PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-574
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 574
SEPTEMBER 2000
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Tactical Vehicles . . .
Wheel Lift Parts Available
W
hen you need repair parts for your
motor pool’s wheel lift truck, NSN 4910-
00-554-5983, don’t look for NSNs.
There are none.
You can get parts, though, by writing
to:
Nestor Sales Inc
7337 Bryan Dairy Rd
Largo, FL
33777
Or you can call them at (727) 544-
6114. Ext 376 gets the repair depart-
ment and Ext 347 gets government sales.
orget what TM 9-2610-200-14,
Care, Maintenance, Repair, and Inspection of
Pneumatic Tires and Inner Tubes
, says about anchoring tire safety inflation
cages to the floor.
Paragraph 2-3f of the TM says that while it is not mandatory to anchor a cage
to the floor, it is the preferred method.
Wrong
!
Tire cages should be unrestrained
so they can freely flex and absorb the forces of any tire explosion.
Fastening the cage to the floor prevents the flexing of the steel plate bottom. If
the plate cannot flex, explosive forces are concentrated on the cage bars. Failure
of one or more of the bars during an explosion may allow the release of wheel
rim components, or pieces of the cage itself.
Testing shows that the cage and wheel
assembly will not move much in an explo-
sion. But keep the cage at least 3 feet from
any wall. That helps keep the cage from mov-
ing if a high volume of air bounces off the
wall—and back toward the cage—when the
rim separates.
The tire TM is under revision, but until it
is available, make a note in Para 2-3f that
cages should not be anchored.
An added benefit of this change is that you
can take your tire cages with you to the field.
Tires . . .
thEsE TIPS
should give
you a
lift
!
Truck MWO
Generates Tires
A
n on-going MWO to add antilock brakes
to M939-series 5-ton trucks is generating ser-
viceable tires that your unit might be able to
use. The MWO puts new radial tires on ba-
sic model 939s, which means bias tires—
NSN 2610-00-262-8653, 11.00-20, 12-ply,
load range F—are excess to these trucks. If
you have vehicles that use this tire, check
with your local DRMO or MWO coordina-
tor for what may be available in the system
and how to get them.
i think
we should
anchor
the tire
cage
right
here
near the
wall.
you're
wrong
on
both
accounts!
Ask the Tire Team
H
ave questions about the tires used on your vehicles, or
questions about tire safety, or about tire-related NSNs?
Call the experts—TACOM’s Team Tire—at DSN 786-4258/
4271 or (810) 574-4258/ 4271. Or e-mail them at:
teamtire@tacom.army.mil
Visit their web site at:
Keep cage at least 3 feet from wall
Don’t anchor cage to floor
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