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Repair and Maintenance:
Like other Army MHE, all RTCH repair and maintenance is routinely done below depot level.
Non-Standard RTCH variants:
There are two known non-standard variants of the RTCH. The first results from the installation of a fork kit that was issued only to Ft.. Eustis concurrent with the initial fielding of the RTCH. So equipped, the RTCH can function as a 50K rough terrain forklift. Only Ft.. Eustis is believed to have ever had RTCHs modified in this way. This fork kit is not currently available in the Army supply system.
The second RTCH variant comes from installing a low mount fork assembly that allows the RTCH to lift half height (4'3") containers. A contract for the low mount fork assembly was awarded to Caterpillar on 12 March 1992 by Volpe National Transportation System Center. Sixty-two kits were fielded between April and September 1992. Ft.. Eustis has about half of all those produced. This half height kit was not provisioned or assigned an NSN and is not available through the Army supply system.
Other Service and non-standard CAT RTCHs:
The Air Force procured three RTCHs as an option to the original Army contract with Caterpillar for use with the Containerized Ammunition Distribution System (CADS) shipments, and the Marine Corps purchased 21. The Marines increased their quantity to a total of 106 by awarding a contract for additional RTCHs that were fielded in FY 88.
This second procurement was for RTCHs that are basically, but not exactly, like the Army version. In FY 89 the Air Force procured and fielded nine additional vehicles. Most of the Air Force RTCHs were fielded to Japan.
On 20 March 1997, TACOM exercised an option on DLA contract SP0730-96-D-9029 to purchase RTCHs based on the CAT model 988F wheel loader. Twenty-five of these vehicles with an equal number of 40 ft. top handlers and 18 20 ft. top handlers were procured for FORSCOM TDA and AMC requirements.
This fielding of these were to displace an equal number of the older standard CAT vehicles which would be sent through the contractor refurbishment program and redistributed to fill TO&E shortages. The 988F RTCH, NSN: 3930-01-449-3178, is not type classified standard and does not enjoy centralized Army management or support. |
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