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1 Purpose and Scope

1.1 The purpose of this Standard is to provide greater interchangeability of cultivator sweeps, shovels, andpoints used on various types of footpieces for row crop cultivators, field cultivators, chisel plows and rippers; toprovide a good fit and thereby better mechanical support for sweeps, shovels and points on such footpieces; andto provide ground clearance between the lowest portion of footpieces or attaching bolts and the cutting edge ofsweeps to accommodate wear.

1.2 This Standard includes the following specifications for row crop cultivators, field cultivators, chisel plowsand rippers:

1.2.1 Mounting specifications for the ground tool attaching portion of the shank as applied to spring trip andfriction trip shanks, stiff shanks and square coil spring tool shanks, and flat spring tooth shanks.

1.2.2 Attaching specifications for sweeps with curved stems; double pointed shovels, teeth and spikes; andspear point and single end shovels; and ripper shank points.

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Published: 08/01/2016 Number of Pages: 9File Size: 1 file , 680 KB