Basics on Truck Weighing from a Scale Company in Williamsport...

May, 2013 by

If you’ve ever done any traveling on an interstate highway, you’ve seen the green signs pointing the way to a weighing station for large trucks. The truck scales at these Williamsport stations serve a few different purposes, but the main purpose is to ensure that large trucks are not exceeding the legal maximum weight limit. Truck scales also serve to calculate the tax to be levied on a particular truck based on the vehicle’s weight and the weight of cargo being shipped. The maximum shipping weight varies from one state to the next, but the average weight is about 34,000 pounds. A Scale Company Williamsport builds these scales so the state can calculate the amount of wear and tear each truck causes, and tax accordingly. Taxes paid are put back into road building and...

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