PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-621
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 621
AUGUST 2004
Pack Up and Move Out
Setting Up the Kitchen
•
Before you start packing the trailer to move out,
close and lock the roof vents. If you wait until the
MKT’s packed, you can’t get to the vents to close
them.
Never move out with the vents open. You risk
breaking the locking arms.
•
Follow the packing instructions in TM 10-7360-
206-13 for a fully equipped MKT or the roof won’t
close. And make sure to strap everything down.
•
Crank both leveling jacks all the way up before
you go. If you don’t, the foot will rub against the tire
when you store the jack for traveling.
Make sure the quick release lock pins for storing
the leveling jacks are completely through both sides
of the stowage bracket. And make sure the pins have
lanyards and that they’re not broken.
PS 621
AUG 04
52
•
Tow the MKT with a 2 1/2-ton truck. A bigger truck can beat up
the corners of the trailer when you turn.
•
If you can’t find firm
ground and have to park your
trailer on soft ground, the lev-
eling jacks can sink and your
kitchen will tilt. Avoid this
problem by making a set of
12-in or larger square pads to
put under the jacks.
Make the pads out of four
2x6x12-in boards nailed or
screwed together.
•
After you raise the roof, lock the corner posts. The locking pin
doesn’t go all the way through the post, so it’s hard to tell if it’s
locked. Raise the roof until a 1/4-in hole is visible in the side of the
upper section of the corner post facing the roof jack. Then snap the
locking pin in place and lower the roof jack slightly. Wiggle the
locking handle back and forth a bit to make sure the pin is in
before removing the roof jack.
•
If you put camouflage netting over the MKT, leave room to
open the roof vents. Otherwise, netting gets tangled in the vents
when you try to close them.
•
Vibration, and heavy
use, can crack the welds
that hold the corner posts
to the floor brackets and
around the bolts that hold
the floor brackets to the
frame. Take a close look at
the welds and floor brack-
ets and report any cracks
right away.
Nobody
likes to
miss a meal.
And you
won’t have
to if you
digest these
PM tips for
your mobile
kitchen
trailer
(MKT)…
Pads
keep
jacks
from
sinking
Look for cracks at
corner post welds
Close and lock roof vents before you pack to move out
what’s
the hold
up?
I dunno.
who do you
gotta see
around here
to get a cup
of coffee?
no hot
chow until
I get
some pm!
621. 52-53 (C)
7/3/04
1:23 PM
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