PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-591

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 591

FEBRUARY 2002
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-591 - Page 5 of 33
• Be extra careful lining up
your truck and the trailer draw-
bar when hooking up to the
PLS trailer. Use a ground
guide if one's available, to pre-
vent damage to the truck frame
or axle, or a broken coupler
and electrical connector.
• Keep an eye on the top of
the truck's fuel-water separator
filter housing. Seepage means
the lid is not on tight enough.
If the lid lets fuel out, it will
also let air into the fuel system,
causing rough running or no
starts at all.
• Keep a grease gun or oil can handy for lubing. Rollers, driveshafts, door hinges,
steering gearshafts and container twist locks must have lube or your truck, trailer
or flatrack will pay.
• Make sure all trailer
electrical cables and air
hoses are disconnected
before driving off after a
mission. Otherwise, you'll
break air and electrical
connections and deadline
your truck.
By the same token, make
sure all these connections
are re-connected before you
take off on a mission.
Keep all hoses and con-
nectors capped or hooked to
their dummy couplings
when not in use. That way
you can't drive over them
when loading or unloading.
PS 591
7
Palletized Loading System…
“y’know, it would be
great if
preventive
maintenance
could
be done with the
flick of a switch…”
“…like operating
the PLS load
handling system.“
so make
PM a habit,
soldiers!
But it
can't
be.
PM is a
hands-
on job.
Follow the requirements of
TM 9-2320-364-20-1 for the
truck, TM 9-2330-385-14 for
the trailer and TM 9-3990-
206-14&P for the flatrack.
Put a
hand to
these PLS
tips…
Lube
rollers…
…drive-
shafts or
u-joints…
…and container
twist locks
…door
hinges…
…steering
shafts…
Dampness
indicates
loose top
Inattention
breaks
connections
Keep
hoses and
connectors
capped or
hooked
Trailer
hook-up
errors break
electrical
connectors
PM Should Be Automatic
PM Should Be Automatic
591. 06-07 (X)
1/8/02
1:24 PM
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