PS Magazine - APRIL 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 305
APRIL 1978
Operators qualify for tracked vehicles one at a time. When they pass on a
specific vehIcle, only that vehicle goes on the SF 46± Lighter or similar items
must be added as The operator qualIfies specifically on them.
Special purpose equipmenT, like forklifTs, locomoTives, generators, com-
pressors and construction equipment, coUnt The same way± ²he operaTor only
qualIfIes on the iTem specifIcally tested. And only those items go on the SF 46
and
DA
348.
³Hen yoU geT ready To start TraiNing and testing, take
a
look at
AR
600´58.
YoU Have To license some people yoU might not think yoU woUldµfor insTance,
Mine detecTor operators.
S¶ 46 classifies yoUr operaTors as lighT or heav·¸depending on The
equipmenT's sIze¸noT THe operator's! STraigHT trUcks 2¹´tons and smaller are
ligHt wHile sTraight TrUcks over º»¼½tons and tracTor´trailer combos are heavy.
¾racked vehicles are always heavy.
Self´pRopelled veHicles in ¿he special pUrpose family of equipment need a
"commaÀd decisioÁÂ on weighT class. BUt, cranes, bulldozers, locomoTives and
moÃIle assaUlt bridges shoUld be heavy.
OTher special pUrpose items arE moUnted on standard Tactical truck chassisÄ
fIre engInes, bridge Transporters and waTer purification units, fÅr exampleÆ ²He
trUck cHassIs deTermInes the weight class.
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