Table 2-1. Operator/Crew Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) for the M101 and M116 Series Trailers

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Table 2-1. Operator/Crew Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS)

for the M101 and M116 Series Trailers

ITEM

ITEM TO BE

NOT FULLY MISSION

NO. INTERVAL

INSPECTED

PROCEDURE

CAPABLE IF:

NOTE

Perform Weekly as well as

Before PMCS if you are the

assigned operator but have not

operated the trailer since the

last Weekly PMCS, or if you are

operating the trailer for the first

time.

Before

Wheel and Tire

NOTE

Assembly

Lug nuts are turned clockwise

to tighten and counterclockwise

to loosen.

a. Check wheels for damage and

a. One wheel is damaged.

loose or missing lug nuts.

One lug nut is loose or miss-

ing.

b. Check tires for cuts, foreign

b. One tire is flat, missing, or

objects, or unusual tread wear.

unserviceable.

Remove any stones from between

treads.

Before

Drawbar Coupler,

a. Check drawbar coupler (1) for

a. Drawbar coupler is loose

Intervehicular Cable,

secure mounting, obvious damage,

or bent; missing nuts/bolts or

and Safety Chains

and proper torque of mounting

mounting hardware.

bolts.

b. Check intervehicular cable (2) for

cuts and breaks.

c. Safety chains are missing

c. Check safety chains (3) for

secure mounting and obvious dam- or unsecured.

age.

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