In today’s article I would like to take a look at various choices that customers have when shopping for scales for weighing freight. In a few minutes I will let you know what items I believe are the best freight scales and provide some reviews and general buying advice. First of all we should discuss… Read More: Best Freight Scales Review & Buying Advice »
Everyone knows that our selection of cheap legal for trade scales includes things like laboratory balances, bench scales, digital weight indicators, industrial floor scales, load cells, and truck scales. These items all have a certificate of conformance. The NTEP Certified Legal For Trade scales provide consistent accuracy when weight is a critical factor. We have… Read More: Cheap Legal for Trade Scales »
At least a few times each month a customer will contact us and ask a question like what is the best floor scale for weighing pallets? We then provide an answer and some recommendations. Sometimes they refer to them as a skid. Often we need to ask the customer a few more additional questions to… Read More: Best Floor Scale for Weighing Pallets »
For many years the standard size floor scale for weighing pallets has been a 4×4 platform scale. This used to be 48″ x 48″ but is often more like 47.2″ x 47.2″ due to metric measuring by China manufacturers. When weighing pallets that you place on the scale using a forklift, the size 4×4 usually… Read More: Before You Purchase a 40×40 5000 lb floor scale for… »
One question that we received recently was “what capacity of load cell is inside your standard 4×4 5K floor scale”? The answer to that question is; normally you would see (4) 2.5K capacity shear beam load cells used in most 48″ x 48″ 5000 pound capacity industrial floor scales. Occasionally, you might see (4) of… Read More: What Capacity Loadcells are used in a 5000 lb 4’x4′… »
We were asked this week do you have any recommendations for good scrap yard platform scales for sale that I can take a look at? Well, it got me to thinking and doing some reading. Recycling scrap metal generates significant economic value worldwide. Metal recycling operations are the first step in this important industry and… Read More: Scrap Yard Platform Scales for Sale »
I did some furniture shopping over the weekend and it made me realize the real difference in quality between certain types of products. You may be wondering, what does this have to do with shopping for scales, but hang in there and you’ll see. I was going from store to store and I was noticing… Read More: I Did Some “Scale” Shopping Over The Weekend »