B
U
ILD
ING
OR
A
F
E
N
C
E
PO
ST
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
USE THIS
PAGE
AS A G
U
ID
E TO DE
TERMI
N
E SLO
PES
WHE
R
E
YO
U
MAY
NOT OP
ERATE SAFELY
.
Do not mo
w
o
n
inc
line
s
wi
th a
s
lope i
n
e
x
c
e
s
s
o
f
1
5
d
egr
ee
s (
a
r
ise
o
f
a
ppr
ox
im
ate
ly
2
-1
/2 feet
ev
er
y
1
0
feet
). A r
idi
ng mo
wer
c
o
u
ld
ov
er
tur
n
an
d c
aus
e s
e
rious
i
n
ju
ry
.
If op
er
ati
ng
a wa
lk
-b
ehi
nd
mow
e
r on
su
ch
a s
lo
pe,
it i
s
ex
tr
eme
ly
di
ffi
cu
lt t
o
ma
in
tai
n
y
our
fo
oti
n
g
a
nd
yo
u c
oul
d s
lip,
re
s
u
lt
ing
in
se
ri
ou
s i
n
ju
ry
.
Op
er
ate
RIDING
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
.
Op
er
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
