Scales…One Of Our Weighter Topics (Pardon The Pun)

This is how a lot of materials were weighed, back in the day before, well, just about everything electrical.

One of the busiest pieces of equipment at the scrap yard are its scales. They provide the defining measurement for all material trading, both buying and selling.

There’s Nothing New About Scales

Scales date back to early Egyptian civilization. The earliest scales were found in an Egyptian grave and are at least 7000 years old. Modified and improved by many cultures over time they increasingly gained relevance with the introduction of mediums of exchange with fixed values. People needed to know the weight of a product in order to convert its value into currency.