Posted 6 years ago
RRP
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THIS IS AN OLD GAGE FROM SOME SORT OF AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE MAYBE
IT MEASURES 31" LONG
THE SCALE READS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT IN 2000LB INCREMENTS FROM 0 TO 28000LBS
THERE APPEAR TO BE INSPECTOR'S TEST MARKS ON THE ENDS
NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR?
Going to 28,000 lbs. I would think this would have to have been from one of those drive-on platform scales for cars and small trucks. Back in the 1920s a pick-up truck weighed under 2000 lbs. By the '40s they had only added 1000 lbs. I haven't found a weight for a larger truck, like a dumper, in that age.
You may be right Uncle Ron, sounds plausible anyway.
I'll reword the post...