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Trucker question
For all you truckers, past and present. How accurate are the truck scales at the weigh stations? For the set in question, three different weights all ended in zero. So, I'm guessing they're no better than +\_ ten pounds.
Hawk
Hawk
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Keep in mind, 18 wheelers have a max gross of 80,000 pounds, so within 10 pounds is a mighty low percentage
edited because I found an article about it that might help
https://fifthwheelst.com/commercial-truck-scales-vs-portable-scales-for-weighing-rvs.html
The closest I have seen is 10 pounds.
My Dad drove a coal bucket for years. He weighed at the tipple and was smack on 80,000#. The tipples scale were Ohio state certified and sealed 2 weeks before.
He gets stopped by the notoriously inaccurate ODOT portable scales. They weight him at 88,000# and write him up. They were individual scales that go under each axle. The truckers were known to pop the clutch a little too hard and send them flying......
He gets to the power plant and their day old state of Ohio certified and sealed scales were 79,900#....
He took it to court and lost
Maybe more critical than a truck scale???
(Digital)
Fairbanks Scales
Capacity: 200,000 pounds,
Division: 20 pounds Accuracy: HB 44, Class III L
±20 lb (2,500 lb)
±20 lb (10,000 lb)
±40 lb (20,000 lb)
(Digital)
Massload
Capacity: 20,000 pounds,
Division: 20 pounds Static Accuracy: 0.5% Full Scale
±12.5 lb (2,500 lb)
±50 lb (10,000 lb)
±100 lb (20,000 lb)
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