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Page 32 of an owner's manual titled "Operating Your Bronco" with…
This document page details trailer towing and emergency procedures for operating a Bronco.
12 Operating Your Bronco TRAILER TOWING (Emlmlilcd/ TRAILER BRAKES 7 Sepamtc Llailu brakes are required do most trailers wesmng aver 2.000 lbs 7 check your aim or pruririeilil requimmerta Electric hraltes. elthcr controlled manually or au|Ur manually. or surgerlype hydraulic trader brdkce Aw cnnsidued dcuchnd syslcmi ir [Imp Installed and adiusted as reeum mended by iheir manntaeuinr CAUTION 7 Do .ot cuuplz a trader hydraulic brake directly to the vehiele hrahe symem. SAFETY Lid le Failure of the waneeliou hsiweeii the Inwmg vehii-le and the trailer would tree the trailer to wander dangcmusly across other lanes or mm To prevent thi siIary ohaiascurmee ti... the vehicle and trailer are required in must ar 5. Chains shaiiltl he erosieil iiatler Lhc tonguc at Hie traila. to prevem the tongue from dmvplng to the ground in ease oi iailure. hiit lshmild be Inme enough to allow turns TAKE TIME TO PRACTICE 7 To gain the ieel of your new vehicle and trailer combinat..n. ldkr Lime In praerice in a llghIly imwlld me... Here are a Iew simple upsto siari you i... your way 0 STARHNJ 7 check 0 mind... thh and brakes. . TURNING 7 Because mailer wheels Wl he closer than the towing vehicle whcrls U rhe inside oi ihe tiira. drive 5ngth hsyaiid the normal iiiriiing puun system . PASSING 7 Allow ertra distance tor passing other vehielee. 11' speed is low, duwnsm. for better acceleration. I FOLLOWINF 7 Allow at 16111 the equlvnlcm uf one vehicle and trailer lcngl eomhincd for mat. lei. mph m speed - STOPPING 7 Allow more time and rhsiaaee mm your tmu than you would ordiiiarin with your vchmle anhe, - PARKING 7 chp tunr ham! ai ihe hello... or the steering wheel. To back left. muvL yank hand to the left. 10 had. ngllt mnvc you! hand to L right, DDn'I turn the when} loo much 01 hold it me long Make eomclims is yuu need iheni. - IIILL cLIMBINu 1: your vehicle begins (0 lost speed as you chmh z hlll. downxhi In a lower gear Or mole pawn! al Lhc rear whet , - DOWNGRADES To descend a steep grade. sluw to 20 mph and shift to law gear at the lap oi the hill. before mining down. The lnIiJm' adds weighl N the downhill inertia and the engine. with transmsiaa in low gear. will assist in reducing Vehicle dowiihiII peed. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE In case at a hmakdown rhat prehanh driiaaa the Vehicle. try [0 get ii on the mad or out at lhe min meiIm or mirth Open lhe hand or uflgate as a signal to other drivers ll'ul vehicle is disahled Alw rim. on the hazard waniing switch tsee page 20)
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