Not to mention the safety aspect, accurate freight weights means accurate trailer weights… big discrepancies like you mentioned could cause some serious issues, nothing like an inaccurate weight to put the heavy trailer in the rear…041 has had them for the better part of 18 months, supposedly our revenue is about 20% higher per bill count average thanks to it. Personally don’t believe it’s that high but I’m sure some of the discrepancies I’ve caught brought it a pretty penny from sometimes 1000+ lbs difference and one of those were on a hazmat load that made it halfway across the country to us!
Some even inflated the weight to get the swag.
Pretty sure they are new.Any chance these scale units are used ?
Some one else had this bright idea years ago.
Worked so well the company started to reward those who scaled everything they came across. Some even inflated the weight to get the swag.
Should be plenty to go around at auction may even get a worn out lift with it.
we have had them for a few years at Pyle now.Pretty sure they are new.
We got 2 skids of them, Each unit wrapped in plastic.
Contractor from weightronix has been installing them the last few days
They weigh freight because some shippers always have weight corrections, estimate weights, don’t include pallet or dunnage weights, or go by theoretical weights. A good tip off to reweigh is when your see the billed weight exactly at 100# increments. Very unusual something weighs, 100, 500, 1,000, 1,200lbs even.That's how lawsuits happen. FedEx has been using this system since I started working here. Initially it was random (I think) and now every piece of freight gets weighed and dimensioned multiple times through it's shipping. I think they started doing that because they got sued for fraudulent charges.
We had an 8 pallet load out of dollar tree warehouse last night, they estimated it at 5500…… first pallet of similar product throughout was around 1200 so only off by a small 4100 on those 8 palletsThey weigh freight because some shippers always have weight corrections, estimate weights, don’t include pallet or dunnage weights, or go by theoretical weights. A good tip off to reweigh is when your see the billed weight exactly at 100# increments. Very unusual something weighs, 100, 500, 1,000, 1,200lbs even.
They weigh freight because some shippers always have weight corrections, estimate weights, don’t include pallet or dunnage weights, or go by theoretical weights. A good tip off to reweigh is when your see the billed weight exactly at 100# increments. Very unusual something weighs, 100, 500, 1,000, 1,200lbs even.
It is money the carrier should be getting rightfully paid for. Some shippers are notorious for cheating on weights, and freight classifications.We have them at Xpo. All terminals. Make millions in extra revenue.
multiple reweighs / dimensions from multi terminals help the weight and research department defend those corrections.That's how lawsuits happen. FedEx has been using this system since I started working here. Initially it was random (I think) and now every piece of freight gets weighed and dimensioned multiple times through it's shipping. I think they started doing that because they got sued for fraudulent charges.