PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR ROLLOVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES (ROPS) FOR CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING, FORESTRY, AND MINING MACHINES J1040_198804

This standard applies to the following off-road work machines of mass greater than 700 kg that are commonly used in earthmoving, construction, logging, and mining applications as identified in SAE J1116 JUN86 and designed for an on-board, seated operator:

(a)
Crawler tractors and loaders (See SAE J1057 JUN81 Sections 3.1 and 7.1 and SAE J727 JAN86 for description and nomenclature.)
(b)
Graders (See SAE J1057 JUN81 Section 6 and SAE J870 JUL84 for description and nomenclature.)
(c)
Wheel loaders, wheel tractors and their modifications used for rolling or compacting, dozer equipped wheel tractors, wheel log skidders, skid steer loaders, and backhoe loaders (See SAE J1057 JUN81 Sections 3.2, 7.2 and 9 for description and nomenclature.)
(d)
Wheel industrial tractors (See SAE J1092 JUN86 for description and nomenclature.)
(e)
Tractor portion of semi-mounted scrapers, water wagons, articulated steer dumpers, bottom dump wagons, side dump wagons, rear dump wagons, and towed fifth wheel attachments (See SAE J1057 JUN81 Sections 4.1.1.4, 4.1.2, 4.2.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 4.3.1.3, 4.3.2, and 5, and SAE J869 JUL84 and SAE J728 JUL84 for description and nomenclature).
(f)
Rollers and compactors (See SAE J1017 JAN86 for description and nomenclature).
(g)
Rigid frame dumpers with full mounted bodies (See SAE J1057 JUN81 Sections 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.2, 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.5, and 4.3.1.1 and SAE J1016 DEC84 for description and nomenclature).