9
S
ection
2 — i
mportant
S
afe
o
peration
p
racticeS
(OK)
(T
OO STEEP)
USE
THIS SL
OPE GA
UGE
TO DE
TERMINE
IF A SL
OPE IS
TOO STEEP FOR SAFE OPER
ATION!
To check the slope
, pr
oc
eed as f
ollo
w
s:
1.
Remo
ve this page and f
old along the dashed line
.
2.
Loca
te a v
er
tical objec
t on or behind the slope (e
.g
. a pole
, building
, f
enc
e, tr
ee
, et
c.)
3.
Alig
n either side of the slope gauge with the objec
t (S
ee F
igur
e 1 and F
igur
e 2 ).
4.
A
djust gauge up or do
wn un
til the lef
t c
or
ner t
ouches the slope (S
ee F
igur
e 1 and F
igur
e 2).
5.
If ther
e is a gap belo
w the gauge
, the slope is t
oo st
eep f
or saf
e oper
ation (S
ee F
igur
e 2 abo
ve).
12° dashed line
Slope G
auge
Figur
e 2
Figur
e 1
12° Slope
12° Slope
WA
RN
IN
G
!
Slo
pe
s a
re a m
ajo
r fa
cto
r r
ela
te
d t
o t
ip
-o
ve
r a
nd r
oll
-o
ve
r a
cc
id
en
ts w
hic
h c
an r
es
ult i
n s
ev
ere i
nju
ry o
r d
ea
th
.
D
o n
ot o
pe
ra
te m
ac
hin
e o
n s
lo
pe
s i
n e
xc
es
s o
f 1
2 d
eg
re
es
. A
ll s
lo
pe
s r
eq
uir
e e
xtr
a c
au
tio
n. I
f y
ou c
an
no
t b
ac
k u
p t
he s
lo
pe
or i
f y
ou f
ee
l u
ne
as
y o
n i
t, d
o n
ot m
ow i
t. A
lw
ay
s m
ow u
p a
nd d
ow
n s
lo
pe
s, n
ev
er a
cro
ss t
he fa
ce o
f s
lo
pe
s.
