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SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
Use this page as a guide to determine slopes where you may not operate safely.
Do not operate
your lawn mower
on such slopes.
15°
SIGHT A
ND H
O
LD TH
IS LEVEL WITH
A V
ERTICAL TRE
E
A POW
ER
POLE
A CORNER OF
A
BUILDING
OR
A FEN
C
E POST
FO
LD
O
N
D
O
TT
ED
LI
N
E,
R
EP
R
ES
EN
TIN
G
A 1
5°
SL
O
PE
USE T
H
IS PAGE AS A GUIDE
TO DETERMINE SLOPES WHERE YO
U MAY NOT OPERATE SAFEL
Y
.
Do n
ot mo
w o
n in
clin
es with
a slop
e in
excess o
f 15 d
eg
ree
s (a
rise o
f app
ro
xim
ate
ly 2-
1/
2 f
ee
t e
very 1
0 f
ee
t).
A rid
ing m
ower
co
uld
over
tu
rn
a
nd
ca
use se
rio
us inju
ry.
I
f op
er
at
ing
a wal
k-b
eh
ind
mo
we
r
on
su
ch
a
slo
pe
, it
is
extr
em
ely dif
ficu
lt t
o ma
int
ain
yo
ur
fo
ot
ing an
d you cou
ld slip
, r
esult
ing
in
ser
iou
s
in
jur
y.
O
per
at
e RIDI
NG mower
s u
p an
d down slop
es, ne
ver a
cro
ss
th
e f
ace
o
f slop
es.
O
per
at
e WALK-BEHI
N
D mowe
rs
ac
ross th
e fa
ce
of
slop
es,
n
ever
u
p an
d down slop
es.
WARNING
