CHAPTER 3 OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

TM-10-8340-207-14 Tent. Lightweight Frame-Type Expendable Cotton Duck 12.29 Oz. Per Sq Yd Fire Mildew Water and Weather Resistant Manual
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CHAPTER 3 OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS Section I. OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT 3-1. Special Tools and Equipment 3-3. Organizational Maintenance Repair No special tools or equipment are required Parts by the operator and organizational maintenance Organizational maintenance repair parts are personnel for the performance of maintenance listed and illustrated in appendix C of this on the tent. manual. 3-2. Basic Issue Tools and Equipment Not applicable. Section Il. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES 3-4. General To insure that the tent is ready for use at all times, it must be systematically inspected, so that defects may be discovered and corrected before they result in serious damage. The nec- essary preventive maintenance services to be performed are listed and described in para- graph 3-6, Defects discovered during operation shall be noted for future correction. All de- ficiencies and shortcomings will be recorded, together with the corrective action taken, on DA Form 2404 (Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet) at the earliest pos- 3-5. Preventive Maintenance Services Preventive maintenance services for the tent consist mainly of the following: a. Tighten guy assemblies that may have been loosened by the wind. b. Keep slide fasteners clean and slide fast- ener flaps closed to protect them against snow, ice, dirt, and sand. c. Make sure all tie straps and tapes are being used where necessary. d. Tie off tapes of heater duct, and tapes of heater duct opening flaps, when not in use. e. Make sure becket lacing that secures liner sible opportunity. sections together, is properly Section Ill. TENT ERECTION INSTRUCTIONS 3-6. General 3-7. Assembly of Arches A tent consisting of an end section and seven a. End Arch. To assemble intermediate sections (64 foot total length ) can be erected by eight men in approximately eight hours. A tent consisting of an end section and four intermediate sections (40 foot total length) can be erected by eight men in approxi- mately five hours. Level ground, high enough for drainage, should be selected for the tent pitching area. tied off. either end arch, refer to figure 3-1 and proceed as follows: (1) Arrange arch segments on ground, in proper order, with the heads of the captive hex bolts down. (2) At each side of arch, insert joint of an intermediate segment (4) and (12) into a lower arch segment (1) and (2) and fasten with eyebolt and chain assembly (3). 3-1

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