indyspirits Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Looking for a scale w/ capacity of 1000 lbs with load cell resolution of .1 lbs. Anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNorris Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I called up one of my local scale distributors/companies and asked if they had any used scales that would fit my application. I ended up with a pallet scale, delivered, installed and calibrated for less than $400. Of course, I was around an agricultural area so that probably helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyspirits Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 hours ago, JNorris said: I ended up with a pallet scale, delivered, installed and calibrated for less than $400. What's the load accuracy / resolution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNorris Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 This was a few years ago now and one job ago, but I believe it was .1 or .2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Don't remember where I bought it, but it's been great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyspirits Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 I looked at the optima scales site and i don't believe they have a scale whose load cells have a 1/10th lb resolution. And that's a problem since the displays certainly can show tenths. I'm troubled by this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandytoes Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) We use the Ohaus defender 3000 and it has been great. https://us.ohaus.com/en-US/Products/Balances-Scales/Bench-Scales/Defender-3000-Stainless-Steel/D32XW300VX-AM Just Noticed that you need 1000 pound capacity... This will only do 600. Edited December 10, 2018 by sandytoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffy2k Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Roger, we have the same scale. Got it from Prime USA scales, Fred Herrmann, primeusascales@gmail.com and it does work great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyspirits Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 4:13 PM, sandytoes said: We use the Ohaus defender 3000 and it has been great. https://us.ohaus.com/en-US/Products/Balances-Scales/Bench-Scales/Defender-3000-Stainless-Steel/D32XW300VX-AM Just Noticed that you need 1000 pound capacity... This will only do 600. Only because I had never seen one that did 600! This is perfect. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnKB Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Most legal for trade floor scales rated for a 1000 pounds will only show a resolution of .5 as that is as accurate as they get. The same display is used for many different scales so even if the display can show 1/10th it is unlikely that the 1000 pound rated scale can read those accurately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyspirits Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Oh I found one from Mettler-Toledo. Suffice it to say it was out of our budget. 1 lb in 1000 is all you're going to get for under $1k. The shitty part is that they'll tell you the display is down to .1 lb -- is that just a random number generator?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestar Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 1:14 PM, indyspirits said: Oh I found one from Mettler-Toledo. Suffice it to say it was out of our budget. 1 lb in 1000 is all you're going to get for under $1k. The shitty part is that they'll tell you the display is down to .1 lb -- is that just a random number generator?? https://www.prime-scales.com/product/304-stainless-steel-ntep-legal-trade-bench-scale-food-process-scale-recycling-scale/ is close to what you want. $1000, NTEP approved, does 0.2 lb up to 1000 lbs. Can also be had as 0.1 lb up to 500 lbs. Another option from Prime: https://www.prime-scales.com/product/z-tcs-bench-scale-stainless-steel-indicator-platter/ This is NOT NTEP, but does 0.05 lb up to 800 lbs, and is only $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyspirits Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 On 12/15/2018 at 11:57 AM, bluestar said: This is NOT NTEP Does it need to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thatch Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 11 hours ago, indyspirits said: Does it need to be? Only if you want/need your local weights and measures agency to certify it as correct for trade. In Ohio they are only allowed to certify NTEP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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