SHERLINE Suspended Hydraulic Scale

NOTE: The hooks are now painted gold instead of orange.

In our own shop at Sherline Products Inc. there are often times when we need to know the weight of a heavy object. The scales we looked at were mostly meant for sale of items by weight and were both accurate and expensive. We didn't need that level of accuracy for purposes of loading trucks and trailers for safe operation, so we designed our own. We applied the same principles used in the original Sherline trailer tongue weight scale and adapted them to a scale that can weight suspended objects. It is much easier to measure the weight of a machine or large bundle of material by picking it up than it is by trying to set it on a scale.

The Sherline suspended scale uses a large, easy to read, 4" diameter gauge that is accurate to within 2% at midrange and 3% at the extremes. It is offered with either a 2050 or 5000 lb. capacity gauge. Gages reading in the kilogram equivalents of 900 and 2250 kg are also available.  The body is machined from solid bar stock aluminum with a steel piston and steel hooks and pins. The body has a tough black anodized finish while the piston has a black oxide finish. The scale measures less than 14" long and can be hung from a block and tackle or forklift blade to lift objects weighting up to 5000 pounds or 2250 kg.

The piston is measuring pressure in pounds per square inch or PSI. Because the scale uses a cylinder with exactly one square inch of surface area, the pressure reading in PSI is translated into pounds on the gage. Older gages actually said "PSI" on the face, but to eliminate confusion, gages after 5/02 now say "pounds." This simple hydraulic principle is what makes it possible to provide a durable, easy to maintain scale with few moving parts and no electronics that is also very reasonably priced. 

Suggested retail price of the scale is $250.00, regardless of the gage supplied.

NEW FEATURE!

Sherline suspended scales are now available in your choice of pound or kilogram readouts

Due to requests from customers outside the USA, as of 5/02 the scales can now be ordered with gages that read in kilograms rather than pounds. The piston is the same and the two ranges still measure the same weights, but the gage has been reconfigured with a face that translates the reading in pounds per square inch into kilograms rather than pounds.

The Sherline Suspended Scale is shown in use at our plant to weigh an incoming bundle of raw material. The manifest said it weighed 2250 pounds, and the scale reading confirmed we were getting all the material we were paying for.

Read the Instructions for Use of the Sherline suspended scale (.pdf file)

Here are some uses our customers have found for the scale

As you can see, the uses for a scale like this are many and varied. Keep in mind that it is an "estimating scale" and is accurate to within 2 or 3 percent. It is not intended for use where material is sold by weight. This level of accuracy is more than sufficient for most shop and field uses. The sturdy construction, economical price and compact size should make the Sherline suspended scale ideal for tasks in your shop too.

Click on the above image to view an 8-1/2 x 11" flyer about the suspended hydraulic scale. (.PDF file)

PART NUMBERS

P/N Gage Range
LM2-0900 0-900 kg
LM2-2000 0-2000 lb
LM2-2200 0-2200 kg
LM2-5000 0-5000 lb

SPECIFICATIONS

Length overall

14.0" (35.6 cm)

Body diameter

2.5" (6.4 cm)

Pipe I.D. will fit through

6" I.D. (15.2 cm)

Actual weight

5.66 lb (2.57 kg)

Shipping weight

7 lb (3.18 kg)

Gauge diameter

4.0" (10.2 cm)

Gauge scales

0-2000 lb = Numbers @ 200, marks @ 20 lb increments
0-5000 lb = Numbers @ 1000, marks @ 100 lb increments
or
0-900 kg = Numbers @ 100 kg, marks @ 20 kg increments
0-2200 kg = Numbers @ 1000 kg, marks @ 25 kg increments

Accuracy

2% of gage range at mid-range, 3% at gage extremes

(2000 = ±40 lb at mid-range, 5000 = ±100 lb at mid-range)
Hydraulic fluid Texaco Regal R&O 68 industrial (turbine) oil

DISTRIBUTORS FOR SHERLINE SUSPENDED HYDRAULIC SCALES

DISTRIBUTOR PHONE NUMBER
@DPP (800) 621-8334
McMaster-Carr Atlanta (404) 346-7000
McMaster-Carr Chicago (630) 833-0300
McMaster-Carr Cleveland (330) 995-5500
McMaster-Carr Los Angeles (562) 692-5911
McMaster-Carr New York City/Philadelphia (732) 329-3200
Northern Tool & Equipment Co. (800) 533-5545

NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE! When first introduced, Sherline scales were marketed under the name of Load-Master. It was brought to our attention in 1999 or 2000 that a company in Ohio has been using the Load-Master name on a line of commercial truck scales for many years and had registered the trademark in Ohio. We do not wish to cause any confusion with their line of scales and have therefore changed the brand name of our product to our corporate name. Some early catalog references or older printed material may still be floating around out there that refers to them by the Load-Master name. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused, but our scales are now officially sold only as Sherline Hydraulic Scales, although we do still retain the original "LM" part numbers.

DEALER INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME.
Call Sherline for information or to order.

1-800-541-0735

Exploded View Parts Diagram

*GAGE PART NUMBERS
80290 — 0-2000 lb
80300 — 0-5000 lb
80310 — 0 900 kg
80320 — 0-2200 kg

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