184 Shifting gears Crawler gears Vehicles with Telligent ® automatic gear- shift: the on-board computer display shows the manual drive program M . If you engage the working gears, you can drive at a slower speed with the same engine revs. You can engage the crawler gears in order to drive at an even slower speed with the same engine revs. General notes X If the O symbol does not briefly appear in the on-board computer dis- play: briefly pull away and stop again. The gear change will be repeated automat- ically. When the crawler gears are engaged, the O symbol briefly appears on the on- board computer display. ! Never use the crawler gears to increase the tractive power of the vehicle.
The crawler gears are intended to permit the slowest speeds when using corresponding add-on equipment. Driving mode X Vehicles with Telligent ® gearshift: slowly release the clutch pedal. ! Only engage/disengage the gears when the vehicle is stationary. Otherwise, the gearshift may be noisy and the gearbox could be damaged. X Slowly depress the accelerator pedal. The vehicle starts moving. X All vehicles: release the parking brake. X Stop the vehicle and apply the parking brake. Shifting the crawler gears Engaging crawler gears X All vehicles:
shift to the desired gear with the multifunction lever; vehicles with Telli- gent ® gearshift ( Y page 171), vehicles with Telligent ® automatic gearshift ( Y page 179). X Slowly depress the accelerator pedal. The vehicle starts moving. X Release the parking brake. When stationary, secure the vehicle against rolling away X Make sure the engine is running. X Apply the parking brake. X Make sure that the vehicle is stationary and that the parking brake is applied. Deactivating crawler gears X Vehicles with Telligent ® gearshift: depress the clutch pedal. X Vehicles with Telligent ® gearshift: depress the clutch pedal. X Vehicles with Telligent ® automatic gearshift:
shift into the desired pulling- away gear. X All vehicles: place transmission in neutral position. X Press button ; again. Indicator lamp : in the button goes out. The crawler gears and working gears are disengaged. The on-board computer dis- play briefly shows a status message with- out the O symbol. X All vehicles: push button ; . Indicator lamp : in button lights up. The working gears are engaged first. When engaged, the N symbol briefly appears on the on-board computer display. When engaged, the O symbol lights up briefly in the on-board computer display. X If the on-board computer display does not show the status message without