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NEWS | Aug. 29, 2019

D7G Dozer: Nix the Slam-Bam Shifting!

Operators, you need to cool it on the slam-bam gear shifting at the work site.

Slamming the shifter sideways from neutral, then down into reverse, will break the backup alarm’s magnetic switch inside the shift console.
 


A busted switch means the backup alarms won’t sound off in reverse.  That makes your dozer NMC.
 

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