6
S
ECTION
2 — I
MPORTANT
S
AFE
O
PERATION
P
RACTICES
(OK)
(T
OO STEEP)
USE
THIS S
L
OPE G
A
UGE
T
O D
E
TERMINE
IF A S
L
OPE IS
T
OO STEEP FOR SAFE OPE
R
A
TION!
To check the slop
e
, p
roc
eed as
foll
o
w
s:
1.
R
em
o
v
e this page and
fold along the dashed lin
e
.
2.
Loc
a
te a
v
er
tical obje
ct on or behind the slope (
e
.g
. a pol
e
, buildin
g
, f
en
ce
, t
ree
, e
tc
.)
3.
A
lig
n either side of the slope gauge with the objec
t (
S
ee
Figu
re 1 and
Figu
re 2 ).
4.
A
djust gauge up or d
o
wn u
n
til the le
ft
cor
ner
touches the slope (
S
ee
Figu
re 1 and
Figu
re 2).
5.
If the
re is a gap bel
o
w the gaug
e
, the slope is
too s
teep
for sa
fe ope
ra
tion (
S
ee
Figu
re 2 ab
o
v
e).
15° dashed line
Slope
G
auge
Figu
re 2
Figu
re 1
15° Slope
15° Slope
W
A
R
N
IN
G
!
S
lo
p
e
s
a
re a
m
a
jo
r
fa
c
to
r
re
la
te
d to
sl
ip a
n
d
fa
ll
a
cc
id
e
n
ts
w
h
ic
h
ca
n
re
su
lt
in
se
v
e
re
in
ju
ry
o
r
d
e
a
th
.
T
h
e
m
a
ch
in
e is
h
e
a
v
y
a
n
d
ca
n
sp
e
e
d
u
p
w
h
e
n
g
o
in
g
d
o
w
n
h
il
l.
B
e
p
re
p
a
re
d to
m
a
in
ta
in
co
n
tr
o
l o
f
th
e
m
a
ch
in
e
. T
o
a
v
o
id
lo
ss
o
f
co
n
tr
o
l,
o
p
e
ra
te
a
cr
o
ss
sl
o
p
e
s,
n
o
t u
p
a
n
d
d
o
w
n
. W
h
e
n
tu
rn
in
g
,
tu
rn
u
p
h
il
l,
n
o
t
d
o
w
n
. D
o
n
o
t
o
p
e
ra
te
m
a
ch
in
e
o
n
sl
o
p
e
s
in
e
xc
e
ss
o
f
15
d
e
g
re
e
s.
