Inexpensive produce scale (misc)

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Today while cleaning up my shed I came across a pocket fishing scale that I bought at wal mart for $3. Hang a plastic ice cream bucket on it, instant produce scale for up to 30 pounds.

-- Jay Blair (jayblair678@yahoo.com), October 05, 2000

Answers

In Kansas, produce cannot be sold legally by weight unless the scales are certified within specified accuracy tolerances by the state, and the scales must carry the state certification label.

As you can imagine it is probably better to sell by volume, but provide estimation scales for customers that would like a more accurate guess as to what they are buying.

-- Notforprint (Not@thekeyboard.com), October 05, 2000.


Jay, great idea, even if just for your own info, in figuring out how much you get from your garden. "Notforprint", (glad to see you posting again, by the way,), you raised a flag for me, and I will have to check to see if the regs are the same here in Colorado before we sell by weight next year...assuming we get anything from the garden next year! Thanks, Jan

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@aol.com), October 05, 2000.

We've been selling here (cent. wisc.) all summer and no one has asked for anything weighed. They like to buy here by 1) looks, 2) volume 3) organic or not. However, I like to price my produce before sale by approx. what the grocery stores are offering in their sale ads and they're usually by weight. Thanks for the tip, I hate to buy an expensive produce scale but will try this first.

-- Rose Marie Wild (wintersongfarm@yahoo.com), October 05, 2000.

This may go back a few years, but what I use is the old time baby scales. They will weigh a mini-munchkin, up to 10 lbs. Then you add a counterwright for up to 20. Finally, the 2nd counterwright up to 30 lbs. Have used this for everything I sell (chickens, turkeys, squash, tomatoes, ground up politicians {bait}) and never had a complaint. May not be "legal", but it's honest, and that's what counts around here! GL!

-- Brad (Homefixer@SacoRiver.net), October 06, 2000.

NotForPrint, Scale laws for retail are the same here in Al. I make this suggestion for use on the home garden only to make my yield journal a little more accurate. I agree with you ,if selling, use only a certified scale or do it by qty or volume.

-- Jay Blair (jayblair678@yahoo.com), October 07, 2000.


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