Weighbridge tickets

[grainboy]

Think I am being over charged for disposal, Are weighbridge tickets a legal requirement to back up invoice, ?

 

[Kidds]

I doubt it is a legal requirement but see no reason why you can't stipulate it as a requirement for you.

 

[PSQ]

What are the weighbridge charges costing?

 

[Netherfield]

Surely yes, if you want them to be.

Many years ago buying grain from Kenneth Wilson, we would insist on a ticket for artics, usually rigids weigh the same through their life, but artics many a time are swapping trailers about which vary considerably.

Boss at one of Deans farm eggs sites put in a weighbridge, he reckoned it took 18 months to pay for itself, between claimed weights and actual weights of grain coming on site.

They would weigh all the pullets coming on as well, which gave a good indication of health of the birds.

 

[Flat 10]

Think I am being over charged for disposal, Are weighbridge tickets a legal requirement to back up invoice, ?

I appreciate this is not helpful but we have to pay a weigh charge to sell grain and we never even see the ticket.....

 

[Steevo]

I appreciate this is not helpful but we have to pay a weigh charge to sell grain and we never even see the ticket.....

Wait til RT catch onto that...! Paperwork is the most important bit.

 

[David.]

In answer to OP, if you are being charged by weight then surely must be a requirement?
If you are paying by RORO skip load, then probably not. Do they surcharge you for over-filling?

 

[Flat 10]

In answer to OP, if you are being charged by weight then surely must be a requirement?
If you are paying by RORO skip load, then probably not. Do they surcharge you for over-filling?

Then why don’t we see them for grain?

 

[David.]

My guess is that they keep them on file at mill for inspection if needed? Does haulier get a copy? Never asked tbh.

 

[quattro]

My guess is that they keep them on file at mill for inspection if needed? Does haulier get a copy? Never asked tbh.

Haulier always gets a copy

 

[Andrew K]

Terry,
You are the customer. You have every right to insist on a w/b weight IMO.

 

[grainboy]

Have contacted said company,
Invoice is based on a weight to 1 decimal place, ie 7.4 ton
Find this difficult to accept as all other digital weigh bridge tickets are to 3 decimal place,
I would presume the weights are recorded on computer, but awaiting answer,
Job was a bit tight financially, and was surprised by invoiced cost, having calculated as I normally do,

 

[Derky]

Is this a public weighbridge or trade approved ? Either way they should be running to 2 decimal places. The norm is increments of 20kg. Also they will be tested once a year with the weight lorry.
As either of the above they keep records for 1 year so you can request a copy of the weighbridge ticket.

 

[deleted user 436632456]

Have contacted said company,
Invoice is based on a weight to 1 decimal place, ie 7.4 ton
Find this difficult to accept as all other digital weigh bridge tickets are to 3 decimal place,
I would presume the weights are recorded on computer, but awaiting answer,
Job was a bit tight financially, and was surprised by invoiced cost, having calculated as I normally do,

Check for a weighbridge algorithm, It should be clearly visible beside your gross and tare weights i.e. if there is no algorithm the weight was inputted manually (Bit of a trade secret there).

I can't guarantee that older systems have it but any new digital weighbridge software will defiantly have it (although there is ways around this too)

 

[grainboy]

This is the reply I got !!
is this legal ?

 

[fieldfarmer]

This is the reply I got !!
is this legal ?

I just googled "public weighbridge rules" and a bit of information there, have they kept the tickets for you to inspect? Are the times recorded showing a big enough time difference to show they were actually weighed empty and not just a tare manually entered by the operator while it was still loaded on the bridge, the tickets must be kept so ask for them, some days I might weight empty 6 times, and you can see the tare dropping as the fuel runs down, the tares shouldn't all be the same.

 

[deleted user 436632456]

This is the reply I got !!
is this legal ?

A very strange situation,
They have a digital system in place but manually record the weights?? There could be a genuine reason for this i.e. they have a very old weighbridge system and to save scanning in every docket they just make a digital one.

But my theory would be is that they have told you a very bad porky! Its not even a good one! Because the best lie to tell you in this situation is that system crashed or power outage etc, these are genuine reasons for a manual input.

 

[grainboy]

This is not a small company, 1200
Employees, 250 million turnover,

 

[fieldfarmer]

This is not a small company, 1200
Employees, 250 million turnover,

And a big fine if you can prove weighbridge irregularities!

 

[ih1455xl]

Have you asked for weighbridge calibration certificate