This standard covers mobile hydraulic excavator controls and the specific arrangement and direction of motion for the primary controls. This standard applies to mobile hydraulic excavators as described in ISO 7135 Earthmoving machinery Hydraulic excavators Terminology and commercial specifications, and ISO 6165 Earthmoving machinery Basic types Vocabulary.

This SAE Standard is intended as a guide for designing uniform two lever type operating controls for mobile hydraulic excavators, either wheel mounted or crawler mounted on independently reversible tracks.