Rice Lake TradeRoute HL Series - Installation and Service Manual (Legal-for-Trade) - Manual (Page 13)

Scale Installation 9
2.3.1 Supporting the Truck Body
Whether the body type is a tank, box, flatbed or tip body, the installer needs to provide for support of the body
runners before, after and between the scale modules, when the scale is seated and in the transport mode. These
supports can be simple square tubing sections or other material used to fill the gaps between the body and truck
chassis in the transport mode.
For example, Figure 2-5 shows attachments to a stainless steel body of folded stainless plate welded to the body
underside. It is fit with hardwood sections internally that ride on the chassis rail when the scale is down. Bolts are
used to capture the hardwood sections inside the folded plate sections for the gaps at front, rear and middle of the
body.
Figure 2-5. Stainless Steel Support
Figure 2-6. Support Spacer on an Aluminum Body