PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-513

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 513

AUGUST 1995

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-513 - Page 34 of 51

Dear Windy,

We all know that slLngloadLng is a

dangerous job. But one danger that can be

elIminated is having the skin peeled from

your arm by the loading pole grounding

cable aboard a Chinook±

Even the best eFort to keep the ground

cable out of the way sometimes faILs and the

cable wraps around an arm or a leg± This

happens most o²en when using night vision

goggles and when slinging multiple loads±

I

the pole ³s dropped, or gets hung´ or µs

toR from your hand, the grounding cable

rips down an arm or leg and takes ¶esh with

it as it goes.

Here's how to stop this ¶esh-eater:

·emove the steel bolt that holds the cable

to the pole and remove the cable±

D¸¹Ll a number

30

size hole µnto the pole

near where you removed the steel boltº

Now, attach the cable to the pole with pop

rivet, NSN

5320-01-015±6896.

That riVet ³s strong enough to hold the

cable to the pole during al» normal

operations¼ But when the pole gets hung and

jerked away½ the ¸¾vet wIll breAk and the

cable wIll come freeº

SG¿ John Bowden

Birmingham,

AL

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