International Tractor Drawbar Standard adopted by ASABE.
Press Release Summary:
With deviations, ASABE adopted ISO 6489-3:2004, Agricultural vehicles - Mechanical connections between towed and towing vehicles - Part 3: Tractor drawbar. This document replaces ASAE S482, Drawbars - Agricultural Wheel Tractors, which was used as the basis for ISO 6489-3. The new standard includes modifications to original ISO document and further harmonizes national and international standardization.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Adopts International Standard on Tractor Drawbars
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN- The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has adopted with deviations ISO 6489-3:2004, Agricultural vehicles - Mechanical connections between towed and towing vehicles - Part 3: Tractor drawbar.
The ASABE document, ANSI/ASABE AD6489-3:2004 (JUN2009), Agricultural vehicles - Mechanical connections between towed and towing vehicles - Part 3: Tractor drawbar, replaces ASABE standard, ASAE S482, Drawbars - Agricultural Wheel Tractors, which was used as the basis for ISO 6489-3. This adoption includes some modifications to the ISO document and further harmonizes national and international standardization.
A copy of the document can be ordered by contacting ASABE headquarters directly at: martin@asabe.org. ASABE members and those with site-license privileges to the ASABE online Technical Library, at www.asabe.org , can obtain an electronic copy of the standard in about 4 weeks.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 225 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at ASABE, 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at asabe.org/standards/proposed.html .
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in St Joseph, Michigan, ASABE comprises 9,000 members from more than 100 countries. For further information about the Society, or for an electronic copy of this news release, contact Dolores Landeck at ASABE, 269-932-7039, landeck@asabe.org.
