{"id":109,"date":"2017-07-26T21:13:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2020-04-08T20:18:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:18:12","slug":"best-floor-scale-for-weighing-pallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/best-floor-scale-for-weighing-pallets\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Floor Scale for Weighing Pallets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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?<\/em><\/strong> We then provide an answer and some recommendations. Sometimes they refer to them as a skid<\/a>. Often we need to ask the customer a few more additional questions to truly understand what they are trying to do.<\/p>\n

For example, are you going to be weighing 3 pallets a week on the scale or are you going to be weighing 300 pallets on the scale per day? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The answer to this question will guide us towards what scale we recommend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sticking with the example above. If you’re only weighing a handful of wooden pallets every week or in other words the scale is not that big of a priority in your business; then we might recommend a low cost pallet scale that is designed to meet almost anyone’s budget and should provide years of service. Some brands you might consider for this group would be Prime Scales, Optima Scale Manufacturing, Saga, and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, if you tell us that you’re going to be weighing hundreds of items on the scale each day, then we are likely to recommend a well built, tough floor scale<\/a>. Some names that might be recommended in this group would be Rice Lake Weighing, B-Tek, Cardinal Scale Mfg, or Pennsylvania Scale Company<\/strong>. \u00a0Understand something… this scale is going to cost quite a bit more than the first example<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There are reasons why such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n