Slope Guide - Craftsman 536.270212 Owner's Manual

SLOPE GUIDE
• "'*"" "14 D_" S GHT AND HOLD TH_S GU DE LEVEL W TH A VERTICAL TREE
I *"" " "G-.R..._S A CORNER OF A STRUCTURE k POWER LINE POLE, OR A FENCE
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On _ riding mower to determine if a slope is safe to mow: {_} disengage the blade s) (2 put 1he unit tn reverse, and (3 try to back straight up the
slo e. _f you c_n ba_k up the slope it Is gener'_lly safe to mow. However. if you do not feel s_fe, or if you are not (_omplet ely sure_ use this guide
an_do not mow a stope that is greater th_n 15 clegr_s, tf the ri_ing mower is ueed with a pulJ-behind or _ear mounted al"iachment.
do not operate the u,lt on a s_ope _hat is greater than 10 degrees,
A 15 degree slope is a hill that increases in height _t _pproxlmately 2_5 feet t_t 10 feet.
A 10 degree slope is _ hill that increases in height at approximately 1.7 feet _n _0 feet.
Use extreme care at all times, a_d avoid $ud_len turns or ma=_euve_s. Follow other _nstr;_ct_on=s In this ma_lu_ for _afety in mowing Or1
A of slopes_ never Up or dowft stopes, U_e _x_Tii car_ w_en ilpe_tlr_g oz] or ne_ a]o_o_ and o_strt_ct[o_s.
slopes, Operate a riding mower up o_ _own _topes, never across the rape of slopes. Operate a waik-_ehind mower acJ¢OSS the f_ce