Portable Scales

[phillydevil]

Does anybody here own a portable scale?

I am considering one, any advice for me.

 

[greg334]

Are you talking about the big truck scales that the cops use or the ones which are trailer mounted that they trucks drive on or one of them scales that is installed on the trailer (truck) that tells you what the weight is on your axles?

 

[Desperado]

they haveto be recalbrated all the time/ ex father inlaw worked on scales he told me hit you brakes on them real hard and they need to be recalabrated drop them etc

 

[LDB]

We've got a scale in the bathroom that's portable enough to move but isn't supposed to go on carpet so never used the portable feature.

 

[TeamCaffee]

We checked on the on-board air weigh scales and we are not able to use this product. The starting weight will no go low enough at the time we looked at the product. I would imagine if enough people asked Air-Weigh they might consider a product for straight trucks.

 

[greg334]

We checked on the on-board air weigh scales and we are not able to use this product. The starting weight will no go low enough at the time we looked at the product. I would imagine if enough people asked Air-Weigh they might consider a product for straight trucks.

What?

Linda, they make one, the AW5800 which can be bought in the straight truck version.

It seems the OP didn't answer my question, the portable scales start at $3000.

 

[TeamCaffee]

When Bob looked at the Air Weigh you could not use it on a single axle and the starting weight was 20,000lbs.

The system is pretty inexpensive and the ability to know your weight when loaded I think would pay for itself in a short period of time.

 

[greg334]

I don't know......maybe check again??

I installed one on a FL70 just like mine with a single axle and that a while ago, I think in April. That truck comes in at the same loaded weight, 32k, as mine does. When we had to load it with maximum weight to get the heavy side of the calibration done, we used pallets of cement because of the density. The problem was the fork lift driver ripped a bag open and it was a mess to clean. When it was all calibrated, the readout came in just as accurate as a CAT scale we were testing it against.

The cost is expensive, yes it is but if you are concern about what you haul and have had overweight issues before, it may be a very good idea.

 

[TeamCaffee]

Thanks Greg we will look at the scale option once again as it just makes sense for us to have this on board when running a pusher or tag axle.

 

[CharlesD]

I have a set in the bathroom, but I don't like the numbers I see there.

 

[bluejaybee]

I have a Right/Weigh on my tuck. It was on the truck when I bought it. My truck is 33000 GWR single axle. I went to website to learn how to use it. It is for rear axle weight and measures weight 10000 to 30000 pounds. Most states allow 20000 max. After replacing the gauge (which is the only real component of the system), I find it "not" accurate in any situation. After several attempts to keep calibrated, I gave up trusting it. Never the same reading twice in a row. If you get same reading twice in a row, moving the truck 10 feet and reading again will give you a different reading. Futhermore, I ran across a guy who said he put them on his fleet of trucks several years ago, and they were useless to him. So, buy one if you must. If they were in anyway a good useful tool, you would see more of them on trucks.