PS Magazine - AUGUST 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 393
AUGUST 1985
Use Landing Pads And Be Glad
Soft soil can give
you a sinkIng feeling,
as your semitrailer's
landing gear legs
slowly disappear.
A heavy load-
whether cargo or Fel
±pushes the shOes in²
to mud, sand or snow.
Cargo can shi³ and
tumble o´. Trailer
damage May include
twisted, bent landing
legs.
Beat
this.
Use
ground pads, NSN
2510µ00¶74·¸7585,
under the shoes.
Center the pads
be¹re lowering the
landing legs and
unhooking
your
tractor truck.
When not in use,
stow pads in their
racksº
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AUG 85
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Water in your »882, »892 or
» 1008A 1 truck's interconnecting box
is trouble. ¼t leads tO sHorts, which
can lead to ½ires, dead batteries and
melted cables.
The box sits in the truck's cargo
area in all kinds of weather, bringing
power ¾om the truck to your radios.
Some of that weather is very wet.
¿ere's how to keep water on the ouÀÁ
side where it belongs:
•
Always put on a connector recepÂ
tacle's cover when you take o´ a cable.
WateRroof tHe connectors on your
radio cables. Water can shoot the
Use
caps!
gap between tÃe connector case and
the cable.
AUG 85
•
»ake sure your circuit breaker
boot has no cracks. ¼f the boot, NSN
Circuit
breaker
boot
shot?
needs changing,
your support does it.
That NSN and many otÃers are in
the box's T» ··Ä5820Å862¸·3&PÆ
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