DIY Livestock Scale from Amazon

This is how we built the scale platform for our livestock / cattle scale for weighing our steers.
Here's the scale we purchased on Amazon.
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[@Robsygal]

Great video!

[@rachidoubella4217]

hi ERIC first happy and safe holiday do you recommend the scale i wanna but it for my friend overseas Morocco, thank you

[@ericgonia265]

I do recommend it. We used it again today to weigh our steers.

[@kennethrutt7986]

do you know what size tube (looked like 2in) and what the thickness was for the steel?

[@ericgonia265]

@@kennethrutt7986 it is 2 in tubing but I'm not sure on thickness

[@mattwalker179]

When cows trampled the cable how did your display act ? Just bought and built ours and display will not act right seems like when you mess with cord on back of display the number drop or act crazy.

[@ericgonia265]

It would have an error on the screen, but I don't remember specifics. I did encounter a situation recently where it was erroring and all it needed was recalibrating. I would recommend trying that first.

[@laneglass7861]

How wide and long is the wood after you cut it

[@ericgonia265]

We made it about 3 ft by 6 ft to weigh steers, but you would want to consider the working shoot dimensions when building it.

[@memolucy]

Hello. One question please. How it works after time

[@ericgonia265]

It has worked great except one thing. I've had a mouse that has chewed the cables a couple times. I had to cut off the chewed spot and reattach the cables then all worked great again. If you have an opportunity to run the cables through conduit, I would recommend doing that.

[@patrickriley5821]

If it id like the one I had, I didn't trust it. I could see obviously larger cows weigh less the smaller ones. It would also depend where they were standing. The weight would change and I didn't trust it. I'm in the process of biting the bullet and purchasing a Gallagher setup. Seems the main 2 are TruTest or Gallagher. You will pay for this though. I need to be able to trust it or whats the point.

[@MotorSwapDan]

Must be farmer lingo

[@springtimeplumbing6240]

How has this scale held up to the first summer of use?

[@ericgonia265]

It has done well. We allowed the cable that connects to the weigh display to be trampled by the cows, so we had to buy a new cable. We now have a method of ensuring it is hung up out of the way. But so far so good.

[@gedwardnelson]

@@ericgonia265 thank you for this video and this update. 👍

[@robbieoldham3804]

can I email about the platform?

[@memolucy]

Thanks, the frame is 2 inches?

[@ericgonia265]

Correct