Scrap yard scale accuracy

Last week I loaded up my pickup with misc. steel items and hauled it to Sioux Falls and sold it for tin price. I thought it weird that it just happened to be exactly 1000 Lbs. This morning I hauled another load in and they payed me for exactly 900 Lbs. While in the office waiting in line to get paid, I watched the scale readings as a couple of people drove across it and their scale appears to only be accurate to the nearest 20 Lbs. I expected it to be more accurate than that. I'm wondering how accurate those kinds of large scales normally are? Is that an industry standard?

Yes, from my experience they go by 20 pound increments. Every truck scale I've ever driven across has been that way.

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Originally Posted by Russell

Yes, from my experience they go by 20 pound increments. Every truck scale I've ever driven across has been that way.

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Every Yard I have ever been too.. clicks by 20lb increments.

Industrial digital scales are calibrated in incuments of 20 Lbs, it's not a industry standard that's just how scales function.

Ok, that makes me feel better now that I know that. For some reason I was thinking they would be more accurate.

Hmmm
Must tick by 5 here I have 535 625 ext ext

Its worth watching the scale if you can...they should settle pretty fast...in a few seconds. I was at a yard where it took upwards of 30 seconds for the scales to settle. They had mud around the scales and it was getting in between the deck and the on/off ramps, affecting the load cells.

Their people weren't smart enough to understand what was going on when I told them, so off to another yard.

J.

The yard I go to has the the scale reading right outside of the driver's window on the building when you stop. Also does 20# increments

Today I didn't even know if I got a proper weigh in or out or if it benefited me or the yard. The wind and rain were causing such a variation in weights that you couldn't get on it while it was zeroed. Oh well, still left with $30 from 220 lbs in clean steel.:)

Ditto, 20lb truck scale increments. Sucks if you got 19 extra pounds, it won't read, but it gets the process done quicker. Can't really complain, especially if i am buying items and i find a minibike at 119lbs.. id be paying for 100 @ 50 cents a pound. Depends on the way you take it.

i believe 20lbs is the accepted standard.

I do my best to avoid using the truck scale for non ferous

10 pounds here, I am always chewing gum when I go to the yard when I weigh in but spit it out before I go back on the scale! LOL

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Originally Posted by AdmiralAluminum

Today I didn't even know if I got a proper weigh in or out or if it benefited me or the yard. The wind and rain were causing such a variation in weights that you couldn't get on it while it was zeroed. Oh well, still left with $30 from 220 lbs in clean steel.:)

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We are at 950 to 9 25 pre 100 lbs. One place recently gave me 8 dollars per 100 lbs on cast iron. I had the heavier round corner tub . Too late to reload. Not good business that day:(

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Originally Posted by hobo finds

10 pounds here, I am always chewing gum when I go to the yard when I weigh in but spit it out before I go back on the scale! LOL

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Love this!!!!!! Matter of fact, I'll be chewing a pack from now on.

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Originally Posted by hobo finds

10 pounds here, I am always chewing gum when I go to the yard when I weigh in but spit it out before I go back on the scale! LOL

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Haha, I don't chew gum but I do leave my cigarette butt behind before I weigh out :)

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Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

i believe 20lbs is the accepted standard.

I do my best to avoid using the truck scale for non ferous

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Yes.. At my Non-Ferrous Core Buyer.. Their Scale is in 1lb increments.. Ahhhh

Weird my local yard goes by the pound. Sometimes I will forget to put a pole or something in the bin and ill just go up and weight for like 4 pounds and add that to the total.