Portable Scale ???

Not much time for online today, (home PC out for now)

Anyway, (long story short) ,been wondering about a portable scale so I can check weight and pay service stations (especially, but others too) for scrap.

Best I can think of was a pallet-jack we used in the factory which had a digital scale built in. BUT for my truck right now, even that would be a little large.

Anybody have advice, or a link for what I'm thinking???

I am TOTALLY re-thinking my "route" based on this idea.
I am also thinking it will enable me to get a larger truck , drive a HUGE route, and get the most for my scrap at the end of this "route" I'm thinking of.

Thankyou very much in advance! (I'll check in tommorrow or Monday when I can).

I just use a shipping scale I acquired in a load of scrap.

pros: it is very professional looking.. I think it instills confidence in the customer

Cons: requires AC power.

Originally Posted by DumbD

Not much time for online today, (home PC out for now)

Anyway, (long story short) ,been wondering about a portable scale so I can check weight and pay service stations (especially, but others too) for scrap.

Best I can think of was a pallet-jack we used in the factory which had a digital scale built in. BUT for my truck right now, even that would be a little large.

Anybody have advice, or a link for what I'm thinking???

I am TOTALLY re-thinking my "route" based on this idea.
I am also thinking it will enable me to get a larger truck , drive a HUGE route, and get the most for my scrap at the end of this "route" I'm thinking of.

Thankyou very much in advance! (I'll check in tommorrow or Monday when I can).

Bathroom scales would work for that if you don't need anything super precise. For about $200 or so you can get small platform scales that run off of either batteries or a 110V plug-in (works off an inverter in the lighter) that comes with a remote display head, reads in lbs. or kgs. (handy in Canada), and actually takes quite a bit of abuse. It definitely does help the impression you make on some customers, compared to either a bathroom scale or guessing at weights.

Thanks Mech,
Been looking for something cheap and with a good weight capacity, this definitely would work. Every scale I looked at was $70-$150.

Might not be the best option for most items. Digital fish scale and a 5 gallon bucket would work for some things.

Thanks for the replies!
I think I'll probably go with THIS ONE I found.

Seems like even a 55 gallon drum will fit on it, and seems like a 55 gal. drum loaded will never be more than the weight capacity either.

Well thanks, I found it on my own while away, as well as getting a new truck, and inheriting some $$$ towards my business.
that's all...Dumb D

DD,

I picked up one at Sam's Club. It's good up to 400 lbs in .1 lb intervals and can be used with AC or batteries. If you think this might be what you're looking for, PM me and I will check what model it is.

Thanks, $21.80 is a great price for what im looking for .

I'm leaning toward the 110lb one for now. If I need more than 110 lbs I'll continue to use the bathroom scale for a while. I have a reloading scale that does grains, penny weight,grams and oz but It maxes out a t 50gr. should be useful with the acid test kit if I come across gold scrap.
While we're talking scales what about calibration. Is a 500g weight a good choice? 1000g here

I like this one