6
Slope Gauge
15
°
SI
G
H
T AND
HOLD THIS LEV
E
L
WITH A
VERTI
CA
L
TREE
A PO
WER P
O
LE
A COR
N
ER OF
A BU
IL
DI
N
G
OR A
FEN
C
E
POS
T
F
O
L
D
O
N
D
O
T
T
E
D
L
IN
E
, RE
P
R
E
S
E
NT
ING
A
1
5
° S
L
O
P
E
USE T
H
IS
PAGE AS A GUI
D
E TO DETERMI
NE SLOPES WHERE YOU MAY NOT OPERATE SAFELY.
Do
no
t m
o
w on
incline
s
wit
h
a
slop
e in
exce
ss o
f 15 d
e
g
re
e
s (a
ri
se
of
ap
pro
x
imat
ely 2
-1/
2
fe
et
ever
y 10
fe
et
).
A r
idin
g
mo
wer
cou
ld
o
v
ert
u
rn an
d ca
use se
rio
u
s
in
jur
y
.
If op
er
at
ing a walk-b
ehi
n
d
mower
o
n
su
ch
a
slop
e,
it
is
ext
rem
ely d
iff
icult
t
o
ma
int
a
in
yo
ur
fo
o
tin
g an
d yo
u co
uld
slip
,
resulting in s
e
rious injury.
Ope
ra
te
RI
DI
NG mo
we
rs up an
d do
wn
slo
pes,
n
e
ver
acro
ss th
e fa
ce of
slop
es.
WARNING
