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TM 55-3930-243-14
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Shippers should specify cars equipped with tie-
down devices in the quantity shown in item A
when ordering specialized railway equipment.
When carriers furnish cars that do not have built-
in chains and tensioning devices, chains and turn-
buckles of appropriate size and strength will be
used in lieu thereof for tiedown of vehicles. Load
binders are not to be used in lieu of turnbuckles
to tension tiedown chains.
2. Forklifts must face in the same direction and
be uniformly spaced along the length of the car
to allow sufficient space at each end of the car
and between the forklifts for tiedown. Apply tie-
downs parallel to each other at the same end of
the forklift and from the forklift tiedown point to
the car tiedown point. The angle of the tiedown
should be as close to 45 as possible.
3. Handbrakes must be set and hand lever wire-
tied.
Figure 77. Tiedown diagram for RTL10 or RTL101 forklift
4. Gearshift levers on forklifts equipped with au-
on CONUS HTTX or similar type of flatcar (rear view).
tomatic or standard transmission must have the
gearshift lever wire-tied in neutral position.
Table 7-3. Application of Chain Tiedowns for Securing
5. Open hooks must be secured with wire over
Forklifts on HTTX or Similar Type of Flatcars (Figs 76
thru 7-9)
opening to prevent the hook from becoming dis-
engaged from the chain link to which it is at-
No.
tached.
Application
Item
required
6. Turnbuckles used to tighten chains must be
4 ea unit -in. diameter alloy steel chain, extra
A
strength, prooftested to a minimum
wired or locked to prevent them from turning dur-
of 27,500 lb for vehicles over 25,000 lb
ing transit unless turnbuckles are equipped with
and up to 40,000 lb, inclusive.
self-locking devices.
7-9

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