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We represent quality weight-based solutions to
demanding farm applications - TMR mixers, grain
carts, livestock, bin and truck scales, squeeze
chutes, weigh wagons, grinder/mixers, cotton buggy,
catfish feeding, logging and the list goes on.The
Farm Scales we sell and service are from quality
conscious, ISO accredited, manufacturers.
The following is representative of what we offer. It
is not exclusive. Please contact
us with your requirements.
Click on the Manufacturer name below for their Farm
Scale family.
| Farm Scale Manufacturers |
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| Avery
Weigh-Tronix |
Digi-Star
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Cardinal
Agricultural / Cardinal
Livestock
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Scale-Tec |
| Central
City Scale |
W
W Paul (Mechanical and electronic animal
weighing scales) |
Modern
History of Electronic Farm Scales
Art Luscombe invented the grinder-mixer and
founded Art's-Way in 1956. "The
grinder-mixer was a wonderful invention. It
automated several processes in one, portable
unit. The only problem was that the farmer
had to sort of guess at the proportions when
adding the feed components -- a bucketful of
this, a shovelful of that. Luscombe realized
from the start that what his machine needed
was an on-board weighing system that could
accurately determine how much of each
component went into the hopper. But none of
the weighing systems he tried had worked."
(Corporate Report Minnesota February 1981
issue) In 1965, Richard Bradley, a
self-taught experimental stress analysis
expert, was asked to design an electronic
scale for the grinder-mixer. By March of
1969 he had successfully tested his first
working model. In 1970 Art Luscombe bought
Richard Bradley's engineering firm (MSI) and
had Bradley come to Iowa to head the scale
division of Art's-Way. The scale division
was incorporated in 1972 and began selling
to agricultural OEM's like John Deere,
International Harvester and Massey Ferguson.
"Because of their sound patent position, and
because they had virtually invented the
market when they came up with the scale,
Weigh-Tronix quickly dominated the
agricultural scale business." (ibid.) By
1981 Weigh-Tronix was distributing scales to
27 OEM's and had roughly 65% of the
agricultural scale market. In 1980,
Weigh-Tronix was spun off as a separate
company from Art's-Way. Since then, through
growth and acquisitions, they have become
one of the largest scale companies in the
world.
Weigh-Tronix, now Avery Weigh-Tronix, was so
successful they were imitated by others. You
will notice a striking similarity between
competitive products and Avery Weigh-Tronix
products. Know, however, that when you buy
from Avery Weigh-Tronix you're getting the
genuine original with many thousands of
successful installations.
Avery Weigh-Tronix concentrates on building
the scale components. Other companies, such
as Central City Scale and Scale-Tec, use
those components to build complete scale
kits for TMR Mixers, Grain Carts, Seed
Tenders, Squeeze Chutes, Livestock Scales,
Truck Scales, etc. The scale kits include
all the fabrications and hardware needed to
turn your device into a scale. We sell and
service these quality products.
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