The Right Way to Use A Hanging Scale

When you are using a hanging scale you have to be careful.  If you are weighing large animals or mammals – irrespective of whether they are terrestrial, aquatic, or marine – you need to take some safety precautions.  Always use proper rigging that will hold it properly.  Improper rigging can create a strain and it may give way under the force of gravity.  Which is another reason – the potential for a very heavy mammal or animal to suddenly fall – that you do not raise the animal too high above ground level.  See this album and note the way a heavy animal should not be weighed.

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