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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 362647" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Here when we use scales we use a portable scale that is set after the sqyeeze so the aniaml has gone through the chute before we get a weight. The only draw back to that is see is space and if you need a weight for medication/wormwer/etc. you don;t know the weight before you give it so you end up guessing.</p><p>Now to the question. I've used both and ther main drawback I see to the chute mounted scales is that junk accumulates under the scale and can cause accuracy problems. Because of the awkwardness of dunging out under the squeeze the loadbar area isn;t kept as clean as it should be. There is another drawback and thats typically the loadbars for a chute mounted scale are pricier then the ones for lighter weights. The drawback I see to the alley mointed ones is that the animal is harder to get on the scale pan without it ushing against one end or the other of the pan area and screwing up the readings. It can also be slower to get a reading and for the scale to lock in if aniaml is jum;ping around alot, in the chute mounted scales, ones they're head caught they settle down.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 362647, member: 34"] Here when we use scales we use a portable scale that is set after the sqyeeze so the aniaml has gone through the chute before we get a weight. The only draw back to that is see is space and if you need a weight for medication/wormwer/etc. you don;t know the weight before you give it so you end up guessing. Now to the question. I've used both and ther main drawback I see to the chute mounted scales is that junk accumulates under the scale and can cause accuracy problems. Because of the awkwardness of dunging out under the squeeze the loadbar area isn;t kept as clean as it should be. There is another drawback and thats typically the loadbars for a chute mounted scale are pricier then the ones for lighter weights. The drawback I see to the alley mointed ones is that the animal is harder to get on the scale pan without it ushing against one end or the other of the pan area and screwing up the readings. It can also be slower to get a reading and for the scale to lock in if aniaml is jum;ping around alot, in the chute mounted scales, ones they're head caught they settle down. dun [/QUOTE]
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