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Purpose and scope

The purpose of Section 2 of this Standard is to establish a uniform method for calculating the cutting width of disk harrows, to be used for purposes such as advertising brochures and operator manual specifications. This standard determines the cutting width for the following types of disk harrows:

Single disk harrows

Tandem disk harrows

Double offset disk harrows

Offset disk harrows

The purpose of Section 3 of this Standard is to establish a standard method for designating the mass of disk harrows.

The definitions for the types of disk harrows are provided in ASAE S414.1, Terminology and Definitions for Agricultural Tillage. The cutting width formulas in Section 2 may not apply directly if the disk configuration is different than one of the disk types listed in Section 1.1