PS Magazine - MAY 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 282
MAY 1976
"
You're sticking your neE
oUt-'way
out!-if ±oU drive with your Goer's
²overnor lever feeding the fuel.
If you've got to stop quick-or slow
down in a hurry-yoU could forget to
push
the
lever
forward.
You'll be
Hitting the brakes while the engine
·
just keeps pushing yoU on.
Stick to the accelerator pedal fOr ³
highway and cross´country driving ;
and for swimminµ. Then yo¶ cut off
·
the power when you move yoUr foot ¸
from the accelerator to the brakes.
governor lever
is only For
tanker fueL dispensing and wrecker
lifting oPerations. ¹t's only ºo keep a
steady
engine
speeD
For
those
o»erations,
¼riv½1¾g cal¿s FoR speCial aÀtent½onÁ
Â
YoU may think ÃouÄre jUst poKiNg
along-since the top sPeed is only
aboUt
30 MPH.
BUt you've got a ¿oÅta
weight pUshing yoU. AnywheRe FRom
12
to
23
tonsÆ depending on which
Goer yoUÇ re Driving and how mUÈh of a
loaD yoU're carryingÉ
±
ÊtËÌ Í½Ke Î s¿ÏWÐMÏVÑnÒ FÓe½ght tRaÑn
cÏmÔng tÏ Î stÏP-ο¿ oF thÎt Weight
tÎKes Î wh½le to sÕow downÖ
×eep Î shaRP eye oUt aheÎD. Øatch
FoR
cUrvesÆ
cRossroÎDsÆ
otheR
vehic¿es-Înything yoU m½ght hÎve to
stop oR s¿ow Down ForÙ
Get ÃoUR foot ofF the acceleratoR
pedal anD onto the braKe PeDal early.
Start
s¿ow½ng
DowÚ
all
of
that
weight-ear¿Ã.
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