Other Forest Machinery
This section goes over other machinery used in the forestry industry. This includes brush cutters, pruners and other self-propelled machinery.
ISO 17591:2002
Machinery for forestry - Knuckleboom log loaders - Identification terminology, classification and component nomenclature
ISO 17591 defines identifying terms, specifies a means of classification and gives a nomenclature of components for the knuckleboom log loader machinery used in forestry. Its aim is to establish a uniform method of describing the various configurations of this type of mobile forest machine.
ISO 6814:2009
Machinery for forestry - Mobile and self-propelled machinery - Terms, definitions and classification
ISO 6814:2009 defines terms corresponding to, and gives guidance for the classification of, mobile and self-propelled machinery used in forestry and related operations. Both the definitions and the classification have been determined according to the end use of the machines as intended by the manufacturer. The terms and definitions do not cover all possible forestry and related operations or machinery, nor do they describe specific machines, but are given as an aid to nomenclature.
ISO 6814:2009 is applicable to machines designed for use in forestry for site preparation, planting, harvesting, processing, and the transport of wood and wood fibre. It is not applicable to machines designed to be used exclusively in sawmills or wood yards, to on-highway transport vehicles, or to aerial vehicles.
ISO 7112:2018
Machinery for forestry - Portable brush-cutters and grass-trimmers - Vocabulary
This document defines terms relating to portable hand-held brush-cutters and grass-trimmers, their cutting attachments and power sources.
The brush-cutter position is shown in Annex A.
ISO 13860:2016
Machinery for forestry - Forwarders - Terms, definitions and commercial specifications
ISO 13860:2016 specifies terminology and required information as a general framework for identifying and describing the main dimensions and features of wheeled forwarders.
It is applicable to articulated wheeled forwarders (as defined in ISO 6814, a forwarder is a self-propelled machine designed to move trees or parts of trees by carrying them).
ISO 13861:2022
Machinery for forestry - Wheeled skidders - Terms, definitions and commercial specifications
This document specifies terminology and required information as a general framework for identifying and describing the main dimensions and features of wheeled skidders. It is applicable to articulated wheeled cable and grapple skidders. NOTE The terminology and requirements given in this document do not necessarily all apply to a specific machine. Machines can be characterized by the dimensions and features which are relevant to them.
ISO 13862:2022
Machinery for forestry - Feller-bunchers - Terms, definitions and commercial specifications
This document specifies terminology and required information as a general framework for identifying and describing the main dimensions and features of feller-bunchers. It is applicable to tracked and wheeled feller-bunchers. NOTE The terminology and requirements given in this document do not necessarily all apply to a specific machine. Machines can be characterized by the dimensions and features which are relevant to them.
ISO 11806-1:2011
Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety requirements and testing for portable, hand-held, powered brush-cutters and grass-trimmers - Part 1: Machines fitted with an integral combustion engine
ISO 11806-1:2011 gives safety requirements and measures for their verification for the design and construction of portable hand-held, powered brush-cutters and grass-trimmers (hereafter called machines) having an integral combustion engine as their power unit and mechanical power transmission between the power source and the cutting attachment. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified.
ISO 11806-1:2011 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to these machines, as well as when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
ISO 11806-1:2011 is not applicable to machines equipped with metallic cutting attachments consisting of more than one piece, e.g. pivoting chains or flail blades.
ISO 11806-1:2011 is applicable to portable, hand-held, powered brush-cutters and grass-trimmers manufactured after its date of publication.
ISO 11806-2:2022
Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety requirements and testing for portable, hand-held, powered brush-cutters and grass-trimmers - Part 2: Machines for use with backpack power unit
This document specifies safety requirements, and measures for their verification, for the design and construction of portable, hand-held, powered brush-cutters and grass-trimmers with a backpack-mounted combustion engine power source and mechanical power transmission between the power source and the cutting attachment (hereafter referred to as “machine”). Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified. This document, taken together with the relevant clauses of ISO 11806-1:2021 (see 4.1), deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events, with the exception of whole-body vibration from the backpack power unit, relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. NOTE 1 A standardized test procedure for measuring whole-body vibration from the backpack power unit is not available at the time of publication. NOTE 2 See Annex A, together with ISO 11806-1:2021, Annex A, for a list of significant hazards. This document is applicable to portable, hand-held, powered brush-cutters and grass-trimmers manufactured after its date of publication. This document is not applicable to machines equipped with metallic cutting attachments consisting of more than one piece, such as pivoting chains or flail blades.
ISO 11680-1:2021
Machinery for forestry - Safety requirements and testing for pole-mounted powered pruners - Part 1: Machines fitted with an integral combustion engine
This document specifies safety requirements and measures for their verification for the design and construction of portable, hand-held, pole-mounted powered pruners (hereafter named “machine”), including extendable and telescopic machines, having an integral combustion engine as their power source. These machines use a power transmission shaft to transmit power to a cutting attachment consisting of a saw-chain and guide bar, a reciprocating saw blade or a single-piece circular saw blade with a 205 mm maximum outside diameter. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events with the exception of electric shock from contact with overhead electric lines (apart from warnings and advice for inclusion in the instructions), relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A). This document is applicable to portable, hand-held, pole-mounted powered pruners manufactured after its date of publication. Brush cutters with a circular saw blade are not included in the scope of this document. NOTE Brush cutter requirements are outlined in ISO 11806-1:2021.
ISO 11680-2:2021
Machinery for forestry - Safety requirements and testing for pole-mounted powered pruners - Part 2: Machines for use with backpack power source
This document specifies safety requirements and measures for their verification for the design and construction of portable, hand-held, pole-mounted powered pruners with a backpack power unit (hereafter referred to as “machine”). These machines use a power transmission shaft to transmit power to a cutting attachment consisting of a combination of saw-chain and guide bar, a reciprocating saw blade or a single-piece circular saw blade with a 205 mm maximum outside diameter. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified. This document, together with the relevant sections of ISO 11680-1:2021, deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events, with the exception of electric shock from contact with overhead electric lines (apart from warnings and advices for inclusion in the instructions) and whole-body vibration from the backpack power unit, relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. NOTE 1 A standardized test procedure for measuring whole-body vibration from the backpack power unit is not available at the date of publication. NOTE 2 See Annex A for a list of significant hazards. This document is applicable to portable, hand-held, pole-mounted powered pruners with backpack power unit manufactured after its date of publication.
ISO 7113:1999
Portable hand-held forestry machines -- Cutting attachments for brush cutters -- Single-piece metal blades
This International Standard specifies the requirements for the material and marking of single-piece metal blades for portable hand-held brush cutters as well as the basic dimensions and tolerances for saw blades for portable handheld brush saws.
ISO 17080:2005
Manually portable agricultural and forestry machines and powered lawn and garden equipment - Design principles for single-panel product safety labels
ISO 17080:2005 establishes principles and gives requirements for the design of single-panel product safety labels intended to be permanently affixed to manually portable agricultural and forestry machines and powered lawn and garden equipment.
ISO 19472:2006
Machinery for forestry - Winches - Dimensions, performance and safety
ISO 19472:2006 defines terms, and specifies performance and safety requirements for winches used in forestry. It is applicable to fixed and detachable winches and their components mounted on mobile and self-propelled forestry machinery such as skidders and forwarders as defined in ISO 6814 and on agricultural tractors used for skidding in forestry operations. It is not applicable to winches used for hoisting operations on cranes, draglines, high lead logging, cable logging systems or yarding.
ISO 22867:2021
Forestry and gardening machinery - Vibration test code for portable hand-held machines with internal combustion engine - Vibration at the handles
This document specifies a vibration test code for determining, efficiently and under standardized conditions, the magnitude of vibration at the handles of portable hand-held, internal-combustion-engine-powered forest and garden machinery, including chain-saws, brush-cutters, grass-trimmers, edgers, pole-mounted powered pruners, hedge-trimmers and garden-blowers. Although the magnitudes measured are obtained in an artificial operation, they nevertheless give an indication of the values to be found in a real work situation. Vibration test codes, as described in this document, enable the manufacturer to verify the effort regarding low vibration design.
ISO 22868:2021
Forestry and gardening machinery - Noise test code for portable hand-held machines with internal combustion engine - Engineering method (Grade 2 accuracy)
This document specifies a noise test code for determining, efficiently and under standardized conditions, the common noise emission characteristics of portable, hand-held, combustion engine powered forest and garden machines, and specific requirements for chain-saws, brush-cutters, grass-trimmers, edgers, pole-mounted powered pruners, hedge-trimmers and garden blowers/vacuums/knapsack mist blowers. Noise emission characteristics include the A-weighted emission sound pressure level at the operator position and the A-weighted sound power level. Noise test codes as described in this document enable the manufacturer to verify the effort regarding low noise design.
ISO 8082-1:2009
Self-propelled machinery for forestry - Laboratory tests and performance requirements for roll-over protective structures - Part 1: General machines
ISO 8082-1:2009 establishes a consistent, reproducible means of evaluating the force–deflection characteristics of roll-over protective structures (ROPS) on self-propelled forestry machines under static loading, and prescribes performance requirements for a representative specimen under such loading. It is applicable to forwarders, skidders, feller-bunchers, processors, harvesters and log loaders, as defined in ISO 6814. It is not applicable to machines having a rotating platform with a cab and boom on the platform, which are addressed by ISO 8082-2.
ISO 8082-2:2011
Self-propelled machinery for forestry - Laboratory tests and performance requirements for roll-over protective structures - Part 2: Machines having a rotating platform with a cab and boom on the platform
ISO 8082-2:2011 establishes a consistent and reproducible means of evaluating the load-carrying characteristics of roll-over protective structures (ROPS) on self-propelled forestry machines under static loading, and gives performance requirements for a representative specimen under such loading. It is applicable to machines configured as forestry machines or defined as such in ISO 6814, having a rotating platform with a cab -- with or without a fixed cab riser -- and boom on the same or a separate platform, intended to be operated by an operator wearing a seat-belt. It is not applicable to forestry machines with elevating cabs.
ISO 8083:2006
Machinery for forestry - Falling-object protective structures (FOPS) - Laboratory tests and performance requirements
ISO 8083:2006 establishes a consistent, reproducible means of evaluating characteristics of falling-object protective structures (FOPS) under loading, and prescribes performance requirements for a representative specimen under such loading. It is applicable to mobile or self-propelled specially designed forestry machines as defined in ISO 6814.
ISO 8084:2003
Machinery for forestry - Operator protective structures - Laboratory tests and performance requirements
ISO 8840:2003 establishes a laboratory test method and performance requirements for operator protective structures (OPS) on self-propelled forestry machines. It is applicable to mobile forestry machines defined in ISO 6814 engaged in felling, processing, forwarding and skidding. The OPS are designed to provide reasonable protection from objects otherwise able to pierce, such as saplings, branches, broken winch lines and poking hazards in forestry work, but not from small, thrown objects such as chain teeth. Those OPS meeting the performance criteria will not provide complete operator protection under all conceivable circumstances, but are expected to minimize the possibility of operator injury in normal operational situations.
ISO 11837:2011
Machinery for forestry - Saw chain shot guarding systems - Test method and performance criteria
ISO 11837:2011 specifies performance requirements and a corresponding test method for saw chain shot guarding systems on the harvester heads and grip saws of forestry machines. It is applicable only to saw chain breakage on the cutting side of the guide bar.
ISO 11839:2021
Machinery for forestry - Thrown object guard - Test method and performance criteria
This document establishes a laboratory test method and performance requirements for thrown object guards (TOG) that provide operator protection against thrown objects. This applies to mobile and self-propelled machinery used in forestry and related operations including, but not limited to, those defined in ISO 6814. The TOG is intended to provide reasonable protection for the operator on the host machine from powered rotating cutting or grinding elements and residual matter thrown by an attachment on the host machine. As the tests in the document are dependent upon the mass, velocity, and the cutting or grinding element profile, the TOG meeting the requirements of this document are specific to each cutting or grinding attachment and the host machine model. This document does not address protection from saw chain shot. NOTE A separate standard ISO 21876 addresses saw chain shot hazards.
ISO 14982:1998
Agricultural and forestry machinery - Electromagnetic compatibility - Test methods and acceptance criteria
This International Standard specifies test methods and acceptance criteria for evaluating the electromagnetic compatibility of tractors and all kinds of mobile (including hand-held) agricultural machinery, forestry machinery, landscaping and gardening machinery [referred to hereafter as machine(s)] as supplied by the machine manufacturer. It is applicable to machines and electrical/electronic sub-assemblies (ESA's) which are manufactured after the date of publication of this International Standard.
Electrical/electronic components or sub-assemblies intended for fitting in machines are also within the scope of this standard, except regarding immunity for those parts whose functions are not involved in the direct control and modification of the state of the functions of the machine.
This International Standard is not applicable to machines directly supplied with low voltage current from public electrical mains. Exceptions to machines or electrical/electronic systems or ESA's that may not require testing in accordance with this International Standard are given in clause 7.
