Just wanted to share

[gad5264]

I am a Logistics Manager for Mettler-Toledo (the old Toledo Scale) in Columbus, Ohio and this is what we make in my facility.

This is not the largest scale we have ever built in house but it is one of the top 5 in load capacity when installed and up and running. This scale is going to Nucor Steel in Blythville, Arkansas. The truck that will be running across this scale weighs 160,000# EMPTY, when the cradle that it hauls is full of scrap steel it will weigh in excess of 500,000#. Each tire on the truck is 12' tall and 6' wide. (just for reference the level leaning against the modules is 4' long). We will load this on a flatbed tomorrow morning for delivery and installation on Friday.

Each of these modules is 12'Lx9'10"W and weighs 8500#.





If your curious and would like to see more of the scales we build and install you can see them at the following link.

http://community.webshots.com/user/gad5264

[shoottx]

Very Cool

Don't think they will fit in my shop

[Uncle Cracker]

Wish I needed one of those to weigh my wallet...

[Knottscott]

That's cool Grant!

I'm one of the survivors at Kodak...we have more Mettler-Toledo Scales than I can count. Nothing anywhere near that size! Rochester Scale does the vast majority of our service and installation...ever meet Jack Gunthrum (sp?).

[gad5264]

That's cool Grant!

I'm one of the survivors at Kodak...we have more Mettler-Toledo Scales than I can count. Nothing anywhere near that size! Rochester Scale does the vast majority of our service and installation...ever meet Jack Gunthrum (sp?).

Can't say that the name rings a bell.

[gerti]

Most impressive!

[Kristofor]

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...we have more Mettler-Toledo Scales than I can count.

Same here! Although ours are more in the fractions of milligram measurement range and look much less impressive!

Kristofor.

[bigstick509]

Very cool Grant, my Dad worked for Fairbanks Scales for many years and I remember going in with him and being blown away by the size of some of the scales. Like a true scale man, he used to say every thing at some point needs to be weighed or measured.

[cabinetman]

Incredible size and capacity. Definitely not your typical bathroom scale. I was wondering... considering the high weight capacity of those pictured, how little, or what is the minimum weight they will measure?
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[gad5264]

Incredible size and capacity. Definitely not your typical bathroom scale. I was wondering... considering the high weight capacity of those pictured, how little, or what is the minimum weight they will measure?
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Cabinetman, the scale you see here will be calibrated and weigh in increments of 20# up to 250K, at full capacity over 250K it gets harder to keep as close and so it is advertised to be accurate to within 50#. 50# on a 500K scale is pretty darn good.

[cabinetman]

Cabinetman, the scale you see here will be calibrated and weigh in increments of 20# up to 250K, at full capacity over 250K it gets harder to keep as close and so it is advertised to be accurate to within 50#. 50# on a 500K scale is pretty darn good.

I guess that is pretty good considering. My wife claims her digital bath scale has a high error factor. I'm darned if I agree, and darned If I don't.
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[jhart]

I guess that is pretty good considering. My wife claims her digital bath scale has a high error factor. I'm darned if I agree, and darned If I don't.
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C-man, you need to tell her that it show about 20 lbs. too heavy

[docrowan]

I work for a Caterpillar dealership and we support several "mini" steel mills in Mississippi and Tennessee. Next time I visit one, I'll try to snap some pictures of the haul truck Grant describes. It would be really cool if I can catch one on the scales, but I doubt I'll be that lucky.

[crokett]

Cabinetman, the scale you see here will be calibrated and weigh in increments of 20# up to 250K, at full capacity over 250K it gets harder to keep as close and so it is advertised to be accurate to within 50#. 50# on a 500K scale is pretty darn good.

So if I walked on it it would weigh me? To within 20lbs? That is really good then. And are those 4 separate scales in the pic or will all 4 modules be installed to make one big scale?

[gad5264]

So if I walked on it it would weigh me? To within 20lbs? That is really good then. And are those 4 separate scales in the pic or will all 4 modules be installed to make one big scale?

Each module is an individual unit. However, the summing box will have a display that will give you 5 weights. Each indiviual corner and then the total gross weight.

To also answer your question about weighing yourself. If you walked on the scale and you weigh normally 185-190#, the readout would say 200#. It rounds up to the next closest 20# increment.