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jim mcnamara
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Hmm. In the US - every state has a certifying agency for scales, gasoline pumps, etc. Every year the scale is re-checked. Which answers most of the confusion.
This handles 'moving the scale' issues. Because it would be new if it were moved from place A to place Q, it then has to be certified for commerce.
This is apparently true in many places in the Western world.
The only issue I know of: livestock scales. A sheepman from Otero Co. NM told me he did not like dealing with the sheep buyers who drove large trucks to his ranch. Disadvantage: they used their own scales instead of his. Meaning that these kinds of scales are off the radar for the standards people. BTW: most ranchers, livestock traders, and stockyards use balance scales and can weigh multiple animals at once. So the 'balance scales are not used' argument is full of exceptions.
Same with junk yards and metal recyclers: Scrap metals are weighed on balance scales, too. Vehicle is weighed coming in, again on exit. Delta is the weight of the scrap.
http://www.nmda.nmsu.edu/scs/licens...ghts-and-measures-licensing-and-registration/
This handles 'moving the scale' issues. Because it would be new if it were moved from place A to place Q, it then has to be certified for commerce.
This is apparently true in many places in the Western world.
The only issue I know of: livestock scales. A sheepman from Otero Co. NM told me he did not like dealing with the sheep buyers who drove large trucks to his ranch. Disadvantage: they used their own scales instead of his. Meaning that these kinds of scales are off the radar for the standards people. BTW: most ranchers, livestock traders, and stockyards use balance scales and can weigh multiple animals at once. So the 'balance scales are not used' argument is full of exceptions.
Same with junk yards and metal recyclers: Scrap metals are weighed on balance scales, too. Vehicle is weighed coming in, again on exit. Delta is the weight of the scrap.
http://www.nmda.nmsu.edu/scs/licens...ghts-and-measures-licensing-and-registration/