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Why properly calibrating your onboard truck scale is important

Feb 6, 2023 4:19:28 PM / by Mike Riegel posted in Air Scale, BIT Air Scale, Truck Scale

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Any device that is used to measure anything has to go through a calibration process. It could be a radar, clocks, speedometer and even truck scales. The process of calibration is to verify that the thing that is measuring an object has been compared against something similar with a known value.

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Properly balancing your truck and trailer loads

Jan 25, 2023 7:07:43 PM / by Mike Riegel posted in Air Scale, Overloaded, Truck Scale, Gear

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Loading a truck and trailer can basically be considered an art. Whether you are loading pallets, vessels, equipment, steel, logs or anything else you have to make sure the weight is balanced. If you are just starting out in trucking this can be challenging to get right but it's not impossible.

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Adjusting Truck Weight by Sliding the 5th Wheel or Trailer Tandem Axle

Nov 22, 2022 11:24:31 AM / by Mike Riegel posted in Air Scale, Overloaded, Truck Scale

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Getting a truck properly loaded and balanced is almost a science in the trucking industry. There are a lot of tools that help drivers understand how much they are hauling and how to adjust the truck and trailer to fit inside the required weight restrictions for gross and axle weights.

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How Overloaded Trucks Cost More in Diesel Fuel

Jun 9, 2022 7:48:59 AM / by Mike Riegel posted in Air Scale, Truck Scale, Fuel Economy, Fuel Savings

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It's no secret that the rising fuel cost has caused an intense strain on the trucking industry. With the national average of diesel being $5.71/gal and rising at the time of this post, the cost of everything has been deeply affected. Many carriers are left making deep cuts wherever they can while waiting for rates to catch up to rising costs.

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What Does an Overloaded Truck Cost Carriers?

Jul 15, 2021 11:02:49 AM / by Tiffney Lopez posted in Air Scale, Overloaded, Overweight ticket, Truck Scale, Fines, Maintenance, FMCSA

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Drive your business to success: What to know before you take your next load.

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