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- Reference axle manual, customize the inspection points for axles, wheel bearings, differentials. | - Reference axle manual, customize the inspection points for axles, wheel bearings, differentials. | ||
- Reference brake manufacturer manual, customizing inspection for brakes, wear limits, etc. | - Reference brake manufacturer manual, customizing inspection for brakes, wear limits, etc. | ||
- | - | + | - Repeat for engine, transmission, |
+ | - Add Out-of-Service criteria from chapter 6. | ||
+ | - repeat the steps for chapters 9 through 16 as applicable. | ||
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+ | **All these things will make a PM take longer and cost more** | ||
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+ | Some examples of things explicitly required, but that we have not done: | ||
+ | * Hale ESP primers call for annual disassembly and cleaning.(([[https:// | ||
+ | * Wheel lugs need to be checked for proper torque.((NFPA 1910.8.3.7, [[https:// | ||
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+ | How can we find a balance in making sure we perform service to the standard, without being frivolous? If cleaning a primer every year for 5 years costs more than repairing that primer when/if it breaks, and the low probability of an inoperable primer affecting fireground operations or other fire truck components by it’s failure, is it responsible to make a decision to **not** perform the maintenance? | ||
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+ | For the wheels, after loosening and re-torquing them once, if we know they weren’t removed during the year, the following PM I would feel comfortable simply checking if they are still tight. Surely they didn’t get tighter by themselves. | ||
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+ | These are a small example. More will come. We need to talk soon, and certainly before next PM, to figure out how to be responsible in doing our work. | ||
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+ | **A final thought**: If a service is ‘declined’, | ||
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