PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-630
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 630
MAY 2005
Mechanic’s Coveralls…
Didn’t I,
though?
When I started
out in the Army,
we didn’t have
fancy mechanic’s
coveralls like
the kind you
kids wear today.
it was
one kind
of coverall…
…for
all kinds
of weather.
Now
we have
mechanic’s cold
weather cover-
alls in wood-
land and desert
tan camouflage
patterns.
in the
old
days all we
had were
standard issue
olive drab
uniforms.
Size
Small
Medium
Large
X Large
XX Large
NSN 8415-
01-414-1856
01-414-1859
01-414-1862
01-490-6131
01-490-6134
Woodland
Size
Small
Medium
Large
X Large
XX Large
NSN 8415-
01-430-2313
01-430-2314
01-430-2315
01-491-0232
01-491-0239
Desert Camo
You sure cut
a dashing
figure back
then, Master
Sergeant
Half-Mast.
W
hen it comes to preparing a meal, you’ve got plenty of options. You can cook
high-carb or low-carb. You can cook gourmet or you can cook on a budget. You can
even cook from scratch. But there’s one kind of cooking you must always avoid:
Never cook in a mobile kitchen trailer (MKT) that’s sitting on a slant.
Cooking in a MKT that’s not level can create a fire hazard. Grease from the grill
can pool, run over the side and pour into the burner unit. Next thing you know,
you’re fighting a grease fire.
So, before you flip that first juicy burger or splash barbecue sauce on those wings,
make sure the MKT is level. That takes more than a casual glance and some guess-
work. It takes carefully watching the bench level indicators.
To set your MKT on the level, turn the jack handles to raise or lower the jacks
until the bubbles are centered in the level indicators. You’ll find the full procedures
in work package 0005 00 of TM 10-7360-206-13.
One other point worth remembering:
If you can’t find firm ground and have
to park your trailer on soft ground, the
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 in
two layers.
PS 630
MAY 05
51
Mobile Kitchen Trailer…
Turn jack
handles…
…until bubbles
are centered in
level indicators
looks like
they’ve over-
cooked the
veal marsala
again.
Use pad under leveling jack
Here
are the
sizes and
NSNs…
630.50-51(C)
4/4/05
11:41 AM
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