AS ISO 8813:2021

Identically adopts ISO 8813:1992 for Australia, which provides a uniform method of calculating, and a test method for validating, rated lift capacity as presented in commercial literature for pipelayers and wheeled tractors or loaders equipped with a vertical-only pivoted, hydraulic or mechanically operated, side boom. It applies to machines having a lift capacity greater than 10 000 N when used in lifting applications. It includes pipelayers as defined in ISO 6165 and ISO 7136, and wheeled tractors and loaders as defined in ISO 6165, ISO 6747 and ISO 7131. KEYWORDS: Earth-moving machinery; Rated lift capacity testing; Pipelayers; Wheeled tractors and loaders; Vertical side booms