PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-613
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 613
DECEMBER 2003
PS 613
DEC 03
23
•
Keep several tiedown straps in the
cab of the MLRS and use them to
secure stuff like TMs and water jugs.
That prevents them from flying around
the cab during travel and breaking
things like panel switches. To replace
one switch often means replacing the
whole panel. We use web straps with
quick-release buckles, but something
like a bungee cord would work, too.
Your self-service store on post or
local hardware store will have lots of
cheap straps.
Whatever you use must
be strong enough to hold objects in
place, but easily unfastened, too. Just
make sure loose objects are tied down
before you leave the motor pool.
•
When you do PMCS and find problems, note the PMCS step in the item
number column on your DA 5988E maintenance form. That makes it easy for
your repairman to figure out what you're talking about.
SSG Shaun Tobin
SSG Jeremey Larson
1/21st FA
Ft Hood, TX
PS 613
DEC 03
22
MLRS…
Dear Editor,
Here at this Ft Hood MLRS unit we've come up with a few suggestions
that we think will help other MLRS units:
•
Two bolts to check before
leaving the motor pool are the cab
hold-down bolts. Crews remove
the bolts to tilt the cab for
PMCS. If they forget to reinstall
the bolts, the cab can tilt for-
ward when you hit the brakes.
That can break the cab hinge
bolts, damage the cab lifting
mechanism, and even flip the cab.
Just make sure you check that
the two bolts are installed before
you hit the road. There's one bolt
on each side of the cab just
inside the door.
•
If you leave the commo hand
mikes lying on the seats, you can
count on them tangling each
other up and getting snagged on
ALICE gear. We untangled that
problem by running a coat hanger
between the first and third bolts
of the track commander's hatch
pad. Just loosen those two bolts,
wrap the hanger one turn around
each bolt, and retighten the
bolts. Then hang the mikes from
the hanger.
Look for cab
hold-down bolts
before travel
Hang hand
mikes from
hanger
Use tiedown straps to tie down
TMs and other stuff
they have
some ways
to make
your jobs
easier!
I wish my
people had
known about
the cab hold-
down bolts.
That would
have saved
us both
from getting
banged up.
Whew, you guys spend
a lot of time with your
thinking caps on!
Good job.
From the
desk of
the
Editor
hey, mlrs
folks! listen to
these guys from
fort hood.
613. 22-23 (C)
10/30/03
4:55 PM
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