TEA PAM 55-20 Tiedown Handbook for Truck - Military Surface ...

FOURTH EDITION SDDCTEA PAMPHLET 55-20
3. Duffle bags (A and B) will be estimated at 70 pounds each.
4. Twenty two inches of width will be used per person transported in the cargo
compartment of the vehicle.
5. Generally, vehicles will have no more than a three-fourths tank of fuel if they are
to be shipped by air, rail, or sea.
6. The shipment unit number (SUN) is found on the unit’s Automated Unit
Equipment List (AUEL)/Deployment equipment List.
7. The date block is completed in pencil to allow for periodic updating.
8. The vehicle LIN and Index Number entered on this form should be the same as
entries on the AUEL. The LIN number corresponds to the vehicle model. The index
number corresponds to the vehicle/load configuration.
9. The cargo compartment view is not a picture of the vehicle being loaded, but a
portrayal of the load on the vehicle.
10. The cargo location number correlates to the location of the numbered piece of
cargo on the load diagram.
11. The unit should enter as much information as is needed in the Cargo Description
and Type Pack blocks to describe the cargo.
12. To compute total weight, the unit multiplies the number from the Number of
items column by the quantity in the Piece Weight column.
13. For Reserve Component units, items listed below the red line will be offloaded
at the mobilization station and shipped by commercial transportation. For Active
Component units, the loaded vehicle weight is computed by adding the empty
weight of the vehicle to all the items listed on the card. The total weight must never
exceed the rated capacity of the vehicle.
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