PS Magazine - MAY 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 246
MAY 1973
1±
Good questions.
Any way you look at It, load testIng of
MHE is a touchy
deal±
It's a lot like yoUr
different gIrL frIends
. . . each
type
has
co be created
jUst so
±
²
²
no same-sAme
creaCment.
HoLd one on load testIng² though³
³t´s stRicTly foR youR suppoRT outFiT. If yOUµ eq¶iP·
ment requires teStIng, you'll s´hedule It wIth
y
¸R
support.
µafe load ´apa´Ities are fIxed by the ArMY
tec¹nical ºanUaL oR by the mAnU»aC¼
Rurer fo¶ ea´h pie´e of equIpment.
µo² eye your data plate for ChIs Info±
½R, checK out what the ¾RºY ¿À oR tÁe
manufa´·urer's Manual says about your
paR
tI
cul
a
R i
te
º
.
·
¸oad tests are used co re-´ertIfy that your equ¹pMent
µetains ÂÃose saFe WOrÄing
´apa´ItIesº
But, ba´k co Your gIrl frIend .
.» er¼ equIPMent±
Soºe do, soºe donÅt ²ÆÆ µeq¶ire
Load testIng, that Is.
To fInd out, ´he´k the
¿M
on
the equipºent, checÄ tÃe saFetY µULes For TÁÇ
´ommodity co be _lIfted;
looK up youR local coººanD µeGulations and ask TÁe lOcAÈ
safety offi´e.
½ots of guys ask questIons about load
testinG Éhen they'Re GoinG to liFt cOnveNÊ
tIonal amMo. There Is no ¾rMY
DiRectiVË
that lIft
equipºent ºUsT be LoAd TesTeÌ
speciÍÎcallÏ
for aMMo±
Here are some ot¿er
pubs thAt ºay ÃeLp:
¿B 9Ð352
(Àay
7Ñ)
and
¿Ò 9Ð356 (½ct 60) coVeR LoaD testinG Wreckeµ Tµ¶cks UsÇÓ
for lIftIng MIsSIles and
RocKets.
For exaMple,
if
Áou
use youR ÑÔÕton wRecKeR tRucK to ¶nload conVenTiOnAL AºmÖ×
youÂll
b
safe If It's load tested fIrst
accoµDinØ to ¿Ò 9Ð3ÙÚ. ¾nD don'T »oµÛet TÁe »iNAL
Inspe´tIon± Ãhe´k
FoR ÜÝisÞed, bent oR cRacKed fRaºe ºeºbeµs, DaºAÛeD bOLTs Ör
pIns and frayed ´ableÄ
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TESTS WHAT?
(½ct 68), is the enGineeµßs ¿À On riGGinG. It ALsO ÁAs tabLes coVeRinG saFà
liºits áoµ wâµe, hoOks and blocKs and saFe WorkinG LOAãs FOr chain, wiRe and Rope
slinGsÆ
¿M 5Ð331ä
(MaY 68) coVeRs liftinG, loadinG and ha¶linG eqUiPmenTå IT Áas æN
exaºple oF a liftinGçliºit tabLe and GiVes FacÂors aFFecTinG tÃe LiFTinG èAPAciTYé
¿B 9ê1000ëÑ16Õ30 (¾pR 7Ñ) is used foR inspectinG anD loAd tesTinÛ TÃe ìOnesT JíÁn
ºissile handlinG slinG²
o(Y'
1i
± ²)
J,/±
1
i
oO-t\±²³
´
i
?µ
nw;-,/1
¶
·¸
DRAINING THE 20-TON CARRIer³S CRAnKCASe
îLain
ÃORsesense
is
aLL
YO¶
neeD
to
dµAin
The
caµµieµ
enGine Oil
FµOº
TÃe
ÀODeLs Ñ380 AnD Ú38Ù µoUGÃ TeµrAin Ú0Ð
tOn cRanesÆ
ïith iT, YO¶ cAn FoµGeT aboUT GeTTinG
b¶µned,
batTeRed
anã
bewiLãeµed WÃiLe
youðµe
¶nscµewinG
tÃe
oUT-OFñtÃe-waY_
ãRAin Pò¶GÆ
óiµst oFF, paµÄ The cRAne on a RAºP oµ a
ÃiLlside to GiVe yourselF PLentY o» WOrÄinG
µooº.
¿hi
´
ll
saVe
YoU
Fµoº
bUsTeã
knUckles,
scRaPeD
eLbOWs
Anã
ÃeAã
b¶ºps.
ôow, be s¶µe the enGine exha•õsT pipe
is cooL beFoµe you cµeep ¶nDeRneath tÃe
cRane. ¿hisöLl saVe you FRoº nasTy buµns.
35
¿Ãen contrOL TÁe OiL as iT cOmes O¶T.
÷se a Piece OF TÃin sÃeet meTAL ÆøÆ Oµ
caµdbOaRd Oµ newsPaPer ùÆú sÃaPed Like a
TµouGÃ, Âo ãiVerT The oiL Away Froº TÁe
cRossºeºbeµ
Thatðs
in tÁe WAY.
ûÃisÅLL
saVe Yo¶ and Yo¶µ eq¶iPºenT From GeTü
tinG splasÃeã Wità oiL.
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