Computing MHE Requirements.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

Figure 4-104. Open storage operation depicting receipt of odd-shaped items in gondola cars.

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each trip (e.g., pieces, pounds, pallets, etc.). The third

is the average time used to accomplish a round trip for

a. Several factors must be considered in

the equipment. The fourth factor is the time allotted to

determining the number of pieces of equipment to do a

do the job. Figure 4-105 shows a formula which can be

particular job. The first is the volume (e.g., pallet loads,

used to make a MHE requirements computation.

trailer trains, carloads, etc). The second is the number

of units of the volume carried

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