scale house
Vehicle weight station
A scale house is a small building at a weigh station where trucks or other vehicles are weighed, typically at highway checkpoints, landfills, or agricultural facilities.
The structure houses the weighing equipment and an operator who records weights and checks compliance: The trucker pulled onto the platform while the inspector watched from the scale house.
- weigh stationFacility measuring truck loads
- weighDetermine mass or ponder
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- truck stopRoadside facility for haulers
- stationFixed stopping point
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