PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-518
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 518
JANUARY 1996
A
s you get better at a job, You usu-
ally do it fasteR. BuT when you'Re pulL-
Ing the poweRpack fRom an M±²serIes
taNk³ Frget
fster.
´ouµll end up wIth broken pARts on
the powe¶pack aNd bRoken ·ones fOR
youRself
i
You huRRY the Job¸
¹ollow these tIps and the guIdeº»nes
IN The
-20±1±3
¼Ms:
½ PaRk the TaNk oN leveL gRound. ¼hat
Reduces the chances o¾ the powerpack
swINgIng as You LIft It out¸
½¿lock the tracks.When the fINal dRives
aRe dIsconNectedÀ the tank can move
wIthout a bLockÁ
 Use fIve peoÃÄe To do the Åob¸ ¹ewer »s
daNgeRousÆ moRe gets coNÇusIng¸
½ Use the ÈRopeR l»¾tINg geaR. ÉeveR
substItute oR ImpRovIseÁ Make suRe the
hoIst conNectIons a¶e secuRe¸ Check the
sÄINg fOR cRacks or otheR sIgns oÊ weAR. Ës
Its load test cuÌÍeNt?
ElIT
½ UNhook all assemblIesÎ ºInkagesÎ
hoses, cables aNd ÏuÐsÑ Òe Óp conNEÔ
tÕoNs that stay wIth the pack¸ SecÓ¶e the
oNÖs th×t sØy wIÙH
the
bl²
¼aÚÛ cAp oR
plÓg lÜNes oÝ
coNNEtoRs
T
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gets
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caps
aNd plÓgs In assoâed sIzÖsã
½ äoIst tåe eNgIne oÓt veÌY slowlYæ
onºY aN çNch at a ème çN any dIRÖcèoNé
SteAdY Iê ¼haÙëll kÖÖp tåe eNgINe açR
ÕNlet scReÖN aNd other comìNents íom
bangIng agaINst tåe hullî
ÂKïp eveðoNeës
a
aNd legs oÓt of
º
waY ÐFRÖ And dÓñIng the
L »
tHe ìweRpack sºowly
a
keÖp Iò óßm
baNGNg INtß ôel t×Nks ANdßòheñeAsIlY-
dAmAgÞ paÌõs¸
j
l
t
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öoÓnd¸ ÷Ïs owN weIghÙ wIll dAmAge
compoNeNts oN the bottom of òhe
packá ÷NsòÖad, place the ìweñpack on
¼E
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of the
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"N¾ S¿p,À
buò yoÓ shoÓld Aºsß keep
hÖavy objÖcĀ, lIke tHe slINg, oā of ItÎ
tü¸
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d
gets INòo the enĂ
gIneă WHeN yoĄ leAve òHe eNgÜNe oÓò of
tåe
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wIth a
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