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SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
Use this page as a guide to determine slopes where you may not operate safely. Do not operate your lawn mower
on such slopes.
15°
SIGHT A
ND H
O
LD TH
IS LEVEL WITH
A V
E
RTICAL TRE
E
A POW
E
R
POLE
A CORNER OF
A
BUILDING
OR
A FEN
C
E POST
F
O
L
D
O
N
D
O
T
T
E
D
L
IN
E
, R
E
P
R
ES
E
N
T
IN
G
A
1
5
°
S
L
O
P
E
USE T
H
IS PAGE AS A GUIDE
TO DETERMINE SLOPES WHERE YO
U MAY NOT OPERATE SAFEL
Y
.
Do n
o
t mo
w o
n
in
clin
es with
a slop
e in
excess o
f 15 d
e
g
ree
s (a
rise o
f app
ro
xim
a
te
ly 2-
1/
2 f
e
e
t e
v
ery 1
0
f
e
e
t)
. A rid
ing m
o
wer
co
uld
over
tu
rn
a
nd
ca
use se
rio
u
s inju
ry.
I
f op
er
at
ing
a wal
k
-b
e
h
ind
mo
we
r
on
su
ch
a
slo
p
e
,
it
is
extr
em
ely dif
ficu
lt
t
o
ma
int
a
in
yo
ur
fo
ot
ing an
d you cou
ld slip
, r
e
sult
ing
in
ser
iou
s
in
jur
y
.
O
per
at
e RIDI
NG mower
s
u
p
an
d down slop
es, ne
ver a
c
ro
ss
th
e
fa
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.
WARNING
