MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURE LIMITS FOR FSC GROUP 66 FSC CLASS 6665

TB 43-0002-72

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TECHNICAL BULLETIN

MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURE LIMITS FOR

FSC GROUP 66

FSC CLASS 6665

Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC

3 March 1982

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Section I. GENERAL

b. This bulletin is applicable to all US Army procured end

1. Purpose. This bulletin contains guidelines for

items of materiel, selected repair parts, and assemblies

maintenance expenditure limits of ARRCOM materiel to

requiring repair or overhaul (either by contractor or in-

be used when determining the economical reparability of

house), except materiel provided to allied nations under

that materiel It specifies the technical inspection criteria

the Military Assistance Program or International Logistics

and detailed data for computing repair cost estimates to

Agreements.

prevent the evacuation of uneconomically repairable

equipment unless specifically required and directed.

2. Scope.

a. This bulletin is applicable to all US Army organizations

installations, and activities, and the Reserve

Components

worldwide.

Section II. ONE TIME REPAIR EXPENDITURE LIMITS

3. Procedure. Maintenance expenditure limits will

item. he maintenance expenditure limit, in conjunction

provide guidance for determining the economical repair

with technical inspections, will be used as a guideline for

of Army materiel in order to prevent evacuation of

the determination of the useful future of the item (i.e.,

uneconomically

repairable

equipment,

make

whether the item is to be returned for maintenance or

uneconomically repairable equipment eligible for

disposal). AR 750-1 cites the maximum expenditure limit

disposal, and preclude the loss of material to the Army

at depot level for repair, transportation, and handling.

solely on the basis of the age of the material (AR 750-1).

The current replacement cost 5 s been adjusted to

reflect an annual inflation factor as of the end of calendar

4. Expenditure Limits. Table 1 provides current

1980. These figures should be reviewed and adjusted

replacement cost and maintenance expenditure limitation

annually. The adjustment will be based on an annual

criteria in the form of one-time repair expenditure. The

inflation factor.

items are listed by Federal Supply Classification (FSC),

NOTE

and indicate life expectancy of the item and the

expenditure limit (dependent on the current age of the

If the item is classified other than

item). The maintenance expenditure limit is expressed

as a percentage of the total repair cost estimate (refer to

STANDARD A, same information will

para 7 and 8) relative to the total cost of the

be indicated for other classification.

*This bulletin supersedes TB 43-0002-72, 20 August 1974.