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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: m3joeEm on June 26, 2015, 12:01:45 am

Title: Ritchie 660 g lamb weighbridge. Why does is have a 250kg clock?
Post by: m3joeEm on June 26, 2015, 12:01:45 am

Hi everyone,
I have a somewhat random question. But I really want to know why...
I recently bought an old Ritchie weighbridge 660g. It's the same as the one in their current range except painted orange instead of galvanised, I was just curious as to why these crates have 250kg scales. That seems very high to me. Even high for weighing ewes?? Why is this or what benefits has a bigger scale clock?

Title: Re: Ritchie 660 g lamb weighbridge. Why does is have a 250kg clock?
Post by: Foobar on June 26, 2015, 09:42:57 am

Pigs?  (big pigs :) )


or someone has replaced the scale head!

Title: Re: Ritchie 660 g lamb weighbridge. Why does is have a 250kg clock?
Post by: Carse Goodlifers on June 28, 2015, 10:39:35 am

I'm with Foobar on this one.
A customer of mine has a weight crate with 3 different scale clock faces.
He used to be a pig farmer.

Title: Re: Ritchie 660 g lamb weighbridge. Why does is have a 250kg clock?
Post by: m3joeEm on June 28, 2015, 05:53:17 pm

thanks guys :)