PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1980

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 335

OCTOBER 1980

PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1980 - Page 32 of 35
I
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think, dIe
DA Form
2408-9
Usage Report is
more than "just one more piece of
Paper to fill out.±
Usage Reports help the hea²she²
²eci²e when to b³y replacement gear,
how much an² when to buy ´OLµ .
. an²
¶igure out how well your eq·ipment
stan²s up ¸r will stan² up if the
ba¹¹oon goes up.
Those are pºetty hairy ²ecisions to
make. An² when you
»
figure those
¼ecisions are ma²e on the information
you
give 'em-we¹¹, that makes your
Usage
Reports
mighty
important.
Especially when yo³
consi²er that
those ²ecisions may affect
your
health
an¼ safety.
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Make out Usage Reports on¹y on
those items in Appen²ix C of TM
38¹
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with an
X
un²er the DA
2408¹9
Use
Data
col³mn½
A ¹ot of peop¹e get¾ care¹ess with
Usage Reports. They sen² in ol² info,
no info or ba¼ info. ¿hat's gamb¹ing
with your surviva¹.
With the crunch on ´OL now, the
peop¹e at Lexington are checking thÀ
Án¶o on yo³r ¶orms. Âf yo³ ¹eave off a
seriaà or registration number or give
'em usage ²ata (miles or hours) that
¼oesn't fo¹¹ow on last year's, you'¹l
cause
some
rea¹
hea²aches. Some
peop¹e may even get the form back
with a ¹etter asking ¶or the missing
Ánfo or ¶or an explanation for your
¶igures.
Save yourse¹¶ some time an² hassle.
Do it right the first time. Check an²
¼oub¹e check that
NSN
an² usage
info. ¿he new gear or extra ´OL they
buy base¼ on that info coul² be a
¹i¶esaver-yours!
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