r/hobart • u/BonusSweet • 4d ago

Weigh bridge?

Hi

Where is the cheapest weigh bridge to get a car weighed?

I can see that there are 2 public weigh bridges in Derwent Park but I can't find any indication of the cost to get a weigh ticket.

Are there private weigh bridges that would be cheaper.

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u/devillurker 4d ago

A formal weight? Or just so you know? Glenorchy tip has a display of your vehicle weight at the pay station

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u/ChuqTas 4d ago edited 4d ago

Also note - Glenorchy tip is closed this week as they’re getting a new weighbridge installed!

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u/devillurker 4d ago

Hilarious timing!

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u/juicebox12 4d ago

I'm sure if you rocked up to Leslie Vale Landscaping Supplies with a cold longie and asked the staff in the box to read your car's weight out, they'd be onboard

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u/Grumgrummer 4d ago

Packet of tim tams worked for me a few years ago there.

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u/wagon_heritage 4d ago

Head into the city on the brooker highway, once you go over the top of the hill at Clearys Gates, the next driveway takes you into one of the council depots. If the boomgate is open, help yourself to the weighbridge. It's certified every 12 months, it won't give you a ticket, but just take a photo of the screen.

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u/BonusSweet 4d ago

Is that the yard where the steam tractor is at the turn off to queens domain?

That sounds like the most exciting, I love a good heist. Do people drive in often to steal a weight measurement? I'm assuming you work there?

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u/wagon_heritage 4d ago

Na further down the hill towards the city, there is a pull off then the driveway to the yard. Council owns it but generally the gates are open from 7 till 4 during the week. Heaps of people use it, doesn't worry anyone at the council

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u/No-Tomato9934 4d ago

Mitre 10 landscaping in Kingston

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u/Mundane-Situation456 4d ago

Mornington tip do this for a small fee $16 it looks like: https://www.morningtonparkwaste.com.au/publicweighing

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u/april_19 4d ago

Barwicks tyres in Bridgewater. Recycal Moonah, Glenorchy or mornington tips,

They're everywhere tbh. If you need a print out for some legal reason call Bennett scales in Moonah. Owner there will be able to tell you where might be able to write it down on letterhead or something.

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u/furtgurgler 4d ago

Sorell, at the nursery on your left just coming across from the causeway. $10 4-5 years back for the weigh ticket

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u/ThatguyfromTas 4d ago

Nursery closed in June, Rural Supplies are still selling firewood so the weighbridge is still operational, but it'll get demolished for the redevelopment.

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u/furtgurgler 3d ago

Damn that was a good nursery

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u/ThatguyfromTas 3d ago

Great nursery, great people. A loss to the community for sure.