6
SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
15
°
SI
GH
T AN
D
H
O
L
D
TH
IS
L
E
VEL
WI
TH
A V
E
R
T
IC
AL
TR
EE
A
PO
W
E
R
PO
LE
A
CORNE
R OF A
B
U
ILDING
OR
A FEN
C
E
P
O
ST
F
O
L
D
O
N
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
O
P
E
USE
THIS P
A
GE AS
A GUIDE TO
DETERMINE S
L
OPE
S
W
H
ERE Y
O
U MAY NOT O
PERATE S
A
FELY.
Do
not
mo
w o
n
i
n
c
lines
w
ith
a
sl
op
e i
n
ex
ces
s
o
f 15
d
egr
ee
s
(a
r
is
e
of
app
ro
xi
mat
e
ly
2-
1/2
fee
t e
v
er
y
1
0
f
eet)
.
A
r
id
ing
m
o
wer
c
oul
d o
v
e
rtu
rn
a
nd
ca
us
e s
e
rio
u
s
in
ju
ry
.
If o
per
at
ing
a
wal
k
-b
e
h
in
d m
o
we
r
on
su
ch
a
sl
ope
, i
t i
s
ex
tr
e
m
el
y
di
ffi
cu
lt
to m
a
in
ta
in
y
our
fo
oti
ng a
nd y
o
u
c
oul
d s
lip
, r
e
s
u
lti
ng i
n
s
e
rio
u
s
in
jur
y
.
O
per
ate
RIDI
NG
mowe
rs
u
p
an
d do
wn s
lo
pes
, n
e
v
e
r ac
ro
ss
th
e fa
ce
of s
lopes
.
O
per
ate
W
A
LK
-B
E
H
IND
mowe
rs
a
c
ro
s
s
the
fac
e
of
sl
op
es
, nev
er
u
p
an
d do
wn s
lo
pes
.
WARNING
