OPERATOR'S MANUAL

DRIVINGTIPSANDTECHNIQUES
DescendingaGrade
WARNING
Donotholdthebrakepedaldown
toolongortoooftenwhilegoing
downasteeporlonggrade.This
couldcausethebrakestooverheat
andreducetheireffectiveness.As
aresult,thevehiclewillnotslow
downattheusualrate.T oreduce
theriskofanaccidentwhichcould
causedeathorpersonalinjury,
beforegoingdownasteeporlong
grade,reducespeedandshiftthe
transmissionintoalowergearto
helpcontrolyourvehiclespeed.
Failuretofollowproceduresfor
properdownhilloperationcould
resultinlossofvehiclecontrol.
EngineOverspeed
CAUTION
Toavoidenginedamage,donot
lettheenginerpmgobeyondthe
maximumgovernedrpm—valve
damagecouldresultifoverspeed
conditionsoccur.
NOTE
Oftentheserecommendations
aresecondarytomaintainingan
adequateandsafespeedrelative
tothesurroundingtrafcandroad
conditions.
Operatetheenginewithintheoptimum
enginerpmrangeanddonotallow
therpm'stoexceedthemaximum
governedspeed.SeeyourEngine
OperationandMaintenancemanual
forinformationregardingenginerpm.
Whentheengineisusedasabrake
tocontrolvehiclespeed(e.g.,while
drivingdownagrade),donotallow
theenginerpmtoexceedmaximum
governedspeed.
Undernormalloadandroadconditions
operatetheengineinthelowerendof
therange.
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