Quote Originally Posted by thekeith View Post
This reminds me of my last haul to the yard. Turns out the scale was only 20' so the truck and trailer had to be weighed each. Drive on - truck weighs whatever. Pull ahead - trailer weighs whatever. Unload. DO THE SAME FOR WEIGHOUT!!
I got screwed by the yard because they said my truck weighs the same both times. I didn't take anything off the truck because that's where my non ferrous was.
Did a little research on here after and that's the way it's done. Trailer tongue weight will change thereby lightening truck weight = more steel delivered = $.
Don't let it happen to you so weigh both in and out and both weights will be different numbers
That doesn't seem to work out in your favor. I would not weight the trailer on the truck the weight is wrong. It may come out close but not right. I weighed my trailer in the hitch to get a plate it was stamped right on it it weight 1200# from the manufacturer. The weight ticket they gave me said 900#. now they didn't weigh the truck but the weight of your truck should have changed since the tongue weight changed.

A 20' scale is small for shred how do they weigh semi trucks?

Eric