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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-504/annex-I/appendix-9",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/504",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 of 11 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "annex/I/appendix/9",
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  "number": "9",
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  "text": "Model information document relating to EU type-approval of a type of (or a type of a vehicle with regard to) an installation of a crawler undercarriage system\nA.\nGENERAL INFORMATION\n2.\nGENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS OR SEPARATE TECHNICAL UNITS\n2.1.\nMake(s) (trade name(s) of manufacturer): …\n2.2.\nType ( 6 ): …\n2.2.1.\nCommercial name(s) (if available): …\n2.2.2.\nType-approval number(s) (49) (if available): …\n2.2.3.\nType-approval(s) issued on (date, if available): …\n2.2.4.\nFor components and separate technical units, location and method of attachment of the type-approval mark(s) (if available) (19): …\n2.3.\nCompany name and address of manufacturer: …\n2.3.1.\nName(s) and address(es) of assembly/manufacture plants: …\n2.3.2.\nName and address of manufacturer's authorised representative (if any): …\n2.4.\nFor systems and separate technical units, vehicle(s) for which they are intended for (21):\n2.4.1.\nType (17): …\n2.4.2.\nVariant(s) (17): …\n2.4.3.\nVersion(s) (17): …\n2.4.4.\nCommercial name(s) (if available): …\n2.4.5.\nCategory, subcategory and speed index of the vehicle (2): …\n3.\nGENERAL CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS\n3.1.\nPhotographs or drawings of a representative version of the vehicle: …\n3.2.\nScale and dimensioned drawing of the whole vehicle: …\n3.3.\nAxles and wheels:\n3.3.1.\nNumber of axles and wheels: …\n3.3.2.\nNumber and position of axles with twinned wheels (23): …\n3.3.3.\nNumber and position of steered axles (23): …\n3.3.4.\nNumber and position of powered axles (23): …\n3.3.5.\nNumber and position of braked axles (23): …\n3.4.\nFor C-category vehicles\n3.4.1.\nCrawler undercarriage configuration: set of track trains at front/set of track trains at rear/set of track trains at front and set of track trains at rear/continuous track train at each side of the vehicle (4)\n3.4.2.\nNumber and position of powered set of track trains (22): …\n3.4.3.\nNumber and position of braked set of track trains (22): …\n3.4.4.\nSteering for C-category vehicles\n3.4.4.1.\nSteering by changing the speed between the left-hand side and right-hand side track trains: yes/no/not applicable (4)\n3.4.4.2.\nSteering by pivoting of two opposite or all four track trains: yes/no/not applicable (4)\n3.4.4.3.\nSteering by articulation of the front and rear part of the vehicle around a central vertical axis: yes/no/not applicable (4)\n3.4.4.4.\nSteering by articulation of the front and rear part of the vehicle around a central vertical axis and by changing the direction of the wheels on the wheeled axle: yes/no/not applicable (4)\n3.5.\nChassis\n3.5.1.\nChassis overall drawing: …\n3.5.2.\nType of chassis for categories T and C: backbone/central tube/ladder/articulated/chassis with side members/other (4) (if other: specify: …)\n4.\nMASSES AND DIMENSIONS\n(in kg and mm) (Refer to drawings where applicable)\n4.1\nRange of vehicle mass (overall)\n4.1.1.\nUnladen mass\n4.1.1.1.\nUnladen mass(es) in running order (13):\n4.1.1.1.1.\nMaximum: … kg (30)\n4.1.1.1.2.\nMinimum: … kg (30)\n4.1.1.1.3.\nDistribution of this (these) mass(es) among the axles: … kg\n4.1.1.1.4.\nIn the case of a rigid drawbar or centre-axle R- or S-category vehicle indicate the vertical load on the coupling point (S): … kg\n4.1.2.\nMaximum mass(es), as declared by the manufacturer\n4.1.2.1.\nTechnically permissible maximum laden mass(es) of the vehicle (13): … kg\n4.1.2.1.1\nTechnically permissible maximum mass(es) per axle: Axle 1 … kg Axle 2 … kg Axle …:… kg\n4.1.2.1.2.\nIn the case of a rigid drawbar or centre-axle R- or S-category vehicle indicate the vertical load on the front coupling point (S): … kg\n4.1.2.1.3.\nLimits on the distribution of this (these) mass(es) among the axles (specify the minimum limits in percentages on the front axle and on the rear axle): … %\n4.1.2.2.\nMass(es) and tyre(s)\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.1.2.3.\nMass(es) and crawler undercarriage\naccording to the track roller specification.\nLoad transmitted to the reference centre of the coupling under static conditions, irrespective to the coupling device; if the maximum permissible vertical load on the coupling point depending on the coupling is indicated in this table, expand the table at the right side and indicate the identification of the coupling device in the header of the column.\nSet of track trains No\nTrack dimensions\nAverage contact pressure on the ground [kPa]\nMaximum load per track roller [kg]\nMaximum permissible mass per set of track trains [kg]\nMaximum permissible mass of the vehicle [kg]\nMaximum permissible vertical load on the coupling point [kg]\nlength [mm]\nwidth [mm]\n1\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n2\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n…\n4.1.2.4.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.1.3.\nTechnically permissible towable mass(es) for T- or C-category vehicles for each chassis/ braking configuration of the R- or S-category vehicle (for R- and S-category vehicles, indicate the maximum permissible load(s) on the rear coupling point):\nCalculated using the partially laden condition defined by the tractor manufacturer in agreement with the technical service set out in point 3.1.1.2 of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68.\nR- and S category vehicle Brake\nDrawbar\nRigid drawbar\nCentre-axle\nUnbraked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\nInertia-braked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\nHydraulic braked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\nPneumatic braked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\n4.1.4.\nTotal technically permissible mass(es) of the tractor (T- or C-category vehicle) and towed vehicle (R- or S-category vehicle) combination for each chassis/braking configuration of the R- or S-category vehicle:\nR- and S category vehicle Brake\nDrawbar\nRigid drawbar\nCentre-axle\nUnbraked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\nInertia-braked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\nHydraulic braked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\nPneumatic braked\n… kg\n… kg\n… kg\n4.1.5.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.1.5.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.1.5.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4.1.5.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n37.\nCRAWLER UNDERCARRIAGE\n(provide also entry 4.1.2.3)\n37.1.\nPhotographs and dimensioned drawings of the arrangement of the crawler undercarriage and its installation on the vehicle (including the elements inside of track belts to ensure that the track belt is guided over the rollers and the track pattern in the outside): …\n37.2.\nType of material in contact with the surface: rubber tracks/steel tracks/rubber pads on the track shoes (4)\n37.3.\nMetallic tracks\n37.3.1.\nNumber of track rollers directly transferring load onto the road surface (NR): …\n37.3.2.\nOuter surface area of each pad (AP): … mm2\n37.4.\nRubber tracks\n37.4.1.\nTotal surface area of rubber lugs in contact with the road (AL): … mm2\n37.4.2.\nPercentage of lug area versus the total surface of the belt: … %",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/986 of 3 April 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 as regards the adaptation of the administrative provisions for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles to Stage V emission limits (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1789 of 7 September 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1789 of 7 September 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "according to the track roller specification."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Load transmitted to the reference centre of the coupling under static conditions, irrespective to the coupling device; if the maximum permissible vertical load on the coupling point depending on the coupling is indicated in this table, expand the table at the right side and indicate the identification of the coupling device in the header of the column."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Calculated using the partially laden condition defined by the tractor manufacturer in agreement with the technical service set out in point 3.1.1.2 of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68."
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