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CARRIER, PERSONNEL, M113 OR SIMILAR TYPE VEHICLES-FLAT CARS GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
TRUCK, 25,000 LBS.  OR LESS, WITH OR WITHOUT WINCH, EMPTY, LOADED ON G-85 OR G-89 CUSHIONED RUB-RAIL FLAT CARS OR SIMILAR RAILROAD FLAT CARS - TM-55-2200-001-12_227

TM-55-2200-001-12 Modular Causeway System (MCS) Floating Causeway (FC) FC-1 NSN 1945-01-473-2162 Manual
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Sec.  6-Fig.  88 (Rev.-8-1972) TRUCK, 25,000 LBS.  OR LESS, WITH OR WITHOUT WINCH, EMPTY, LOADED ON G-85 OR G-89 CUSHIONED RUB-RAIL FLAT CARS OR SIMILAR RAILROAD FLAT CARS. Item    No. of Pcs.   Description A Brake wheel clearance.  See Fig.  2, Sec.  1. Vehicles over 8500 lbs.  to 25,000 lbs.  inclusive. B As required. Double chain tie-down device with 1/2 inch dia.  Excelloy chain or similar, proof tested to 27,500 lbs.    Locate  between  the  vehicles.    Attach  one  chain  through  each  of  the  front  tie-down shackles of one vehicle and the other chains through each of the tie-down shackles located at the rear of the other vehicle.  See Sketch #2.  Substitute, if necessary, 1/2 inch dia.  chain with grab hook and turnbuckle equipped with a safety lock device, proof tested at a minimum of 22,500 lbs.  When length of the vehicles does not provide sufficient space to permit application of tie-downs at an angle not to exceed 45 degrees, use conventional chain tie-downs (Sketch 4 and 5) proof tested to a minimum of 22,500 lbs., crossed as shown in Sketch #1.  Attach one end of the chain to the rub-rail of the car by looping the chain through the slots in the rub-rail. Attach  the  other  end  of  the  chain  to  the  vehicles  in  the  same  manner  as  described  above. Single Brandon tie-down device shown in Sketch #3 (applied in same manner as Sketch #4) may  be  substituted,  if  desired.    See  General  Instructions  following  these  specifications  for further details. C 4 Single  chain  tie-down  device  with  1/2  inch  dia.    Excelloy  chain  or  similar,  proof  tested  to  a minimum of 27,500 lbs.  (Sketch #3).  Locate as shown.  Attach one chain device through each of  the  two  front  tie-down  shackles  of  the  first  vehicle  and  through  each  of  the  two  tie-down shackles located at the rear of the last vehicle.  Substitute, if desired, 1/2 inch dia.  chain with grab hook and turnbuckle equipped with a safety lock device, proof tested to a minimum of 22,500 lbs.  (Sketch #4).  Attach one end of the chain through the slots in the rub-rail and the other end of the chain to the vehicles in the same manner as described above.  See General Instructions following these specifications for further details. E-118







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