18—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. October 13. 1973
Plan Now For
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As an aid to operators, owners
or service personnel, the back
side of each card lists service
information and specifications
for materials or parts required
for service and the quantities
involved. Included is a most
useful checklist of things to do
before storing a tractor:
. Store the tractor under cover.
. Clean the machine, removing
excess grease and dirt.
. Lubricate the traction booster
linkage.
During storage:
. Check battery electrolyte
level and trickle charge the
battery every three months.
As a discipline to the owner
operator and as a check for the
owner or maintenance supervisor
overseeing a fleet is a “sign off
section” for each preventive
maintenance action. As the hours
accumulate and maintenance is
performed according to the in
dicated schedule, the operator is
asked to enter the date and the
material used opposite each
item, with his initials.
Where many tractors and other
operating vehicles are involved,
a formal maintenance log - a
typical cost saving device used in
many industries - is helpful. In
the case of the farm tractor
study, the log permits each in
cidence of service work over and
above preventive maintenance
by the operator to be kept for
inspection and relation to the
total preventive maintenance
program.
The form seeks 12 categories of
information
1. Date unit came in for ser
vice.
2 Hour meter reading.
3. Service performed was
regular maintenance or break
down repair.
4. If breakdown, what failed?
What caused failure?
5. Name of operator of this unit
at the time of this service?
6 Location where unit was
working 9 What work was unit
doing 9
7. Has normal preventative
maintenance been regularly
performed on this unit to this
time? If not, what was not done?
8 What unusual or extreme
operating conditions or excessive
loads has this unit been subject to
if any?
9 Attach copy of Owner Shop
Job Order showing work done,
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parts used, and mechanic’s
hours, etc.
10. Attach copy of Dealer In
voice for parts or Dealer (Outside
Shop) Invoice and Job Orders, if
any, itemizing work done, parts
used and labor and hauling
charges, etc.
11. Was this unit promptly
repaired and returned to work? If
not, what caused the delay?
12. Date repairs were com
pleted and unit ready to return to
work.
How Do We Know Such
Checklists Work?
First, there is the experience of
other industries with other kinds
of equipment. The service
department of the Allis-Chalmers
Industrial Truck Division reports
that well-conceived and
diligently followed checklists for
operators have reduced main-
Neppco Exposition
To Hear Campbell
Two of the nation’s most for
thright speakers will issue
thought-provoking challenges
during the luncheon meetings
scheduled for Northeastern ’73,
the annual exposition of the
Northeastern Poultry Producers
Council in Hershey.
J. Phil Campbell, U. S. Un
dersecretary of Agriculture, and
M. A. Pekarek, head of the
speaker’s bureau of National
Cash Register, will enliven mid
day get-togethers during the
initial two days of the 14-state
NEPPCO Convention, October 30
through November 1.
Campbell will keynote the
exposition and its entire
educational program with a
probing examination of the
“Dawning of a New Era for
Agriculture” when he opens the
3-day meeting at noon on October
30.
More than a dozen experts
from throughout the East have
been gathered by NEPPCO to
provide in-depth seminars on
topics related to the Convention’s
theme, “Tomorrow”.
As Undersecretary, Campbell
runs USDA when the boss is
away. Consequently, he has been
on the inside as the Ad
ministration developed its new
approach to the role of U. S.
Agriculture in global economics
Maintenance
tenance costs and downtime.
Also, such maintenance on large
construction machines is con
sidered a must by most large
contractors.
In summary, this type of
planned maintenance record will
greatly reduce time required by
operators and shop personnel in
determining when service should
be performed and to what extent.
It will also help owners prevent
expensive downtime due to
omission of daily service checks.
When different operators operate
a machine over prolonged
periods, it is important to
establish specific maintenance
procedures and then to assure
that they are followed. Properly
implemented, such a preventive
maintenance program also will
work for individual farmers.
and politics. Campbell will
provide his NEPPCO audience
with a stimulating look into the
days ahead for U. S. Agriculture
and what they will mean for the
poultry industry.
Pekarek travels over 100,000
miles to address more than 100
audiences each year with his fast
moving review of today’s
dynamic marketplace in a.topic
he calls “The Challenge of
Change”. He is a practical
problem-solver who served as
NCR’s account manager prior to
1967, when he personally sold and
directed the installation of more
than 1,500 retail systems.
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