PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-551
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 551
OCTOBER 1998
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12-in
stee¸ pins, NS¹
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fOµ tHe usUa¸ aLumºnum
pins. »F tHe gµoUnd's fRozen Too hard To even geT tHe sTeeL pIns in, cHop smaLL
hoLes ²n The g¼oUnd ½¾r tHem¿ ³hen, fi¸¸ Àhe hoÁes witH s¸UsH oµ wateµÂ »tÃĸ FÅeeze
and anchoµ tHe pinsÆ
Çemove tent pins F¶om ½ÈoZen groUnd by cHoppIng The ground aµoUnd Them
UnT²L tHey Loosen upÉ Êeve¶ pound Them s²deways with
a
hammeµ To breaK Them
¸oose. YoUËLL jUst bend THem and maKe them Harder to use next TimeÌ
³enT roPEs musT be tigHT to stand up to HigH windsÍ WHen tHe weatHerÎs weÏÐ
tHoUgHÑ they need some sLacK to a¸¸ow ½¾r sHµ²nKageÒ
SL²de Ósteners ThaT wonÔt s¸ide aµe a nu²sanceÒ S¸ide fasTene¶ LuBµ²cant, NSN
9´50µ¶0-999-75²8·
unst²cÕs 'emÖ
×n ½Åame-Type tenØsÙ co¸d canvas wonÚt aLways compLeTeÛy coveµ tHe F¼ame
ÜiKe ²T shouLdÒ ¹ever ½¾¶ce itÒ Ýay it over tHe Þrame and secure ißÌ WHen heat àrom
²nside tHe Tent warMs THe canvas, finish Tying iT down·
Step cAreFU¸¸y wHen yoU go in oµ out oÞ ÏHe TenT weaµ²ng exTreme coLd-weatáeµ
cLotH²ng and bootsÍ ³He bUÜÕy winÀer geAr catches on tHe dooµ and âippeµ and
can Tear tHe canvasã
äinaLLy, make suµe youÚµe Up to speed on tenT heateµ operat²ons BeÞOµe yoU go
inTo The FieLd. ³ent heateµs are way up tHeµe on the danger sca¸e
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3¸-7¶
Has Tips on tent pLacement and specia¸ coæd-weatHeµ ²nfoç Gene¼aL
tenT repa´rs a¶e covered in
F I 0-¸6.
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