Quote Originally Posted by armygreywolf View Post
Patriot, I once went to a yard that had an inbound scale and an outbound scale...I never thought much about it (back when I was a teenager scrapping to pay my gas) except their trucks NEVER used the inbound scale. Turns out they were cheating people coming in on one scale and leaving on another. Since then, I do exactly what you do, scale, scale the non ferrous, scale the truck empty, if it doesn't match well...words will be exchanged and no scrap yard wants their scale shut down until the state can come and re-certify it.

It was also mentioned about a bad load cell in someone elses thread. I noticed that too a few times. Now I stand on the scale before weighing non ferrous and walk the perimeter. I'm sure the yard men know what I'm doing but they never stop me. I just want to make sure everything is fair. I know within a pound or two how much I weigh with clothes and boots on...scale should reflect that.
Thank you about the insight about the bad load cell and your strategy. This is new information to me. It will become part of my new strategy.