WAC 296-307-08006   What definitions apply to rollover protective structures (ROPS) for agricultural tractors?  "Agricultural tractor" means a two-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle, or a track vehicle of more than twenty net engine horsepower, designed to furnish the power to pull, carry, propel, or drive implements that are designed for agriculture. All human-powered implements are excluded.

     "Low profile tractor" means a wheel or track-equipped vehicle with the following characteristics:

     • The front wheel spacing is equal to the rear wheel spacing, as measured between the centerlines of the wheels;

     • The clearance from the bottom of the tractor chassis to the ground is eighteen inches or less;

     • The highest point of the hood is sixty inches or less, and

     • The tractor is designed so that the operator straddles the transmission when seated.



[97-09-013, recodified as § 296-307-08006, filed 4/7/97, effective 4/7/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040,[49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060. 96-22-048, § 296-306A-08006, filed 10/31/96, effective 12/1/96.]