AS 2359.3-1995

1 - AS 2359.3-1995 POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS - COUNTERBALANCED FORK-LIFT TRUCKS - STABILITY TESTS
4 - PREFACE
5 - 1 Scope
5 - 2 Normative reference
5 - 3 Purpose of tests
5 - 3.1 Normal operating conditions
5 - 3.2 Operating conditions other than normal
5 - 4 Stability tests for fork-lift trucks
5 - 4.1 Test requirements
5 - 4.2 Verification procedure
5 - 4.2.1 Tilting platform
6 - 4.2.2 Fixed slope
6 - 4.2.3 Calculation
6 - 4.3 Test conditions
6 - 4.3.1 Condition of truck
6 - 4.3.2 Position of truck on platform
6 - 4.3.3 Test load
7 - 4.3.4 Location of truck on test platform
7 - 4.3.5 Position of front face of fork arm shank
7 - 4.3.6 Lift height for tests simulating travel
7 - 4.3.7 Safety precautions
8 - 5 Stability tests for trucks with attachments

Provides basic tests to ensure that a lift truck demonstrates satisfactory stability when appropriately used under normal working conditions. This Standard is technically equivalent with and has been reproduced from ISO 1074:1991.

This International Standard specifies basic tests to verify the stability of counterbalanced fork-lift trucks. It applies to counterbalanced fork-lift trucks with tiltable or non-tiltable masts, whether rider-controlled or with a separate operator, of rated capacity up to and including 50 000 kg (110 000 lb). It also applies to trucks operating under the same conditions when equipped with load-handling attachments. This International Standard does not apply to trucks with retractable devices such as a mast or fork, or when handling suspended loads which may swing freely.NOTE - Additional tests for industrial trucks operating in special conditions of stacking with pre-determined offset will form the subject of a separate International Standard.

First published as part of AS B270-1968.
Revised and redesignated AS 2359.1-1980.
Second edition 1985.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 2359.3-1995.