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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) to reduce the
possibility of engine and transaxle overheating.

If you are towing a trailer, you may want to drive in
THIRD (3) instead of AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (

B

)

(or, as you need to, a lower gear).

Parking on Hills

CAUTION:

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:

1. Apply your regular brakes, but don’t shift into 

PARK (P) yet.

2. Have someone place chocks under the 

trailer’s wheels.

3. When the wheel chocks are in place, release the

regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load.

4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your 

parking brake, and shift to PARK (P).

5. Release the regular brakes.