White Outdoor 430 - Manual (Page 6)

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SECTION 2: SLOPE GAUGE
15°
SIGHT AND
HOLD
THIS
LE
VEL
WITH
A VER
TICAL TREE
A POWER
POLE
A C
O
RN
ER OF A B
U
ILDIN
G
OR
A FENC
E POST
F
O
L
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
USE THIS PAGE AS A GUIDE
TO DETERMINE SLOPES WHERE
YOU MAY NOT O
PERATE SAFELY.
Do
not
mo
w on
incline
s
wit
h a slop
e in e
x
cess of
15 d
egr
ee
s (
a
rise
o
f a
ppr
oxima
te
ly
2
-1
/2
fe
et
ever
y 1
0
f
eet
). A rid
ing mo
wer
cou
ld ove
rtu
rn
a
nd cause ser
ious inju
ry.
If
ope
ra
tin
g
a wa
lk-be
h
in
d mower
o
n
such
a slo
pe,
it is
e
x
tr
eme
ly dif
ficu
lt
to
main
ta
in your
fo
ot
ing
an
d yo
u could
slip,
resulting in serious injury
.
Operate
RIDING mow
e
rs up
and down s
lo
pes,
never
acro
ss th
e f
a
ce of
slo
pes.
Ope
ra
te
WALK-
BEHI
ND
mo
wers acro
ss t
he f
a
ce
of
slo
p
e
s
, neve
r up
a
nd do
wn slo
pes.
WARNING