I totally agree with this assessment.
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I always love those, "I have a friend that knows more than you" stories.
So the answer to my question was: No, they aren't certified. YOU are taking the companies word that they were within their tolerance (while set up at their shop and not moved). Once you move the scales, they MUST be recalibrated every time before you weigh on them again.
So, you're recalibrating your shop scales every time you move them (even bump them and move them an inch) before you weigh your car?
To think your scales in your shop are any more accurate than a track scale is also laughable.
Did Intercomp tell you what their tolerance was? If they didn't, you don't know how accurate it was when it was at their shop, let alone after boxing them up, shipping (no jostling around going on there) and you re-setting them up multiple times.
Bloomquist will never see a dime. He has to prove the scales were incorrect AND that his car was heavy enough at that exact moment in time. He blew that chance when he drove it back to the trailer that night.