How to find a Weighbridge?

hitchglitch replied on 27/12/2016 15:42

Posted on 27/12/2016 15:42

Having finally got definitive information from Continental on the correct inflation for the tyres fitted to my AS I now need to find a weigh bridge in S Bucks. There are none listed on the Internet but I believe it is sometimes possible to find a commercial one, perhaps at a scrap dealers? Any ideas?

( the next problem will be to get Peugeot to recalibrate the tyre low pressure warning but that will be a new post in the distant future!)

Quasar524 replied on 27/12/2016 17:16

Posted on 27/12/2016 17:16

Have you tried the Local Authority website? Public weighbridges are licensed by the LA.  Private weighbridges mostly won't weigh vehicles unconnected with the business, though whether that is for licensing reasons I cannot recall.  

Navigateur replied on 27/12/2016 17:38

Posted on 27/12/2016 17:38

Just look around you.  There will be lots once you look. Non-local-authority-licenced ones will often weigh a non-own vehicle as long as you tell them you do not need a "ticket".

eurortraveller replied on 27/12/2016 18:29

Posted on 27/12/2016 18:29

HG.  Veolia waste disposal site at Gerrards Cross perhaps has closest weighbridge to you. Tel. 01753 883704

beero replied on 27/12/2016 22:27

Posted on 27/12/2016 22:27

Our local council yard where the gritting lorries go out from has a one axle weighbridge. I go up there, park an axle on it, note the weight on the display, do the other axle and drive off. Never been challenged. Can't see an office there but I'm sure if you don't need a ticket they aren't going to worry.

EJB986 replied on 28/12/2016 12:16

Posted on 28/12/2016 12:16

Google gives many links...best are the local councils, via Google, but others sources are offered.

Google 'weigh bridges'....submit post code direct (it's a council link) and you should be offered all in the council area.

 

hitchglitch replied on 28/12/2016 20:34

Posted on 28/12/2016 20:34

Thanks for the suggestions especially the one in Gerrards X. There are no sites listed on the Bucks CC site and no results from Google, hence the question. 

kdee69 replied on 04/01/2017 12:19

Posted on 28/12/2016 12:16 by EJB986

Google gives many links...best are the local councils, via Google, but others sources are offered.

Google 'weigh bridges'....submit post code direct (it's a council link) and you should be offered all in the council area.

 

Posted on 04/01/2017 12:19

This was really really helpful!!

 

Thank you. I now have found one closest to me.

kdee69 replied on 04/01/2017 12:22

Posted on 28/12/2016 20:34 by hitchglitch

Thanks for the suggestions especially the one in Gerrards X. There are no sites listed on the Bucks CC site and no results from Google, hence the question. 

Posted on 04/01/2017 12:22

I think I found it for you using the google method above? Or are you not Buckinghamshire?

If so, HERE you go :)

hitchglitch replied on 09/03/2017 21:09

Posted on 09/03/2017 21:09

I was at the local council tip in High Wycombe today (the aptly named "High Heavens"). They always used to have a weighbridge but the signs disappeared and nothing on the Councils website. As I drove in I saw - a weighbride - no signs, nothing. So I spoke to one of the staff who has been there for ever and he confirmed that, yes, it was a fully operational weighbridge. £12 for the ticket. 

Curiously, right next door there is a commercial operation and what did it have - yes, a weighbridge. I happened to park the car on it and noticed the read-out which seemed about right. A guy wandered out and confirmed that it was a commercial unit but he couldn't offer me the weighing ticket as it wasn't for the public. Seemed good enough to me but £12 is fine for the public one.

A long tale but it seems that there are hidden weighbridges all over the place! Curious.

Anyway, apart from a wanting to know that I haven't exceeded the maximum weight this is really all about tyre pressures, Continental, and Peugeot pressure warning settings. A different story which I would be happy to relate if anybody is the slightest bit interested. 

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