TM 9-2350-222-10-2
DRIVE THE VEHICLE (DRIVE FORWARD) - Continued
To Go Up Steep Grade:
Make Sure:
You read and understand the cautions involved while going up steep grade (page 2-215).
CAUTION
Maximum grade vehicle will climb is 60 percent.
1.
Warn crew to brace themselves.
2.
Approach grade as squarely as possible.
3.
Move transmission shift lever to L.
NOTE
Try not to stop when ice/is going up a steep grade.
It may be. hard to get vehicle started forward again.
Make a minimum number of steering corrections.
Steering corrections use power ad will slow forward
movement of vehicle. Vehicle has more climbing
power in R than in L. If vehicle will not go up grade
in L (low), shift transmission shift lever to R
(reverse) and ease vehicle slowly backward to
bottom of grade (page 2-215). Turn vehicle around
Try going up in reverse (page 2-235).
4.
Push accelerator down as required to climb grade.
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