Maintenance of Truck Scale

As a truck scale owner, you're aware of your scale's uses and capabilities, but have you considered how slight errors and improper calibration could contribute to potential revenue loss? If your business is weighing relatively low cost products, you may think a few hundred pounds off will not affect your bottom line. But, if your scale is weighing a high volume of trucks on a daily basis, you could be looking at a potential loss of thousands of dollars over the course of months and years.

Let's review what happens after the initial purchase of your legal-for-trade truck scale.

Initial Certification

When a legal-for-trade scale is initially installed, a certified scale provider licensed by the Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures of the governing state, tests its performance. This test certifies the accuracy of the scale and ensures that it is legal-for-trade and legally ready to weigh trucks.

The initial calibration, however, does not guarantee that it will remain in calibration and accurate. Many factors can contribute to a scale losing calibration. A licensed scale service provider can advise ways to keep your scale in optimum weighing condition and maintaining accurate calibration.

Periodic Calibration

Calibration plays a key role in ensuring you're not overcharging your clients or losing your hard-earned money. Since the accuracy of truck scales depends on various external factors, it will need periodic testing. To help you decide how often you should have your truck scale calibrated, you may take into consideration the following four items.

♦ Number of weight measurements done per day
♦ How many days your scale is used annually
♦ Price of the products to be weighed
♦ Acceptable error rate

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