Massload Farm Truck Scale
Massload’s Farm Truck Scale is a Canadian-made portable axle-pad scale for weighing loaded grain trucks, super-B trains, and ag equipment right in the yard. Available in 84-inch, 144-inch, and 168-inch platforms with capacities up to 40,000 lb/pad (18,144 kg), it installs on compacted gravel, concrete, or pavement, weighs axle groups through a stop-go traffic-light system, and can be paired with veriety of readouts, including data-management software for full truck-in / truck-out records — accurate to within 1% of full scale on gross vehicle weight.
PRODUCT DETAILS
The Massload Farm Truck Scale is built for crop farmers and grain haulers who need accurate, on-site truck weighing without the trip to a community scale. It weighs everything from seeding to shipping — loaded grain trucks, super-B trains, fertilizer and seed deliveries, and heavy ag equipment — helping operations avoid overload fines, verify inbound and outbound loads, and track input use to manage yield. The low-profile axle-pad design installs directly on compacted farm-yard gravel, a concrete pad, or pavement, and is forklift-portable so a single scale can serve multiple locations around the operation.
In use, the driver follows a stop-go traffic light on the remote display: green to pull forward, red to stop while each axle group is captured and printed, then green again for the next group, totalling the full vehicle weight once the truck clears the scale. The same workflow can run wirelessly from a scale-house PC using Massload’s Advanced Weigh Scale Software, logging every weight against a truck ID for real-time data management. Built on Massload’s own ML 1100-25K load cells with a high-strength Canadian steel platform, the scale holds gross-vehicle-weight accuracy within 1% of full scale and individual axle accuracy within 0.25%, with an equipment life of 20 years or more. Lease-to-own options are available.
Most Common Applications: On-farm grain and crop truck weighing, super-B train and tandem / tri-axle weighing, fertilizer and seed input tracking, overload-fine prevention, agricultural data management and yield monitoring.
Why Use the Massload Farm Truck Scale™?
Do you experience any of the following challenges?
– Fed up with wasting time, effort, energy and money driving to the community scale
– Feeling anxious about being caught overloaded
– Worried by the prospect of time, effort and energy to deal with overload fines
– Having doubts about whether all your product is getting to the terminal and being weighed
– Want to be sure you are getting all the inputs that you’re invoiced for
– Concerned you are missing out by under or over-applying inputs
– Uncertain whether your combine yield monitor is accurate
– Frustrated with manual tracking of all your product flow
Join the hundreds of crop farmers across Canada who already reap the benefits of the proven Massload Farm Truck Scale:
– Say goodbye to driving to the community scale
– Prevent the unwanted loss of hard-earned money from overload fines
– Easily track, monitor and control input variables to improve yield
– No more worries about running out of seed/fertilizer due to over application
– Feel confident that you are getting what you pay for
– Save time, reduce effort, and increase your money
– Have peace of mind with a farm scale right in your yard
– Capture product flow with Data Management software
Benefits of Massload’s Farm Truck Scales
The Massload Farm Scale™ is built with rugged and reliable construction to provide all weather on-farm weighing of large super-B train trucks and Ag equipment.
Our Farm Scale is designed for easy installation and use directly on farm yard compacted gravel or on a concrete pad.
You can weigh everything from seeding-to-shipping and provide real-time data management with truck-in/truck out capability using Massload’s Advanced Weigh Scale Software.
We have a solution for every need, ranging from starter systems for infrequent use, to heavy duty continuous-use systems for super-Bs with real-time data management software. We also offer In-Ground Weigh-in-Motion systems for touch free operation.
With an equipment life of 20 years or more, cost per year becomes a small investment with huge value to operations over time.
Competitive lease-to-own options available to minimise impact on cashflow
How Farm Truck Scales Work
Prior to weighing, the remote display stop-go traffic light displays green indicating ready to proceed onto scale.
When the first truck axle is driven onto the axle scale, the remote display stop-go traffic light turns red, signaling driver to stop.
When the axle weight is captured, the axle number is displayed (e.g., A1) followed by the axle weight. The A1 axle weight is also printed out.
The traffic light then turns green indicating driver to proceed driving next axle group onto the scale.
When next axle group is on the scale, the signal light turns red for driver to stop. This process is repeated for all axle groups.
When last weigh is complete and the truck is driven off the scale, after a period of 15 seconds, the total weight is displayed flashing for several seconds. The printed weight ticket is also completed. The traffic light reverts to green and the system is ready for the next truck.
Each weight ticket can be removed after printing. Alternatively, they can be left as subsequent vehicles are weighed and the roll of weight tickets can then be removed.
Massload Farm Truck Scale Baseline Configuration
Data Management Software Configuration for Farm Truck Scales
Wireless Option
This configuration does not use an external remote display. Instead, a mobile PC tablet is in the cab with the driver.
The app (Massload Advanced Weigh Scale Software MAWS) controls the operation in a similar manner to above. The app has a stop-go traffic light which directs the driver as with the remote display configuration.
All weigh data is captured and logged in the app together with truck ID and other information.
Wired Option
In this configuration, the PC is in the scale house and is connected by wire to the scale via the Electronic Scale Processor. The app controls the operation as per above. A remote display can be connected to the PC and the app will control the display as in the hardware option. Alternatively, a scale operator can communicate to the driver via cell phone instructions based on the stop-go signal light on the app.
| Capacity | 84″ pad: 30,000 lb (13,608 kg) — 60,000 lb (27,216 kg) per axle grouping; |
|---|---|
| Load Cells | ML 1100-25K-SE (2 mV/V output) |
| Accuracy | Individual axle 0.25% FS, up to 1% FS gross vehicle weight |
| Safe Overload | 150% full scale |
| Ultimate Overload | 300% full scale |
| Operating Temperature | -40°C to +80°C (-40°F to 176°F) |
| Compensated Temperature | -10°C to +40°C (14°F to 104°F) |
| Graduation | 20 lbs (30,000 lbs and 40,000 lbs capacity). Calibration in kg is available. |
| Material | Load Cells: Alloy steel, made in Canada. |
| Sealing Standard | IP66 |
| Dimensions | 213 × 76 × 15 cm (84″ × 30″ × 6″) tandem |
| Ground Requirements | The ground must be flat and level, fully supporting loads and with proper drainage. |
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