Having completed over 4,000 installations throughout North and South America, Active Scale understands the challenges that extreme temperatures pose for our customers and their truck scale systems. Whether your climate is cold and icy or hot and humid (or both!), extreme temperatures and the associated weather conditions can have a significant impact on the accuracy [...]
As summer comes to an end and the weather starts to get cooler, something you might want to consider is winterizing your truck scales. As we’ve discussed many times, the importance of correct measurements is vital to your organization when it comes to profits, quality, and productivity. It is often underestimated how much damage can [...]
Basically a cash register for commercial operations in the sense that money is exchanged based on weight, truck scales are invaluable for weighing commercial vehicles and containers. When you’re in the market to purchase and install a truck scale for your operation, there are a number of different accessories that can really help your business [...]
A truck scale is a major investment for any customer at any site. It is a critical piece of equipment where you collect the incoming and/or outgoing weight information that is needed to buy or sell and meet legal-for-trade requirements. Before making such an important purchase, it pays to consider carefully where and how you [...]
When purchasing a large piece of equipment, such as a truck scale, it can be hard to look past the price tag. However, to ensure you are investing in quality equipment that will last your business a generation or more, it is important to understand the factors impacting total purchase price. Elements such as design, craftsmanship, components and foundation of a truck scale all impact the final purchase price.
Scale operators are always looking for ways to minimize their costs to help maximize their ROI. The easiest way to stay compliant and keep costs down is to stay on schedule with preventative maintenance and keep your scale clean and debris free. While it may seem unnecessary and expensive to pay for preventative maintenance services [...]
When it comes to the truck scale market there are a variety of options to choose from. To the casual observer, the initial price tag may be the only differentiator. However, manufacturers promising great bargains are only able to do so because they’ve taken shortcuts at some stage of the process whether it was the [...]
In most cases, freight forwarders operate in an environment that is highly weight sensitive with some trivial details that have an adverse impact on both the satisfaction of customers and the profitability of the company. With many options to choose, below are the three best truck scales for freight forwarders and related outbound logistics operations.
It’s pretty obvious by the name, “truck scale”, what this product actually does – weighs trucks, however, all of the different components of the product are not so obvious but are very important. Here are the basics of what exactly makes a truck scale, a truck scale.
Built strong to withstand harsh environments, our Modu-Deck series scales are available in either steel or concrete to suit your industry and application. The series features our parallel link suspension and rocker fulcrum load cell to provide a unique and vastly superior load sensing system.
