BS 5731:1991

This standard BS 5731:1991 Specification for mountings and apertures for external equipment controls on agricultural and forestry tractors is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.060.01 Agricultural machines and equipment in general

This International Standard specifies requirements to allow mounting of additional controls and instrumentation used for remote operation of supplementary machinery and equipment on tractors for agriculture and forestry, and provision of an electrical power-point adjacent to the mounting; it also lays down requirements for an aperture through which the control cable or hose enters the tractor cab.

The means of remote control interconnection include mechanical cable, electrical conductor and low-pressure pneumatic or hydraulic¹⁾ hose.

Requirements for mounting additional controls/instrumentation used for remote operation of supplementary machinery/equipment with agricultural/forestry tractors and the provision of an adjacent electrical power point. Gives requirements for an aperture through which the control cable or hose can enter the tractor cab.