1994 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 179

Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear you start dawn a long or before 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 engine and transmission overheating. of If you have an automatic transmission, you should use when towing a "D" trailer. Operating your vehicle "D" when towing a trailer will minimize in heat buildup and extend the of your transmission.Or, if you have a life rrianual transmission with fifth gear, it's better not to use gear, just fifth drive in fourth gear (or, you need to, a lower gear). as Parking on Hills You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer attached, on a If hill. something goes wrong, your could start to move. People be injured, rig can and both your vehicle and the trailer can be damaged. But if you ever have park your rig on a hill, here's how do it: to to 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don't shift into "P"(Park) yet,or into gear for a manual transmission. 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. 3. When the wheel chocks arein place, release the regular brakes until the chocks absorbthe load. 4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking brake, and then shift into "P" (Park), or"R" (Reverse) for a manual transmission. 5. If you have a four-wheel drive vehicle with a manual transfer case shift lever, be surethe transfer caseis in a drivegear-not in "N" (Neutral). 6. Release the parking brakes, 4-43