Section XXXIII. PREPARATION FOR SHIPMENT OR STORAGE

TM 5-4210-224-14&P

Section XXXIII. PREPARATION FOR SHIPMENT OR STORAGE

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Servicing Vehicle While in

General..............................................................4-257

Storage...........................................................4-260

Administrative Storage....................................... 4-258

Preparing Vehicle for Shipment

or Storage........................................................ -259

4-257. GENERAL.

The purpose of this secoin is to assist organizational personnel in the preparation of the 250 GPM Mini-Pumper

Firefighting Truck for shipment or storage.

4-258. ADMINISTRATIVE STORAGE.

a. Placement of equipment in administrative storage should be for short periods of time when a shortage of

maintenance effort exists. Items should be in mission readiness within 24 hours or within the time factors as

determined by the directing authority. During the storage period appropriate maintenance records will be kept.

b. Before placng equipment in administrative storage, current maintenance services and equipment serviceable

criteria (ESC) evaluations should be completed, shortcomings and deficiencies should be corrected, and all

modification work orders (MWO's) should be applied.

c. Storage site selection. Inside storage is preferred for items selected for administrative storage. If inside storage

is not available, trucks, vans, conex containers and other containers may be used.

4-259. PREPARING VEHICLE FOR SHIPMENT OR STORAGE.

a. Cleaning.

(1) Remove all debris from cab, hose body, and equipment storage areas. Remove rust and scale from

corroded areas.

(2) Wash vehicle thoroughly and remove stones from suspension and tire assemblies.

(3) Steam clean the engine.

b. Cooling System.

NOTE

Under no circumstances should the vehicle be stored with a dry cooling system.

(1) Drain and flush the cooling system (paragraph 4-72).

(2) Fill cooling system with a conditioned water/anti-freeze solution suitable for the lowemperature

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anticipated.

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