Owners Manual
Driving
On Grades
Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear
before
you start down a long or
steep downgrade. If you don’t shift down, you might have to use your
brakes
so
much that they would get hot and no longer
work
well.
On
a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed to around
45
mph
(70
km/h)
or
less
to
reduce the possibility
of
engine and transaxle
overheating.
If
your trailer weighs more than
1,000
pounds
(450
Kg) and you have
an
automatic transaxle with Overdrive,
you
may want to drive
in
“3”
instead
of
Overdrive.
Parking on Hills
You really should not park your vehicle,
with
a trailer attached,
on
a hill.
If
something goes wrong, your rig could start to move. People can be
injured, and both your vehicle and the trailer can be damaged.
But
if
you ever have to park your rig on a
hill,
here’s how to do it:
Apply your regular brakes, but
do
not shift into
“P”
(Park).
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Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels.
When the wheel chocks are
in
place, release the regular brakes until
Reapply the regular brakes. Then shift into “P” (Park) firmly and
the chocks absorb the load.
apply your parking brakes.
Release the regular brakes.
When
You
Are Ready
to
Leave Afier Parking on
a
Hill
1.
Apply your regular brakes and hold the pedal down
while
you:
Start your engine;
Shift into a gear; and
Be sure the parking brake has released.
2.
Let up
on
the brake pedal.
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