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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).
Have someone place chocks-under the- trailer wheels.
When. the wheel chocks are in place, release the regular brakes until
the chocks absorb the load.
Reapply the regular brakes. THen shift into
"P7,
(Park) firmly and
apply your parking brake.
Release the regular brakes.
When You Are Ready to Leave Afler Parking on a Hill
1. Apply your regular brakes and hold the pedal down while you:
Start your engine;
Shift into a gear; and
0
Be sure
the
parking brake has released.
2. Let up on the brake pedal.
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