PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-700
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 700
MARCH 2011
18
PS 700
MAR 11
19
PS 700
Dear Editor,
Maybe you know others who might have had problems with bees and
hornets getting into the battery compartment of 5-ton trucks. In our
experience, the bugs get into the truck’s battery compartment through the
battery breather.
Some of our technicians have been stung while performing routine
maintenance! Then the unit was forced into downtime until we could get an
exterminator to remove the insects. This costs us both time and money!
To solve the problem, we experimented with some A/C filter material and a
strap. We simply slid the filter into the battery breather and put a strap at
the bottom to keep the filter in place.
Editor’s note:
Great tip, Mr.
Aponte. Sounds like you found an
easy way to make those bugs buzz
off. And readers, scouring pads,
made of similar material to A/C
flters, may also work. NSN 7920-
00-045-2940 brings a box oF
20 and NSN 5975-00-570-9598
brings 100 tiedown straps.
I
t’s critical for units that Fre mortars, artillery or armor cannon tubes to keep an
accurate DA ±orm 2408-4,
Weapons Record Data Card,
for each weapon. Without
an up-to-date card, the weapon could be Fred after its cannon tube should have been
replaced. That could be a fatal mistake.
But it’s also important that those of you responsible for Flling out the 2408-4
update your unit identiFcation code (UIC) access list on AEPS when you change
units or deploy. Otherwise, you will still be shown as responsible for 2408-4s for a
unit you no longer belong to. While trying to track down bad mortar tubes, the Army
has discovered that many of the POCs listed for the weapons cards are no longer with
the units. That makes locating the bad tubes that much harder.
After a few months, I checked the
trucks that had the filter. None of the
filtered trucks had an insect problem.
We’ll have our techs keep installing
these filters during A-service until
someone comes up with a better idea.
Maybe other readers with this problem
can do the same.
Thomas Aponte Jr.
81ST RSC
USAR
5-Ton Trucks…
Getting Bugs to
B
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!
Mortars, Artillery, Cannon…
Change 2408-4 When You Change
for
additions or
deletions to
your unit’s
aeps uIc
access list
to 2408-4s,
contact the
following…
before you fire
me, did your unit
have an up-to-date
da form 2408-4,
weapons record
data card?
if
not,
there could
be a
fatal
mistake here.
Mortars:
Joe Schmidt, DSN 786-8783,
(586) 282-8783,
joe.schmidt@us.army.mil
Armor:
Gordon Bieri, DSN 793-2189,
(309) 782-2189,
gordon.bieri@us.army.mil
M109-series artillery:
Frank Knight, DSN 793-3469,
(309) 782-3469,
frank.knight1@us.army.mil
155mm-series artillery:
Marty Nelson, DSN 793-7852,
(309) 782-7852,
marty.nelson@us.army.mil
105mm-series artillery:
Mario Nieto, DSN 793-8512,
(309) 782-8512,
mario.nieto1@us.army.mil
Filter material and a strap keep out bees
Slide
filter
into
battery
breather
Strap keeps filter in place
Finished
product
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