weigh News Updates

Technology

A Simple Way to Help Retain Drivers

One factor that can help drivers not jump ship is to make their lives easier. Learn how the Weigh My Truck app can make weighing easier and save your drivers time. Also, discover the fleet benefits from back end data to custom prompts.

November 15, 2019
Technology

Learn How CAT Scale's App Can Add Hours Back into Your Driver's Week

CAT Scale's Weigh My Truck app allows drivers to pay for and receive their weights right from the cab using a smartphone or tablet; saving up to 30 minutes per weigh. Fleets have access to valuable back end data and payment control.

July 7, 2018
Government, Business, Technology

Idaho Weigh-in-Motion Sensors Save Industry $3.5 Million

Weigh-in-motion systems dispersed across four ports of entry in Idaho saved the trucking industry $3.5 million from July 2016 to June 2017, according to a report from the state’s Department of Transportation.

September 5, 2017
Business

FMCSA Overspent $23 Million for Wireless Weigh Stations

A federal program aimed at helping states buy technology to speed trucks wirelessly through weigh stations obligated spending more than $23 million above the level Congress authorized, according to a new government review of the program.

May 23, 2011
Business

Grants for On-Road Weigh Scales Suspended

A federal grants program aimed at helping states acquire the technology to speed trucks through weigh stations has been temporarily shut down after the federal agency administering the program learned it had obligated $23 million more in program funding than was authorized by law, according to a new government audit.

May 17, 2011