Why don't the MFG's weigh them?
I always thought that the manufactures did not weigh all the campers because of the cost of having a scale big enough to do it. After seeing how cheep a four pad scale system cost I can only think the...
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mkirsch wrote:
That scale set is a toy for weekend warrior race car drivers. Now go price a real, certified, calibrated, industrial platform scale that will hold up to use in a production environment. Much more expensive.
Cost is more of a factor than you give it credit for. Having plausible deniability is a happy bonus for the liability attorneys.
We just haven't had someone with deep enough pockets take the industry on, and we probably never will. The rare person that is hurt by these practices blames themselves, doesn't live to tell about it, or doesn't have the resources to go after the industry in a way that will cause them to change how they do business.
This scale was just an example they make more heavy duty scales like this. Yes they cost more but for a company that wants to charge forty thousand plus for one new camper a few thousand on a scale should not be a problem.
