Driving On Off-Road Hills; Approaching A Hill - GMC 1997 Jimmy Owner's Manual

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Driving on Off-Road Hills
Many hills are simply too steep for any vehicle. If
you drive up them. you will stall. I f yoa drive
down them, you can't control your speed. If you
drive across them, you w i l l roll over. You could be
seriously in,jured or killed. If you have any doubt
about the steepness, don't drive the hill.
Approaching a Hill
When yo11 approach
a
hill. you need to decide if
it's
one
of those hills that's just too steep to clirnh, descend or
cross.
Steepness can be hard
t o
judge. O n
;I
\very small
h i l l 7 for example, there may be
a
smooth, constant
incline
with
only a small change i n elevation where you
can easily see
a11 the way
t o
h e
top. On a
large
h i l l .
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