PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-528
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 528
NOVEMBER 1996
Tire Chains
.±•
TO USE OR Not TO use-
I
t'd be real simple if all ARMy ve-
hicles could be eqUIpped wITh tiRe
chains when Road condit±ons waRRan²
theiR use.
³nfOR²uNa²eLy they can´µ¶ Some ve·
h±cles can¸¹ use cha±ns at all, and o²hº
ers caN use chains on»y oN sPciFc
axles¼
½ollow the geneRaL ¾les ¿OuNd ÀN
½Á 21Â305à Áanual ¿OR the WheeLed
VehIcle DRiver (Aug 93)Ä ¿OR the UÅe
oÆ t±Re chaInsÇ
ÈheNÉ ÆOJÊow the specË¿Ìc Íles ÎOund
iN eÏch vehicle´s Ð10 ÈÁÇ Ñhese Rules
may no² miRÒoR ²hose in the
F.
ÓÔ
TheRe¸s a diÕerenceÉ jÖst ×emembeR that
the Ø10 ÙÖÚes aRe the oNes yoÛ ÎOLlowÜ
HeRe are some eXceÝtioNs ²o the
ÞÖLes:
B
M939A2-seriE 5-ton:
Öse no
chainsß Ñhe centÒa» ²iRe ±n¿àatáon
sysTem âCÑÓSã de¿lates t±Res ²o
ÝRovide t×action on snow/±ceß
B
M939Al±series 5-ton:
Öse chaiNs
oNly on the ËnteänedIa²e aXleå
PaLLetized ²Oading system (P³S)´
Öse chains only on aXles æoç
3
and
4
ènonÐsteeÒËng ax»eséê
w
HµMTT:
Öse chaIns on»y on both
ReaR aXLesë ìn Á978 tankeRsÉ
neveR Ûse chaiNs when dRívíNg on
Ýaved sÖRÆaces¶ Ñhat coîïd caÖse
sÝaRKsð
AND
WHErE?
¶h·WV:
use chains on alL ñouR wheels to pReveNt drËve tRain damageß òtós
ìô
t
use chains on õn¿àat tiResö
to.
PS 528
21
NOV 96
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