I have an early 80's Mack DM dumptruck that I haul stuff around the farm and a bit of close farm pick up. September long weekend last year I was getting some blast rock up the road about a 1km or 2 from here to build roads. It has a huge box on it ...which is great for sawdust. The guy on the excavator was pretty careful. There were some big rocks and slabs, he set them in on top of some loose small stuff with dirt mixed so that the box wouldn't get damaged. I had taken the 2x8 rails at the top off so it wouldnt be too full. As I left the lot with my first full load it started down hill and then quickly turned into right into an uphill grade. I could normally pull this in 3rd as I really had just got moving... but I realized quick I needed to get down a gear. In a bit of a panic I missed my downshift and was slowing down fast. I had the cluch in and as I was slowing to stop I slipped in 1st, I released the clutch but I already had backward motion. The engine kicked,I kept going backward. Clutch and brake on now with exhaust puffing out of the air cleaner beside the cab. I rolled back to the dip (still engine running backward) and though I was on fire. Shut it down. Took a walk around, and everything seemed ok... no fire. So I started it up and ran fine. Apparently the Mack engines had this feature... Needless to say I told the hoe man to put a. It less in and I stayed I second for that hill. Now if only I can find that electrical short that keeps the batteries dead if I don't use the night switch.
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