Section V. BRIDGING, FIXED AND FLOATING

TM 746-10

packed components within the van to prevent damage.

case and cushion with cellulosic cushioning.

g. Double and single-multiplex frames with tables.

4-87. Tower Erection Set, Topographic

Coat unpainted, exterior metal surfaces of components

such as nuts, bolts, adjusting screws, base bar, and

double-frame adapter with P-9. Wrap or cover the

a. Handtools. Preserve handtools per paragraph

coated surfaces with greaseproof barrier material and

4-2.

secure in place with tape.

b. Aprons, bags, safety belts, climber's sets, safety

h. Air conditioners, pumps, electrical cables, and

straps, and textile tape. Pack in fiberboard boxes.

outlets. Preserve per paragraphs 4-4 and 4-23.

c. Tackle blocks, wire rope clamps, cable grips,

i. Truck. Clean, dry, and preserve power train,

and turnbuckles.

Coat unpainted or unprotected

brakes, steering, and all other components of the

surfaces with P-1.

mobility aspect of the vehicle per applicable paragraphs

d. Instrument plate. Cover the finished surface of

of this chapter.

the instrument plate attached to the adjustable top of the

j. Instruments and equipment. Place each item

inner tower with cellulosic cushioning and overwrap with

and its accessories in the carrying case, container, or

polyethylene film. Secure the cover with tape.

chest provided and cushion with cellulosic cushioning.

e. Bolts, screws, and nuts. Coat with P-1.

Cushion and pack items without carrying cases or chests

f. Tower structural components. Nest structural

(needing the protection of a box) in fiberboard boxes.

angles of like description such as diagonals, horizontals,

k. Intermediate pack. Place components in the

verticals, and other members belonging only to the

storage cabinets, drawers, or chests and cushion with

same section of the tower to form a compact bundle of a

cellulosic cushioning. Pack components that cannot be

size most convenient for handling. Secure the bundles

placed in cabinets, drawers, or chests in fiberboard

with a 1l/4-inch metallic strapping. Place the two end

boxes and cushion with cushioning material.

straps onesixth the distance from each end of the

l. Packing.

Secure the mounted components

bundle. Use an additional strap when the distance

within the van with the locking devices provided.

between straps exceeds 30 inches. Place wood battens

Component parts that are free to move or rotate and are

under the strapping.

not provided with locking devices must be secured or

g. Intermediate pack.

Intermediate pack

cushioned to prevent damage during transit. Secure

components of set in the chests provided. Pack swivel

drawers, doors, storage cabinets, and chests with the

legs, anchor posts, and other small items in wood

closing devices provided and with metallic strapping.

boxes.

Protect cabinet edges by placing fiberboard pads under

h. Packing.

Pack tower components in open

the strapping. Block, brace, and cushion intermediate

crates.

Section V. BRIDGING, FIXED AND FLOATING

4-88. General

(1) Steel pickets.

Pack in triple-wall

Use instructions for similar-type items possessing the

fiberboard or wood boxes. Fit end of the box next to the

same physical and/or mechanical characteristics to

points with a wood block to prevent damage to either

preserve and pack bridging equipment not specifically

type box.

identified in this section. Bridge sets that are packed

(2) Bracing bolts, connector bolts, riband

will not be opened, and bundles will not be broken for

bolts, transom clamps, connector pins, sway brace pins,

preservation.

tie plates, bridge pin retainers, and footwalk posts. Pack

in triple-wall fiberboard or wood boxes. Do not exceed

4-89. Bridge, Fixed: Highway, Steel, Bailey Type

weight limitation of the boxes.

(3) Chess. Place chesses face to face in

a. Unpainted, unprotected metal surfaces.

bundles of 14 each. Secure each bundle with three

Coat unpainted, unprotected metal surfaces of

1/4-inch metallic straps. Place 3 subbundles edge to

component items with P-1.

edge and consolidate into bundles of 42 chesses.

b. Nuts and cap screws. Pack preserved

Secure the bundle with four 1 /4-inch metallic straps.

Use metallic edge protectors under all metallic straps to

nuts and cap screws in fiberboard boxes.

protect the chess.

c. Luminous tape. Unit pack submethod IC-

(4) Bearing shoes. Pack bearing shoes, in

quantities of eight, in wood boxes.

d. Packing.

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