7
SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
15
°
SIGHT
AND HO
L
D
THI
S
LEVEL
WI
TH
A VER
T
ICAL TRE
E
A POWE
R
POLE
A CORNER OF
A BUIL
D
ING
OR A FENC
E
P
O
ST
F
O
L
D
O
N
DO
T
T
E
D
L
INE
, R
E
P
RE
S
E
NT
ING
A
1
5
° S
L
O
P
E
Do
no
t m
o
w
on
inclin
e
s
with
a slo
p
e
in
exc
e
s
s
of
1
5
de
gr
ee
s (
a
r
ise o
f a
p
p
ro
x
im
a
te
ly
2-
1/
2 fe
e
t ev
er
y 10
fe
et
). A r
idin
g
m
o
we
r
co
uld o
v
ert
u
rn a
n
d
ca
use ser
iou
s in
jur
y
. I
f ope
ra
tin
g
a
wa
lk-
b
e
h
ind
mowe
r o
n
such a
slo
pe,
it
is extr
em
ely dif
ficu
lt t
o
m
a
int
a
in
yo
ur
fo
o
tin
g an
d yo
u could
slip
, re
sult
ing in
ser
iou
s inju
ry.
Op
er
at
e RIDI
NG
m
o
wer
s
up
and
d
o
wn slope
s, ne
ve
r acr
o
ss t
h
e
fa
ce of
slope
s.
WA
RNI
N
G
