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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1115842" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I have used a hoof tape a few times. Not enough times to have an opinion on accuracy, but I would not trust it over an actual scale. I did try a girth tape that was marked for calves. For three years, I took both a girth and weighed on a scale. (approximately 150 weights & measurements) I had hoped this would enable me to get weights without having to lift them or run them onto scales. It was highly inaccurate. Weights using the tape were off as much as 20 pounds from the scale. It was usually under the real weight, which makes it popular with those selling breeding animals, because it made their birth weighs appear lower than the really were. I always have a few calves over 100 pounds, but with the tape they seldom measured over 90. The higher the calves actual weight, the more likely the tape would be off. Those heavy calves were not that much bigger around, just much longer. I expect that would also be true on a hoof measurement. I considered measuring length and girth to see if I could come up with a calculation that would be more accurate, but in the end it was just easier to weigh them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1115842, member: 9933"] I have used a hoof tape a few times. Not enough times to have an opinion on accuracy, but I would not trust it over an actual scale. I did try a girth tape that was marked for calves. For three years, I took both a girth and weighed on a scale. (approximately 150 weights & measurements) I had hoped this would enable me to get weights without having to lift them or run them onto scales. It was highly inaccurate. Weights using the tape were off as much as 20 pounds from the scale. It was usually under the real weight, which makes it popular with those selling breeding animals, because it made their birth weighs appear lower than the really were. I always have a few calves over 100 pounds, but with the tape they seldom measured over 90. The higher the calves actual weight, the more likely the tape would be off. Those heavy calves were not that much bigger around, just much longer. I expect that would also be true on a hoof measurement. I considered measuring length and girth to see if I could come up with a calculation that would be more accurate, but in the end it was just easier to weigh them. [/QUOTE]
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