ISO 19472:2006

ISO 19472:2006 defines terms, and specifies performance and safety requirements for winches used in forestry. It is applicable to fixed and detachable winches and their components mounted on mobile and self-propelled forestry machinery such as skidders and forwarders as defined in ISO 6814 and on agricultural tractors used for skidding in forestry operations. It is not applicable to winches used for hoisting operations on cranes, draglines, high lead logging, cable logging systems or yarding.