Know how calibration works before you buy load bars
Before you buy any load bar scales or scales system, make sure you know how calibration works. Cheaper old style systems need frequent calibration with a very heavy known weight. Every AgriEID load bar system is easy to calibrate: there is a simple video to follow and only a 50 kg known weight is required, or you can just stand on them.
A 50 kg known weight
All that is required to calibrate an AgriEID load bar system. Or you can just stand on them.
A simple video to follow
Calibration is done at the indicator, on your own farm, step by step with the video.
Saved and rebalanced
The system saves its calibration settings and rebalances frequently, so calibration is infrequently required, if ever at all.
The known weight it takes
Cheaper old style systems are calibrated with up to 50% of their maximum load capacity.
Up to 1,000 kg
of known weight to calibrate a 2,000 kg system: up to 50% of the maximum load capacity.
50 kg
known weight is all that is required. Or you can just stand on them.
How often it needs doing
Older systems need calibration after a simple movement by a heavy and active animal.
Every knock from a heavy, active animal can mean calibrating again.
Calibration can become a regular requirement on a cheap set of load bars.
The system saves its calibration settings and rebalances frequently.
Calibration is infrequently required, if ever at all.
What it takes when an old style system needs calibrating
Up to 1,000 kg of known weight is not something that is easy to do on a farm.
Not something you can easily do yourself.
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Up to 1,000 kgThe known weight a 2,000 kg system can need
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Ship the load bars backExtremely heavy to send to the manufacturer
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Pay a service feeA significant fee
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Back on the farmUntil the next knock
You would have to ship extremely heavy load bars back to the manufacturer and pay a significant service fee.
Done on your own farm.
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Follow the videoSimple, step by step
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50 kg, or stand on themThe only known weight required
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SavedSettings are kept and rebalanced
No load bars to ship back and no service fee.
Calibrating the 600mm load bars
For the BT Ultra and BT ProGuard 600mm bars, with one 50 kg known weight. The bars are calibrated before shipping, so only do this if your readings drift.
- Switch on in calibration mode
Hold ZERO and switch the indicator on.
- Press ENTER through the settings
Leave every setting as it is.
- Set zero with nothing on the bars
Press ENTER at CAL SP with the platform empty.
- Key in your known weight
At CAL FS, change the figure to 50.0 kg.
- Put the 50 kg weight on the platform
- Press ENTER to confirm
The display reads 50.0 kg and the setting is saved.
Calibration, side by side
| Cheaper old style systems | AgriEID | |
|---|---|---|
| Known weight required | Up to 50% of the maximum load capacity: up to 1,000 kg for a 2,000 kg system | 50 kg, or you can just stand on them |
| How it is done | Not easy to do: extremely heavy load bars shipped back to the manufacturer | On your farm, with a simple video to follow |
| What it costs | A significant service fee | No service fee |
| How often | After a simple movement by a heavy and active animal, so it can be a regular requirement | Infrequently, if ever at all |
| Your settings | Calibrated again each time | Saved, and the system rebalances frequently |
BT ProGuard Load Bars · £1,495 GBP
12 months of cloud software and the free AgriEID Lite app included.