LifeCat 1.0/Research Development/Industry Standards Research

Overview
This page captures some of the industry standards for skid loaders. This is in regard to safety items, standards of testing, etc.

Safety

 *  Skid Steer Design Safety - Good document that contains pertinent information about designing a safe skid steer. Includes ROPS and logical interlocks.
 * ROPS Wiki - The wiki on the Roll Over Protection System (ROPS). Discusses the certification requirements and such.
 * Control Standards - Provides information to match the standards for tractor controls
 * US Occup. Safety and Health Standards for Agriculture - US Department of Labour information on the safety and health standards for Agricultural vehicles

Design

 * Radial arm tractors usually have max reach at 60" which is the height of a flatbed truck.
 * "Safe Working Load" is defined as half the tipping load (provided it meets structural safety factors as well)
 * Control Standards - Provides information to match the standards for tractor controls


 * this are the standard control symbols

Testing

 * OECD Standard Codes - For the Official Testing of Agricultural and Forestry Tractors 2011
 * Agricultural Tractor Test Standards in America - University report that talks about all the different standards associated with tractors and their respective governing bodies and their local vs global reach.