5
S
ection
1 — 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.
A
lig
n either side of the slope gauge with the objec
t (S
ee F
igur
e 1 and F
igur
e 2 ).
4.
Adjust 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).
15° dashed line
Slope G
auge
Figur
e 2
Figur
e 1
15° Slope
15° Slope
WA
R
N
IN
G
!
Slo
pe
s a
re a m
ajo
r f
ac
to
r r
ela
te
d to s
lip a
nd f
all 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
.
Th
e m
ac
hin
e i
s h
ea
vy a
nd c
an s
pe
ed u
p w
he
n g
oin
g d
ow
nh
ill. B
e p
re
pa
re
d to m
ain
ta
in c
on
tro
l o
f t
he m
ac
hin
e. T
o a
vo
id l
os
s o
f c
on
tro
l, o
pe
ra
te a
cro
ss s
lo
pe
s, n
ot u
p a
nd d
ow
n. W
he
n t
ur
nin
g,
tu
rn u
ph
ill, n
ot d
ow
n. 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
5 d
eg
re
es
.
