B-TEK Scales Fabricates a State-of-the-Art Digital Truck Scale for the Trumbull County Engineers in Warren, Ohio

Canton, OH, September 26, 2010 --(PR.com)-- B-TEK Scales, LLC worked directly with Brechbuhler Scales’ Youngstown, Ohio branch to fabricate a state-of-the-art digital truck scale solution for the Trumbull County Engineers. Complete with a wireless radio frequency unmanned system, the new truck scale is 72’ x 11’ and has a capacity of 200,000 lbs. weighing in 20lb increments. The Trumbull County Engineer, Mr. David DeChristofaro, P.E., P.S. spoke to a group on September 22, 2010 about the need for the truck scale and the ability to now determine what the trucks bring in and take out of the facility. “If we were shorted even 1% of the 30,000 tons of construction materials we purchase, it would cost us thousands of dollars every year.” Pete Kostalas, Sale Representative with the Youngstown, Ohio branch of Brechbuhler Scales explained the demonstration of the truck scale to the crowd. “The trucks will enter the scale and stop at the keypad. They will input the information about the truck and the load. The weight of the truck will be weighed, the truck will then proceed to the yard to either unload the contents or receive a load of one of 30 materials offered by the county. The truck will then re-enter the scale from the same entrance as it entered the scale. The truck operator will then enter the same information regarding the truck and material and that information will be transmitted to the network within the engineer’s computer system. The county will be able to accurately compare the contents entering and leaving the facility. This information will enable better records, more accurate accounting of costs and control the quantity of materials entering and leaving the facility.”

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