This standard specifies the general requirements and test procedures of all around visibility of self-propelled industrial trucks, industrial variable reach trucks and rough terrain masted or lorry mounted trucks with capacity ≤ 10 000 kg in accordance with ISO 5053: 1987 with a sit-on or stand-on operator, without load, and equipped with fork arms or load platform.
This part gives the common test requirements for powered industrial truck visibility testing and is intended to be used in conjunction with EN xxxxx parts 2 to x.
The machine specific test requirements do not repeat the requirements from EN xxxxx-1, but add or
replace requirements for the product in question.
Specific requirements in EN xxxxx parts 2 to x take precedence over the respective requirements of
EN xxxxx-1.
The standard does not apply to:
low lift straddle carriers (in accordance with 3.1.3.2.3 of ISO 5053:1987);
high lift straddle carriers (in accordance with 3.1.3.1.11 of ISO 5053:1987);
trucks with elevating operator position, when the operating position is elevated.
trucks with capacity > 10 000 kg
container handling trucks
rough terrain variable reach trucks – within the scope of EN 15830
In addition the following trucks in normal operation have excellent all round visibility and therefore will not be part of this series of standards.
Ride on pallet truck
Pedestrian controlled pallet trucks
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