weighbridge

A truck scale (US), weighbridge (non-US) or railroad scale is a large set of scales, usually mounted permanently on a concrete foundation, that is used to weigh entire rail or road vehicles and their contents. By weighing the vehicle both empty and when loaded, the load carried by the vehicle can be calculated.
The key component that uses a weighbridge in order to make the weigh measurement is load cells.

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    Just picked a couple of sacks of sheep food from the feed mill were they have just installed a weigh bridge with digital readout. Before loading, stopped on said weighbridge and the total came to 1780 kg . Knock off 100 kg of Lancashire beef stock in the drivers seat and around 15 kg of dog...
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