PDFWAC 296-307-08006

Definitions that apply to rollover protective structures (ROPS) for agricultural tractors.

Agricultural tractor. 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. A wheel or track-equipped vehicle with the following characteristics:
(a) The front wheel spacing is equal to the rear wheel spacing, as measured between the centerlines of the wheels;
(b) The clearance from the bottom of the tractor chassis to the ground is eighteen inches or less;
(c) The highest point of the hood is sixty inches or less; and
(d) The tractor is designed so that the operator straddles the transmission when seated.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 20-21-091, § 296-307-08006, filed 10/20/20, effective 11/20/20. WSR 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. WSR 96-22-048, § 296-306A-08006, filed 10/31/96, effective 12/1/96.]