Cardinal Scale features a comprehensive line of truck scales for almost every heavy-duty vehicle weighing need. Cardinal Scale’s truck scale line features models that can be used in the most high-volume, punishing, and damaging environments. Ranging from portable axle scales to Cardinal Scale’s full-length, industry-leading ARMOR digital truck scale design, Cardinal Scale truck scales are used in multiple industries: logging, aggregates, mining, metal recycling, and agriculture. Cardinal Scale’s truck scales come in either checkered steel decks or concrete decks, in-ground or low-profile, portable or permanently placed, digital, hydraulic or electronic—essentially any style can be produced by Cardinal Scale to meet your vehicle weighing needs. Select models, such as the ARMOR truck scales with digital SmartCells, provide incredibly easy installation, minimal upkeep, heavy-duty deck plate, and digital transmission of valuable data to indicators and peripheral equipment. Cardinal Scale’s remote monitoring software diagnoses any potential load cell and wiring issues quickly and conveniently to save valuable time and effort for dealers and customers alike.

ARMOR Steel Deck Truck Scales with Digital SmartCells

Cardinal Scale’s steel deck ARMOR® series truck scales with digital SmartCell® load cells offer unmatched performance built to last a lifetime of heavy-duty weighing use. Every facet of the digital truck scale weighbridge and electronics have been specifically built for long-lasting endurance, minimal upkeep, and IoT monitoring convenience. ARMOR® truck scales feature 135-ton capacity, 50-ton CLC, no moving parts below the scale deck including the load cells, more structural steel than the competition, SmartCell® stainless steel waterproof digital load cells, baked-on tan powder coat paint, and IoT-enabled iSite remote monitoring software. The ARMOR® is the top-rated truck scale on the market for vehicle weighing.

ARMOR Concrete Deck Truck Scales with Digital SmartCells

Cardinal Scale’s concrete deck ARMOR® series truck scales with digital SmartCell® load cells offer unmatched performance built to last a lifetime of heavy-duty weighing use. Every facet of the digital truck scale weighbridge and electronics have been specifically built for long-lasting endurance, minimal upkeep, and IoT monitoring convenience. ARMOR® truck scales feature pour-in-place concrete deck weighbridges, 135-ton capacity, 50-ton CLC, no moving parts below the scale deck including the load cells, SmartCell® stainless steel waterproof digital load cells, baked-on tan powder coat paint, and IoT-enabled iSite remote monitoring. The ARMOR® is the top-rated truck scale on the market for vehicle weighing.

ARMOR Portable Truck Scales with Digital SmartCells

Cardinal Scale’s ARMOR Portable Digital Truck Scales can be moved to multiple locations for changing job sites. Their modular design with expandable bulkheads allow you to vary platform sizes depending on weighing needs. The ARMOR Portable Truck Scale features IP69K-rated waterproof digital SmartCell load cells, capacities up to 135 tons, heavy-weight 50-ton CLC, 5/16 in thick checkered steel deck, anti-corrosion baked-on tan powder paint, top-side access to all electronics, and NTEP and Measurement Canada approval. The floating center module makes it easy to add or remove sections to fit application requirements. The ARMOR Portable is ideal for logging, sand and gravel pits, and quarries.

ARMOR Steel Deck Truck Scales with Guardian Hydraulic Load Cells

Cardinal Scale’s ARMOR® truck scales with Guardian® hydraulic load cells are the smart choice for demanding applications like solid waste stations, quarries, grain elevators, and heavy construction. These impervious hydraulic steel deck truck scales feature the longest-lasting load cells available. Guardian® hydraulic load cells are covered under a true lifetime warranty protecting your truck scale against common issues like lightning strikes, voltage surges, water damage, and shock loading. The ARMOR® weighbridge is the top-rated truck scale on the market for vehicle weighing.

ARMOR Concrete Deck Truck Scales with Guardian Hydraulic Load Cells

Cardinal Scale’s ARMOR® truck scales with Guardian® hydraulic load cells are the smart choice for demanding applications like solid waste stations, quarries, grain elevators, and heavy construction. These impervious hydraulic concrete deck truck scales feature the longest-lasting load cells available. Guardian® hydraulic load cells are covered under a true lifetime warranty protecting your truck scale against common issues like lightning strikes, voltage surges, water damage, and shock loading. The ARMOR® weighbridge is the top-rated truck scale on the market for vehicle weighing with a premium level of features.

SRC Electronic Concrete Deck Truck Scales

Cardinal Scale’s SRC series concrete deck truck scales features a heavy-duty, classic, time-tested pit scale design to allow vehicles to roll directly onto the scale at ground level. Featuring a heavy-duty, pour-in-place concrete deck, this pit-mounted scale features a rigid, highly-rated CLC deck that provides easy access to all scale components. This easy access eliminates issues with accessing the scale and takes up little space when saving needed operating area is tantamount. The SRC is available with your choice of either SCBD digital double-ended shear beam load cells or AC series electronic compression type load cells. NTEP and Measurement Canada legal for trade.

P600 Tape Printer

The P600 Tape Printer incorporates versatile on-board electronics and has a print speed of up to 30 receipts per minute and 40 columns. These are some of the key features that provide the basis for its ability to be tailored to the simplest or most complex printouts needed for applications such as process control, inventory control, and material handling installations. The printer can be configured for continuous eject tape or can provide individual receipt slips as needed for the weighing installation. RS232 serial input. Standard serial printer cable provided.

Yukon Off-Road Steel Deck Truck Scales

Cardinal Scale’s YUKON is the scale for moving mountains! Designed and built specifically for the mining industry and off-road vehicle weighing, the YUKON steel deck truck scale features an amazingly-high 70-ton concentrated load capacity with extra-thick, heavy-duty steel deck plate. Featuring extra-wide, heavy-duty steel decks and employing Cardinal Scale’s compression-type, environmentally-sealed stainless steel load cells, these scales boast a massive 150-ton capacity and are available with impervious hydraulic or electronic load cell types with a variety of lengths to choose from. These truck scales are NTEP legal-for-trade certified.

Yukon Off-Road Concrete Deck Truck Scales

Cardinal Scale’s YUKON is the scale for moving mountains! Designed and built specifically for the mining industry and off-road vehicle weighing, the YUKON concrete deck truck scale features an amazingly-high 70-ton concentrated load capacity with an extra-thick, heavy-duty concrete platform. Featuring extra-wide, heavy-duty decks and employing Cardinal Scale’s compression-type, environmentally-sealed stainless steel load cells, these scales boast a massive 150-ton capacity and are available with impervious hydraulic or electronic load cell types with a variety of lengths to choose from. These truck scales are NTEP legal-for-trade certified.

DC Series SmartCell Digital

Cardinal Scale’s DC series SmartCell® stainless steel compression digital load cells daisy-chain together for ease of wiring and the cables connect automatically to the load cell. Internal load cell circuitry eliminates the need for a junction box. The OIML-certified DC series come in either 22,700 kg / 50,000 lb or 45,000 kg / 100,000 lb capacities and they include iSite remote diagnostic monitoring software with automatic text/e-mail alerts. The DC series feature SmartCal for easy calibration, anti-rotation, and extra robust upper and lower cups. The stainless steel IP69K-rated DC series may be interchangeable with Cardinal Scale’s SCA load cells for complete digital conversions on vehicle scales and tank/hopper scales. Sense leads are no longer required like in analog load cells since variations in systems voltage no longer affect the load cell.

PRL Self-Contained

Cardinal’s PRL series heavy-duty, self-contained mechanical truck scales are made for endurance and accuracy, while remaining completely self-contained. Tandem units are simply composed of two or more scales of the same or different platform lengths tandem-connected for greater capacity. When split, each unit is a self-contained scale in itself, offering 3-in-1 scale flexibility. A rock-solid, checkered steel deck plate is standard and available with several options for lengths and capacities. NTEP legal-for-trade certified.

SCBD Series SmartCell Digital

Cardinal Scale’s SCBD series SmartCell® stainless steel digital load cells proven technology internally calibrates, promoting linear calibration to full capacity, and eliminating the error curve for voltage. Messy, time-consuming wiring is no longer necessary—cables connect automatically to the load cell. An added bonus for such a simple cell-to-cable design is load cells are linked directly to one another, yielding a more convenient system. Internal cell circuitry eliminates the need for a junction box. Each IP69K-rated waterproof stainless steel load cell is completely encapsulated and filled with a potting compound to fill all internal voids and prevent any potential for moisture entering the load cell. This internal potting method is patented and Cardinal Scale is the only load cell manufacturer to offer this extensive of waterproofing protection. No external checking is necessary.

Tension, Stainless Steel

Cardinal’s stainless steel tension load cells are ideally suited for single or multiple load cell tension applications. Simplicity of design permits their use in a wide variety of configurations. The ZX250, 500 and 1000 load cells are potted with a proprietary waterproof sealant that remains flexible over the life of the load cell and protects the load cell strain gages over a broad temperature range. Load cells ZX-2500 and up have the gage cavity sealed by a welded stainless steel cup. Metric threads are available on most models. NTEP legal-for-trade certified. Available capacities range from 250 lb / 113 kg to 20,000 lb / 9072 kg.

SRL Pit Series

Cardinal’s SRL series are heavy-duty welded steel truck scales that are still considered the benchmark in truck scale concepts. Thousands of installations over the past 60 years are testimony to their superior quality and long-term accuracy. Cardinal Scale has continued to improve their design: only 4 main levers with 1 transverse lever on the four section models and 2 main levers with 1 transverse lever on the two section models. These ruggedly-designed axle load and full-length truck scales are permanently installed in a pit and utilize the unique features of Cardinal’s truck scales, assuring a lifetime of dependable service. NTEP legal-for-trade certified.

760PS/PA Axle Scales

Cardinal Scale’s completely portable 760PS/PA axle scale is a 7 x 2.5-foot (without ramps) two-module axle load scale that gives you the performance you need… where you need it and when you need it for weighing trucks. At only 400 lbs per (aluminum) platform, this relatively lightweight truck scale handles like a heavyweight with a 60,000 lb capacity. Each axle scale comes complete with four steel or aluminum access ramps, checkered deck, stainless steel junction box, and environmentally-protected stainless steel load cells (4 SB20000S load cells per platform). These truck scales are ideal for weighing tandem axles and have relative portability. Cardinal Scale’s 190A indicator comes with axle weighing software standard.

SWIM Slow-Speed In-Motion Scales

Cardinal Scale’s SWIM slow-speed in-motion vehicle scale offers the ideal combination of accuracy, space, speed, and economical price point for weighing fully-loaded semi tractor trailers. Weigh-in-motion vehicle scales offer a cost-effective means of measuring truck axle and gross weights without affecting the flow of traffic. SWIM scales occupy only a small fraction of the space needed for a full-length static truck scale and they are ideal for ports, freight terminals, and commercial fleet axle weight monitoring compliance. The SWIM in-motion scale uses a single 12 ft by 30 inch weighbridge constructed of ½-inch thick steel and is supported by four Cardinal stainless steel analog compression load cells.

Hydraulic

Cardinal’s Guardian hydraulic compression load cells are the most reliable load cell on the market. Constructed to last a lifetime from stainless steel and designed to keep weighing accurate in even the harshest environments, these cells require no electricity within the scale itself. All of this extreme-duty protection translates to tremendous savings over the life of your weighing equipment. Immunity to lightning, explosion-proof, water-proof, shock-proof, resistant to rodent damage, and highly resistant to corrosion and eccentric loading. Available capacities range from 2,500 to 200,000 lb. SST load cells carry a lifetime warranty when installed in a Guardian hydraulic truck scale and 10 year warranty otherwise.

Olympus Concrete Deck Truck Scales with AC Analog Load Cells

Cardinal Scale’s Olympus concrete deck low-profile side rail truck scales are engineered and manufactured for ease of shipment to job sites around the world with bolt-together installation that will provide years of reliable, accurate truckload weighing. These NTEP and OIML legal-for-trade certified, 28-inch/70-cm-high, low-profile side rail scales are designed to minimize costs associated with delivery to job sites. The Olympus AC series models include AC series analog load cells, which are stainless steel compression load cells with an IP69K waterproof rating. A weatherproof stainless steel junction box is included. The 18-inch/455-mm-high I-beam, hip-style construction features a 8-inch/200-mm concrete deck (concrete not included).

Olympus Concrete Deck Truck Scales with DC Digital Load Cells

Cardinal Scale’s Olympus concrete deck low-profile side rail truck scales are engineered and manufactured for ease of shipment to job sites around the world with bolt-together installation that will provide years of reliable, accurate truckload weighing. These 28-inch/70-cm-high, low-profile side rail scales are designed to minimize costs associated with delivery to job sites. The Olympus DC series models include DC series SmartCell digital load cells, which are stainless steel compression load cells with an IP69K waterproof rating. No junction box is necessary. iSite Cloud-based remote monitoring is included. The 18-inch/455-mm-high I-beam, hip-style construction features a 8-inch/200-mm concrete deck (concrete not included). NTEP and OIML legal-for-trade certified.

Olympus Concrete Deck Truck Scales with SCBD Digital Load Cells

Olympus truck scales stand up to heavy truck loads with their wide-flange I-beams utilized throughout the weighbridge that add rigidity to each side of the truck scale and serve as guide rails for safe truck loading. These 28-inch/70-cm-high, low-profile side rail scales bolt together and are designed to minimize costs associated with delivery to overseas job sites. The Olympus SCBD series models include SCBD SmartCell digital load cells, which are stainless steel double-ended shear beam load cells with an IP69K waterproof rating and are mounted on the axis frictionless centering system. No junction box is necessary. iSite Cloud-based remote monitoring is included. The 18-inch/455-mm-high I-beam, hip-style construction features a 8-inch/200-mm concrete deck (concrete not included).

Olympus Concrete Deck Truck Scales with SST Hydraulic Load Cells

Cardinal Scale’s NTEP-legal-for-trade-certified Olympus SST series concrete deck low-profile side rail truck scales come with Guardian hydraulic load cells which are impervious against lightning strikes and water damage and come with a lifetime load cell warranty. Olympus vehicle scales are engineered and manufactured for ease of shipment to job sites around the world with bolt-together installation that will provide years of reliable, accurate truckload weighing. These 28-inch/70-cm-high, low-profile side rail scales are designed to minimize costs associated with delivery to job sites. Olympus truck scales bolt together for the field pouring of concrete. Guardian hydraulic SST load cells are severe-duty rated for protection against electrical surges, lightning, and water damage.

NEST - Network Enabled Scale Tool

Cardinal Scale’s NEST provides fast, accurate, and ultra-portable truck scale diagnostics. Quickly view individual load cell readings and check the home run and weight indicator connections. NEST plugs directly into the trim board of a Cardinal truck scale universal section seal trim box and displays millivolts and pounds readings for up to 12 load cells and the reading from the junction box summing circuitry. Unique to the weighing industry, NEST provides a service technician the toolkit to see where a scale’s potential issues may exist within seconds. There are three display modes: signals display, minimum-maximum display, and signals minus zero.