The Great Debate: Concrete Deck vs. Steel Deck Truck Scales

摘要

That is indeed the question truck scales buyers ponder. "Do I want to purchase a steel deck truck scale or do I want a concrete deck truck scale?" To make the right choice, the following questions need to be answered: 1. What is the type of material being weighed? 2. How high is the volume of truck traffic? 3. What is the climate or environment like? 4. How much time is available for installation? 5. What other critical business factors are there? Don't let anyone talk you into steel when you really need concrete. And don't buy nostalgia. Just because your dad had a mechanical pit-type scale with a concrete deck back in the 1940's doesn't mean you need, or want, a concrete deck today. The concrete in those old pit-type weighbridges was being used correctly. The concrete was in a compression application above the neutral axis of the structure. That's how concrete was designed to be used.