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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.<\/p>\n

When weighing pallets that you place on the scale using a forklift<\/strong>, the size 4×4 usually works fairly well.<\/p>\n

However, if you’re using a ramp and a 4×4 floor scale<\/a> to push your pallet jack scale up<\/strong><\/em>, it can lead to some major issues if you’re not careful. <\/em><\/p>\n

Originally, I was just going to discuss the 4×4 floor scale<\/a> versus a larger scale like the\u00a04×5 floor scale, or perhaps the 5×5. But I had a customer mention a 40″ x 40″ floor scale<\/a> today, so I will mention that size platform as well.<\/p>\n

Many warehouse operations use pallet jacks to move loaded pallets on top of the scale to obtain a pallet weight. <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Believe it or not, the 4′ x 5′ floor scale is actually the correct size<\/span> floor scale to use when using a ramp with pallet jack<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A 48″ x 48″ scale platform with ramp can provide very little maneuvering room for a fully loaded pallet jack.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"4'x5'<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the 48 inches x 60 inches floor scale actually provides the pallet jack with the space it needs, safely. Did you know there is actually around 55 inches or so between the front & back wheels of a standard pallet jack? \u00a0If you have the extra room, a 5×5 floor scale<\/a> might work really well also.<\/p>\n

So obviously a 48″ square floor scale doesn’t work very well in this story\u00a0and you know a small 40″ x 40″ floor scale has no\u00a0chance to work in this scenario.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the 4 x 4 floor scale you can\u00a0not clear a standard sized pallet jack & it is very unsafe when dealing with heavy loads that you’re rolling up on to the platform scale<\/a> and then back down the ramp.<\/p>\n

As for a 40″x40″ scale<\/strong>, that is a really small platform<\/span> if you think about it. It certainly could work if you were placing pallets on a scale using a forklift. However, I could easily see a platform that size being run over by forklifts and you would likely be weighing numerous items that were wider than your platform scale<\/a> itself which is certainly not ideal. And if\/when a forklift runs over the 40 x 40 scale, there will be downtime while you wait for a service call and likely load cell replacement. A larger choice we recommend is the floor scale with ramp<\/a> that we offer everyday.<\/p>\n

Therefore, we strongly recommend that all customers purchase our 4 x 5 floor scale or a bigger size like a 5’x5′ when driving a loaded pallet jack up the ramp to get a weight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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