PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-703
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 703
JUNE 2011
52
PS 703
JUN 11
53
PS 703
JUN 11
D
riving wooden tent pins can drive
you to distraction. With time and
use, wooden pins fall apart: Wood
rots. Points become blunt. Heads get
mashed flat and split. Sooner or later
you’ll haul off and whack that pin
hard and blast it to splinters.
The remedy is to make like John
Henry and be a steel-driving man. Get
some steel pins to anchor your tents.
They’re not only more durable, but
also tough enough to pierce hard,
rocky or frozen soil.
Homemade Pins
Pressed for time? Can’t wait
for your order to arrive? Ask your
metal shop to fabricate steel tent
pins. They’ll need standard steel
pipe about 1
1
/
2
inches in diameter.
The pipe must have at least
1
/
4
-in
walls to withstand pounding from
a sledge or 4-lb hammer.
Cut the pipe into 2-ft lengths
and 4-in lengths. Weld a 4-in piece
to a 2-ft piece, about four inches
down from the top. Weld them so
that they form a 45° angle. That
way, you can hook a guyline on
the pin and it won’t slide off.
Dear Editor,
There isn’t much information out there on
the Common Logistics Operating Environment
(CLOE), even though many Soldiers have heard
about it. While it applies mostly to higher Army
levels and the Army acquisition community, it
may be of interest to a wider audience.
The Army G-4’s Logistics Innovation
Agency (LIA) has published an excellent
website with the details:
Editor’s note:
Thanks for the lead, Mr. Lewis.
Readers, LIA’s website also has a downloadable
glossary of logistics terms, with hotlinks to Army
policies and publications.
Joe Lewis
Technical Advisor
Army Test & Evaluation Command
APG, MD
Length
in inches
NSN
8430-
12
12
18
24
00-823-7451
01-075-4017
00-985-7461
01-470-9568
Tents…
Steel-
Drivin’
Man!
Logistics Management…
Wooden pins
can splinter
here are a few
steel tent pins you
should consider…
here’s
an
lIa
website
worth a
look!
Make a tent pin out of steel pipe
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