6
SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
15°
SIGHT
AND HOL
D
THIS LEV
E
L WITH A
VE
RTICAL
TREE
A P
O
WER POL
E
A COR
N
E
R OF A
BU
IL
DI
NG
OR A FENCE PO
ST
F
OL
D
ON
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
OP
E
US
E TH
IS
P
A
GE AS
A GU
ID
E TO DET
E
R
M
IN
E
SLOPE
S
WHE
R
E
Y
O
U MAY NOT OP
ERAT
E SAFEL
Y
.
Do no
t
m
o
w on in
clin
es wit
h
a
slo
pe in
e
x
ce
ss of
15 d
egr
ee
s (
a
ri
se
o
f a
ppr
oxima
te
ly
2
-1
/2
fe
et
e
v
ery 10
fe
et
).
A
rid
ing mowe
r
cou
ld over
tu
rn an
d
cau
s
e
ser
ious injur
y
. If
o
per
at
ing
a wa
lk-be
h
in
d
m
o
wer
on
such
a
slop
e,
it
is
ext
rem
ely dif
ficult
to
main
ta
in yo
ur
f
o
o
ting an
d you coul
d slip
, r
e
sult
ing in serious
injury.
O
per
at
e RIDI
NG mower
s
u
p
an
d down slop
es, ne
ver a
c
ro
ss
th
e
f
a
ce
o
f slop
es.
O
per
at
e WALK-BEHI
N
D mowe
rs
a
c
ross th
e fa
ce
of
slop
es,
n
e
ver
u
p
an
d down slop
es.
WAR
N
IN
G
