PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 311
OCTOBER 1978
Match up an
AN/TPQ-32
FAR
.
radar system with an M561 Gama
Goat and you could have a kicking
mule by the tail±
If
you don't drive the Goat right,
tHe ²oat'll drive you ³´´ infO a
ditch, over a bank, µipped oN a
hill´
·
The Goat is an unusual vehicle,
what with
±²
and 6-wheel drive
¶¸ont and back wheels that steer, a
carrier that tilts, and spri¹gs that
demand additional support± You
need to know how to drive it, and
yoU can't learn that on your oWn±
Fact ºis, experienced, trained
drivers are supposed to take an
annual re»esher course´ It's eVen
in¼R 385-55±
The reason is simple: a Goat
with a Load is like so½ething
you've never driven be¾re± You've
got to know it be¾re you go´
Driving tHe Goat with FAR, a
trailer, or other ¿oad mEans drivÀ
ing it every secoÁd IÁatteÁtioÁ
can Put you oà tHe road ´³´
or Äipped´
Åike soÆ Çou've got to ho¿d tHe
whÈel steady all the time in higHÉ
way driving´
if
you don't, the Goat
caÊrier will sway and Ështail´Ìo
much sway can Íip the carrier and
whatever it's hauling or towingÎ
Keep your speed down, speciÀ
ally on cÏrves, and hold the wheel
steadÐ
<lr,:
P
".
Ño oÒher big reasons ¾r highÓ
way or cross country accidents and
near accidents are oversteering
and tÔking curves too Õst±
In short, turn the wheel only as
Õr as necessary to make a curve
or gÖ around something´ ×n a
curve, make as gradual a Øurn as
you can, spÙce Úermitting±
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