Every operator wants the same thing from a truck scale: know the weight before you roll, stay legal, and protect the load. The problem has always been price. Weighbridges are expensive to build and inconvenient to reach, and many onboard systems are over engineered for what a check weigh actually needs. AirRide Scale takes a different route. It is a focused, cost effective air bag scale that does one job extremely well: live axle group weighing for trucks and trailers on air bag suspension.
What makes AirRide Scale cost effective
The savings come from a simple, smart design rather than cut corners. AirRide Scale uses wireless RF sensors on each air bag axle group, a single AirRide Air Link hub to gather the signals, and the Loadsense mobile app as your display. There is no fixed in cab indicator to wire in, no display screen to pay for, and no specialist install rig required.
- Lower hardware cost. Your phone is the screen, so you are not paying for a dedicated in cab head unit.
- Fast install. Sensors mount to each air bag position and pair wirelessly, which keeps labour hours down.
- Scales by axle group. You weigh steer, drive and trailer groups, the detail you need for compliance without paying for load cells on every axle.
- Fast ROI. A single avoided overload fine or one prevented re spread can pay for the system many times over.
Where the return shows up
Cost effective is not just a low sticker price, it is what the tool returns. With live onboard weighing in the cab, drivers stop guessing. That means fewer overload penalties, fewer trips back to redistribute a load, fuller legal loads on every run, and less wear on tyres and suspension from uneven weight. For fleet managers, the optional Loadsense cloud reporting portal turns each weigh into a record you can use for billing, planning and compliance.
Works on air bag suspension only. AirRide Scale reads load through the air springs, so it fits trucks and trailers running air bag (air) suspension on each axle group you want to weigh. Steel, leaf and mechanical spring axle groups are not supported. If your steer, drive and trailer groups ride on air, you are ready for AirRide Scale.
Built for trucks and trailers worldwide
AirRide Scale supports up to 16 wireless sensors and around 50 metres of RF range, which is enough to cover a tractor and a long trailer combination. It is designed for fleets across the USA, Canada, North and South America, and Europe, including the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Italy. Wherever air bag suspension runs, AirRide Scale gives you an affordable wireless scale that fits.
The short version
If your trucks and trailers ride on air bag suspension, AirRide Scale is one of the most cost effective ways to get accurate, real time axle group weights on a phone, with a payback most operators see within the first season.