PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-576

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-576 - Page 21 of 35

PS 576

NOV 00

PS 576

NOV 00

old weather and mud at the worksite can fool you.

Mud is soft and wet during the day, but it can freeze as hard as concrete at

night. A vehicle left sitting in mud at the end of the day will be frozen in its

tracks the next morning.

And, it doesn’t matter if you’re in the DEUCE, D5B or D7G tractors, or the

M9 ACE.

..you can’t rock the vehicle loose. You’ll end up with broken track,

snapped drive sprocket teeth and a vehicle that’s still stuck.

Here’s how to prevent that problem. Before the sun goes down:

Park your vehicle on high ground if possible. Water drains downhill, so the

mud won’t be quite as deep.

Avoid parking in deep ruts worn by other vehicles. Some are deep enough to

bottom out your vehicle’s hull. Leave it there and you won’t be moving until

spring.

Use a shovel to scoop out mud that has collected on and between roadwheels

and

drive sprockets. If there’s no mud, it can’t freeze.

Construction Equipment . . .

oh,

crud!

i'm stuck in

the

mud

PS 576

NOV 00

Tutorials