ASABE Initiates ISO Adoptions

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has initiated the adoption of three recently published ISO standards for front-mounted agricultural equipment.

The ISO documents, ISO 8759-1, 8759-3, and 8759-4, will replace ANSI/ASABE AD8759-1:1998, Agricultural wheeled tractors—Front-mounted equipment—Part 1: Power take-off and three-point linkage. Originally published in 1998, ISO 8759-1 was updated in 2018, while 8759-3 and 8759-4 are new. As with the previous adoption of ISO 8759-1, the new initiative proposes deviations from the ISO documents, most notably the use of the PTO protective device (master shield) as a step, as will be set forth in the ISO 8759-1 adoption.

ISO 8759-1:1998 was based on ASABE standards ASAE S203, Front and Rear Power Take-Off for Agricultural Tractors, and ASAE S217, Three-Point Free-Link Attachment for Hitching Implements to Agricultural Wheel Tractors. ASABE subsequently withdrew S203 and S217 when it adopted ISO 8759-1:1998.

These adoptions will further harmonize national and international standardization.

For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org.