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• Published:December 21st, 2009
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• Category:Automotive

On-board truck scales are very valuable assets to businesses, especially those involved in the transport of goods such as grain, livestock and other forms of cargo, where it certainly pays to “weigh as you go.” On-board truck scales allow fleets to maximize their tonnage capacities while lowering operating expenses.

Modern industry is trying to veer away from expensive and intricate load scale systems. Fleet owners are now installing their equipment with scales that are more affordable, easy to install and simple to calibrate yet equally effective. On-board truck scales are also practical and offer a fast return of investment, while providing fleets the precise weight information required to maximize payload and stay within legal limits.

Moreover, with the current economic crisis, freight charges have significantly gone down. In response, businesses want to maximize efficiency by weighing as they load, thereby eliminating the need to venture out of their regular route just to get to load scales before every trip or worrying about being found overloaded at a weighing station.

Recent advances have brought to the fore median-priced truck scales equipped with an in-dash LCD that displays digital weights in 20-lb increments. Another cutting edge feature is the two-point calibration of the scales with the trailer empty as well as fully loaded, hence ensuring pinpoint accuracy across the range of values. With these features, on-board truck scales are proving to be indispensible for any fleet because of the huge benefits they offer.