Fire Apparatus - Gear Shifting

Year Published: 1958

Creator: L A City Fire Dept

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates gear selection and manipulation while driving heavy-duty fire apparatus. Shows how to maintain control of engine and road speeds up and down hills, the advantage of double-clutching and how to develop shifting skills by vacuum gauge, by tachometer and by ear. Explains the harm of lugging the engine an of gear clashing.


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