<div>Well, we've covered a lot of ground on shifting issues, particularlyon hills.
I've been trying different techniques for hill climbing and have been finding that the instinctive FLOOR IT may not be the best approach when climbing steep hills.
Here's what I've found so far when climbing steep hills:
When I first got my RTV, I would apply full throttle and keep the pedal to the floor and the RTV will bog down. If I'm in the wrong range, I could easily stall it.
A couple months ago, I found that when doing the same (floor it) once it started bogging down, if I let off the pedal a little, the engine RPM's would go back up and provide more torque.
Yesterday (OK, I'll admit I'm a little slow... This only took me 6 months to try
).
I tried climbing the hills using approximately 50% throttle. It climbed the hills with absolutely no problem. Didn't bog down or anything. I need to try this technique a bit more (with different loads and in different ranges), but it seems based on just a little testing that this may be the correct approach.
What is everyone else doing on the steep hills?
Brian</div>
I've been trying different techniques for hill climbing and have been finding that the instinctive FLOOR IT may not be the best approach when climbing steep hills.
Here's what I've found so far when climbing steep hills:
When I first got my RTV, I would apply full throttle and keep the pedal to the floor and the RTV will bog down. If I'm in the wrong range, I could easily stall it.
A couple months ago, I found that when doing the same (floor it) once it started bogging down, if I let off the pedal a little, the engine RPM's would go back up and provide more torque.
Yesterday (OK, I'll admit I'm a little slow... This only took me 6 months to try
I tried climbing the hills using approximately 50% throttle. It climbed the hills with absolutely no problem. Didn't bog down or anything. I need to try this technique a bit more (with different loads and in different ranges), but it seems based on just a little testing that this may be the correct approach.
What is everyone else doing on the steep hills?
Brian</div>