PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-576
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 576
NOVEMBER 2000
PS 576
33
NOV 00
PS 576
32
NOV 00
This is my
Aunt Mildred. She's a
five-tonner and a
real
beauty
.
But she is
being driven to her
death
in this cold weather.
See, none of her drivers have
had adequate cold-weather
training
. They don't keep her
engine and radiator
covered
when the snow falls and the
wind howls. They don't
adequately
warm up
her engine and her
gearbox
before
they
hit the road.
And when they bring
her home, they don't let her sit
and
cool down
a minute 'cause they
don't know that a cooldown is
vital
even in cold weather. Yep, PM is a
driver responsibility
,
too.
h-h-help me!
Finally, meet
my brother, Henry.
His radiator is a
block
of
ice
.
Seems
antifreeze was
added back in the fall,
but no test was run to
make sure the protection
level was
right
for the
climate.
And it wasn't. It
couldn't counteract all
the times a water hose
was stuck down his
throat. But it doesn't
matter, his battery
is
dead
, too.
It could have been
removed
and taken
inside
.
That would have
helped
. It could
have been wrapped in a blanket. That
might have kept it alive. It could have been
fully charged
when the first cold day
arrived. But none of these things
were done and he watched his
battery's life
drain away
.
h-h-help me!
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