This equipment "spread" runs all the way from floating equipment thru construction and materials handling equipment ashore and to sniperscopes in the perimeter defenses 'round about. OPERATIONAL RECORDS In this category like in others, you use the operator records, DA Form 348 and SF 46, for qualification of operators of self-powered and towed type equipLV ment. General rules on use of these forms are found in AR 600-55. Some special rules on Engineer type items are in AR 600-58 and TB 5-505-1. Just keep in mind that self-powered equipment includes such items as stationary generators that just sit and gen as well as mobile and towable rigs. It also includes your battery-powered forklifts. Dispatch and control records also have to be kept for self-powered and towed Special Purpose Equipment. These are the DA Form 2400 (or the equipment log) and DA Form 2401. They're kept in the same way as for combat vehicles except that you won't need mileage and departure and arrival entries on forms for stationary items like pumps and generators. (If the commander wants 'em for tighter control, the dispatch and control forms can be required even for floating equipment or for equipment that's not self-powered or towed. It's his say-so.) The SF 91 accident report form is used for self-powered and towed Special Purpose Equipment on dispatch the same as for combat vehicles. MAINTENANCE RECORDS In the Special Purpose Equipment category you use the Maintenance Record forms as needed in the same way as for other equipment. Use DA Form 2402 for parts that are direct exchange items and the DD Form 314 for equipment that requires scheduled maintenance. DA Forms 2405, 2407, and 2407-1 are used as needed when you ask for maintenance work on your equipment at higher echelons (including any calibration needed on equipment or tools). And, o'course, the DA Form 2407and 2407-1, if needed-for sending in separate EIR's and MWO accomplish ments. DA Form 2404 is used across the board for inspections. But DA Form 2406 is used only for items listed in Appendix III and para 3-6 of TM 38-750 which spells out the using outfits that are required to make the report. Commands below DA level also may require the report of additional items like it says in para 3-6b(1)(b). You may find a few special quirks when filling out Maintenance Record forms for Special Purpose Equipment. F'rinstance, some items may be covered by a manufacturer's manual when there's no Army TM. In such cases, you enter the manufacturer's manual number in the "Applicable Reference" space on DA Form 2404 with the date of the manual. In this situation, you can use the manufacturer's manual paragraph, or page, in the column headed "TM Item No." HISTORICAL RECORDS Logs for Special Purpose Equipment range from the single-card DA Form 2409 Consolidated Log to a Log Book with applicable inserts. The Consolidated Log DA Form 2409 is a permanent record and the form is the same one that's been in use since the first Army-wide TM 38-750 was issued. So, on equipment that has this Log issued with it or already made up, you'll have a breeze. Just keep it up-dated. Note, tho, that for items where you use a DA Form 2408-3, you don't need to record organizational re pairs in Section C of the 2409. You may find, tho, that some items have been added to the list that get the Consolidated Log. If you have to make up a DA Form 2409 for a Special Purpose Equipment item, you may need to enter in block 9 the manufacturer's manual or pamphlet (with number, if it has one) in case there's no Army TM. Also, the name of the manufacturer in block 10 is especially important for some items in this category since it's sometimes the only sure way to identify 'em. (block 5), you write "None" in these Get the date of manufacture from block 10 on the Equipment Acceptance and Registration Record (DA Form 2408-8). If no date shows on this form and none's found on the equipment's data plates, write "Unk" in this block. You get info needed for block 6 (maximum repair allowance) and block When a Log Book is required for Special Purpose Equipment, including the rail and floating equipment that's been added, it's made up of the Binder, FSN 7510-889-3494, and the combina- 7 (maximum miles and/or hours) tion of cards listed for that particular category of equipment in para 4-26 of TM 38-750. from regulations that apply to the equipment. These are AR 750-314 for the chemical protection and flame Before any maximums set by the regulations are exceeded (repair allowance, miles or hours), a waiver is required and this should be entered on the back of the form, along with any useful info or remarks about the waiver. DA Form 2408-11 is a permanent record and stays with the equipment till it's washed out. CALIBRATION RECORDS If equipment in this category has to be calibrated so it'll do its job, DA Forms 2416 and 2417 and DA Label 80 are used to keep track of the calibration. Since calibration and calibration checks normally are at direct support or higher or by special calibration teams, they'll usually fill in the forms. The main thing you need to watch is the performance of the calibrated equipment and the "Calibration Comparison Due" date in block 8 of DA Label 80. They're the same logs now in use for this equipment, and instructions are printed right on 'em. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1964 0-743-498 |