PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 384
NOVEMBER 1984
Tank-Automotive EquIpment
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Uncle Sam-inCluding you As a txpayer-is losing money because some people
in The ±rmy are noT using The warranTies on Their equipmenT!
²hese warranTies are a loT like The warranTy you geT when you buy a new
auTomobile-or even an ordinary fashlighT. ± warran³ can save you money´iF
you use iTµ You lose money iF The producT's de¶cTive and you ·iL To make a
claim under The warranTy.
No warranTy comes ¸ee¹ You pay ºr iT even iF you don'T use iT¹ ²he manu·c»
T¼rer Figures in The cosT oF possible warranTy claims when he Figures The price
oF an iTem. IF ½ou don'T make a warranTy claim when you should, ¾¿HEmanu·cÀ
Turer is ThaT muCh ahead. You're The loser!
±nd ThaT's a problem UnÁe Sam ·ces wÂen you ·iL To make Claims ºr equiP
menT de¶cTs covered by a warranTy.
²oo many warranTies on ±rmy equipmenT go unused. ²haT's money down
The drain¹ Ãncle loses. Your uniT loses. ±s a Taxpayer, you lose!
²his is a big problem wiTh ²aÄkűuTomoTive Æommand (²±ÆOM)
equipmenT-Çnks, TacTical Tr¼cks, bulldozers, road graders, engines, TransmisÀ
sions and loTs oF ÈTher iTems covered by warranTies¹
Éor insTance, paying $30,000 ºr an M915±Ê Tr¼Ck engine, insTead oF geT»
Ting iT ¸ee under The warranTy, cosTs your uniT mainTenance dollars ThaT could
be spenT on oTher parTs¹
Know the Warranty
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warranTies generally come in Two ³pes´Commercial or negoTiaTedÍ
ÆommerCial warranTies are The same as Those oÎered To The publiCÏaTÏlarge,
suCh as The 12 monThs/12,000 miles warranTy on a new Car¹
²he ±rmy geTs commercial warranTies on iTems like commercial consTruc»
Tion and maTerial handling equipmenT, engines, Transmissions and many oThersÐ
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Are Your BUs±ness
NegoTiaTed warranTies Come wiTh suCh equipmenT as The MÑÒ5±Ó, ÔÕMÖ²
and ÆUÆV TrucKs¹ ²hey are modiFied commercial×warranTies TÂaT Take inTo acØ
CounT suCh Things as exTended sTorage beºre use, shipping CosTs For warranTed
parTs and paybaCk When The ±rmy does warranTy work.
So how do you Tell whaT warranTy, iF any, is availabLe Ùr your equipmenT?
Úor some commerCiaLÛdesign vehiCles, a copy oF The warran³ coverage comes
wiTh TÂe operaÜor's manual or The Û10 ²M may only menTion a warranTy ²B.
Éor miliÇryÅdesign equipmenT, Check your Å10 ²M. IF warranTy inFÝrmaTion
is lisTed, look For a warranTy deCaL or plaTe on your veÂicLe's insTrumenT paneL.
Æheck The D± Éorm 2408Å9 TÂaT came
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wiTh your vehicle¹ Block 15 oF ThaT Form
gives The warranÜy period.
²here ßre warranTy ²B's in The 9Å2à00Û2Ñ5ÅÓ5Åseries ThaT cover speciáC
²±ÆOM equipmenT.
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ARe You Covered?
TB NUMBER
tB 9-2300-295-15/9
tB 9·2300-295-15/16
tB 10-2300-295-15±18
tB 9·2300-295-15/19
tB 9²2300-295-15/³0
tB 9-2300-295-15/21
tB 9´2300-295-15/2µ
TB 9-2300-295-15/23
tB 9-2300-295-15/24
tB 9²2300-295-15/25
tB 9-2300-295-15/26
IteM COV¶ReD
Comm¸rcial V¸h¹cl¸s
M872A1/º2/A3 trail¸r
M4K RtFL
HeMtt
M915A1-s¸r¹¸s trucks
M939 5-»on t
r
uck eng¹¼¸/
transmissio½
M.A.N¾ truck
HMMWV
cUcV
M2/M¿ engin¸
M1 engin¸
±ddiTional warran³ ²B's covering oTher equipmenT are being developed.
âaTCh ãS Magazine FÝr updaTes and Check ThaT ²B series in D± ãam 310Ï1¹
Making a warranTy Claim is ·irly simple. ²äo FÝrms are needed-D± Éorm
2407 ºr åling The claim and D± Éorm 2402 ºr Tægging The exhibiT¹ BuT iT's
imporTanT TÂaT These ºrms are Fçlled ouT compleTely¹
D± ãam 738è750, in The MainTenance ManagemenT UãD±²é,Gives deTaiLs
on warranTy Claims. Your ê±R-êogisTic ±ssisTanCe RepresenTaTive
can aLso
help¹
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