CHAPTER 21 PREPARATION FOR STORAGE AND SHIPMENT

TM 10-3930-673-20-2

PREPARATION FOR STORAGE AND SHIPMENT

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Preparation for Short-term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Preparation for Return to Service from Short-term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Preparation for Long-term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Preparation for Return to Service from Long-term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Preparation for Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Refer to Para 21-1 if your ATLAS is to be stored for 29 days or less. Refer to Para 21-3 if your ATLAS is to be stored for 30

days or more.

21-1. PREPARATION FOR SHORT-TERM STORAGE

a. Thoroughly clean vehicle.

b. Perform the operator preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS + lubrication instructions) in TM 10-3930-

673-10.

c. Perform the organizational preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS + lubrication instructions) in Table

21-1 of this manual.

Table 21-1. Freezing Points, Composition, and Specific Gravities of Military Antifreeze Materials

Ethylene Coolant

Solution Specific

Lowest Expected

Gravity at 68F

Ambient Temperature

Pints (Liters) of Inhibited

Compound, Antifreeze

(20C)

Glycol Per Gal. of Coolant

Arctic

1.022

+20

(+7)

1.55

(0.71)

Issued full strength and ready

mixed for 0 to 65F

+10

(12)

2.05

(0.95)

1.036

(18 to 54C) temperatures for

(18)

2.75

(1.30)

1.047

both initial installation and replen-

(23)

3.25

(1.54)

1.055

ishment of losses. DO NOT

(29)

3.50

(1.66)

1.062

DILUTE WITH WATER OR ANY

(34)

4.05

(1.90)

1.073

OTHER SUBSTANCE

(40)

4.25

(2.01)

(46)

Arctic antifreeze

preferred

(51)

(59)

d. Schedule the next preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS) on DD Form 314.

e. Store vehicle indoors in a dry, protected area with boom lowered and retracted, and with forks resting on ground. Cycle

controls after engine shutdown to relieve any pressure in the hydraulic circuits.

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