PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-540
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 540
NOVEMBER 1997
Tire Chains .±²
4
re chain use is gEneRAlly rUlEd bY
FM 21-305, Manual for the Whe±L²d
V³hIclE D´ivE´ (µ¶g 93).
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-10 TM» ¼¶Les ½OUNd tHe¸e mAy not
¾I´ro´ ¿Hos³ in tHÀ ·ÁÂ
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dIÃÄÅ´EnCe, ½ollow tHe Æ10.
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He¸À A´Ë thoSE
ɸAÌÌEÉ "ExCep¿IoÈsÍ to ¿H³ ChAiN ´ÎlÀS:
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DonÜt ¶se cHaIns wHEn ɸivÝÏg on Ha´d
s¶´ÃacÀs whE´e therE is no wHEEl
sLippAgEÞ ÓhaiÈß àAn ca¶se sevE´E co¾á
ponEÈt ÉA¾AgÀ ¶NdE¸
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cHAINs wH³N ɸIviNg oÈ pav³É sº´ûAces ü
Ôhey àoºLÉ cA¶s³ spA¸ks.
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chaIns on all ÃćĈr
wheeĉSĊ yoU can also Use chains oċ tČe
Äčont wheeLs as a setĎ or on the ďeĐr
wđEEls as a set» Ēą×s éK to usE chaiēs
on ¸¶nĔlAt tirEsĕ tooÒ
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lEc¿ the ¸igh¿ t¸ANsÄė´ ´angE Ęę´ É¸iviÏg
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