Onboard weighing systems for logging trucks.
Know the weight of every timber load before it leaves the forest. From overload protection to legal-for-trade certified weighing, for rigid, articulated and trailer configurations.
Timber haulage weighing, from felling site to road.
The forestry industry depends on logging trucks to move timber over short and long distances, often across rugged, uneven ground. VPG Onboard Weighing has led on-vehicle load monitoring for several decades, giving fleet managers and drivers accurate weight data that keeps loads stable, safe and legal on and off the road.
Timber weight is hard to predict. Overloading is easy.
The weight of a timber load varies with tree species, age, growing conditions, moisture content and how dry the wood is. Two loads that look identical can weigh very differently, so the risk of overloading is always present.
Pick-up points are usually remote, far from any weighbridge. Without on-vehicle weighing, a truck may only discover it is over its limit after driving the load back. Onboard weighing gives the driver that answer at the felling site, before the truck moves.
BulkWeigh systems are part of our standard installation on customers' trucks. They are easy to install and are very reliable.
Onboard weighing systems for logging trucks
Load cell and inclinometer-based solutions for rigid trucks, articulated vehicles and trailers, plus wireless monitoring and telematics.
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