Nationwide Scale Rentals
National Scale Rentals: USA’s Largest Fleet Since 1937
As a national supplier of scale rentals with the largest ISO-certified rental fleet in the United States, Wingfield provides calibrated rental scales for short-term projects, long-term programs, emergency replacements, and planned inventory work.
Wingfield helps match each rental to the job, site, and schedule so your team is not fighting late equipment, missing capacity, unclear pricing, or scales that still need to be prepared on site.
Scale Rentals Backed by Service, Setup, and Support
Wingfield stands behind its rental scale service, setup guidance, and support so your team can rent weighing equipment with confidence.
“This rental fleet was built for rentals — not as a second life for old equipment. We invest in modern scales, touchscreen indicators, and the capacity to support projects across the country.”
Jimmy Sutter, Rental Department Manager
Trusted Nationwide for Scale Rentals
Top companies nationwide trust Wingfield for rental scales, weighing equipment, and project-ready support.
Rental Scale Decision Guide
When Is Renting A Scale the Smarter Choice?
Renting is often the better path when accurate weighing equipment is needed for a defined project, physical inventory, emergency replacement, temporary site, or short-term production need. This guide helps compare rent vs buy decisions before your team commits to permanent equipment.
Common use cases
- Seasonal inventory audits
- Temporary spikes in demand
- Emergency scale replacement
- Test-before-buy projects
- Mobile work sites
- Portable rentals
Four Signs Renting Is the Better Move
These are the situations where renting usually creates less friction than buying, storing, and maintaining equipment your team may only need temporarily.
When you need capacity now
Large projects may require dozens of calibrated units at once. Wingfield supports floor, bench, and inventory weighing equipment on real schedules.
When disruption matters
Temporary weighing equipment can reduce disruption when it arrives checked, calibrated, and ready to place without tying up plant floor space during prep.
When bottom-line cost matters
Turnkey pricing looks beyond a weekly rate and helps compare freight, preparation, calibration, setup timing, and total job cost.
When buying creates headaches
Rent when buying creates storage, service, and calibration work for equipment your team only needs temporarily.
The “cheap” scale trap and why it always costs more.
You have seen the quotes: online rental companies with rock-bottom weekly rates. It looks great on paper. Then reality hits.
Scales show up uncalibrated. Your team wastes half a day setting them up. You are short 15 units. Now your count window is blown, your crew is standing around, and you are explaining to corporate why the project is behind schedule.
Here is the math that matters: when you need 40, 75, 100+ scales for a tight inventory window, every hour of delay costs real money. Labor does not stop. Deadlines do not move.
The real question is not “What is the weekly rate?” It is “Will these scales show up calibrated and ready, with enough units to actually finish the job?”
Jimmy Sutter, Rental Department Manager
Explore Our Scale Rental Options Below
Here’s a quick overview of our popular rental scales, designed to meet a wide array of weighing needs.
Truck Scale Rental
If you want a high-quality truck scale rental, our options provide precise weight measurements for heavy-duty vehicles and industrial applications.
In addition, Wingfield offers both portable truck scales and permanent options, so you can have the flexibility needed for your specific operations.
Whether you’re conducting short-term projects or need a temporary solution, our truck scale rentals deliver the accuracy and reliability you can count on.
- A truck scale rental is perfect for: Weighing trucks, trailers, and other large vehicles in industries like construction, logistics, mining, and waste management. Ideal for projects requiring reliable weight measurements on-site.
- Features: Our truck scale rentals feature easy-to-install portable options, and we have the largest fleet in the world. They are designed to be durable for outdoor and rugged conditions, and customizable to handle varying weight capacities.
Counting Scale Rentals
A counting scale rental from Wingfield provides you unmatched flexibility.
Our counting scales offer up to 8 hours of runtime without needing a power source. They are lightweight and portable, so you can complete inventory wherever it’s needed.
- Counting scale rentals are perfect for: Precise and quick inventory counts and audits that run headache free (…even if you’re tucked away in a packed warehouse corner or navigating around stacks of boxes)
- Features: Simple touch screen interface and wireless functionality designed for easy use, so you can get things up and running quickly without hassle.
Want to learn more about how counting scale rentals can transform your inventory process? Check out our in-depth resource on counting scale rentals here.
Rental Reel Counters
Our manual and automatic reel/component counter rentals provide accurate measurements for spooled products (including taped SMD, axial, and radial components).
This allows for precise inventory management without guesswork.
- Reel counter rentals are perfect for: Wire, cable, and other spooled materials.
- Features: High precision for specialized inventory counting, capable of quickly counting reels of various components to save time and improve accuracy in your inventory process.
Truck Axle Rental Scales
Our truck axle scale rentals provide mobile, accurate weight measurements, ideal for logistics, freight, and transport industries.
These portable scales are durable enough to handle heavy-duty applications.
- Truck axle scale rentals are perfect for: Transport companies, freight logistics.
- Features: Portable, high-capacity weighing for easy, on-the-go measurements that help streamline operations and meet regulatory weight standards.
Wheel Weigher Rentals
Our wheel weigher rentals provide exceptionally portable, lightweight, and efficient weight measurements for vehicles. This makes them ideal for industries requiring temporary or mobile weighing solutions.
Unlike truck axle scales, which measure axle groups, wheel weighers are designed to measure individual wheel or axle weights.
They offer unmatched portability and flexibility:
- Wheel weigher rentals are perfect for: Logistics companies, construction sites, automobile engineers, law enforcement for roadside weight compliance checks, and more…
- Features: Portable, battery-operated scales for individual wheel or axle weights, with a modular design for easy transportation and setup.
Portable Dynamometer Scale Rental
A portable dynamometer rental supports precise force measurements for specialized applications. Wingfield also offers custom builds for unique requirements so that you can maintain complete control over complex measurements (…without complicated steps or procedures).
- A portable dynamometer rental is perfect for: Force or torque measurements in industrial settings from 20,000 LB to 140,000 LB. Ideal for automotive, manufacturing, construction, and heavy equipment industries.
- Features: We can customize our dynamometers to specific needs, so you can conquer projects that require special processes.
Rental Benchtop Scales
Compact and efficient, our rental benchtop scales are the perfect solution for smaller inventory tasks that require precision in confined spaces.
- Rental benchtop scales are perfect for: Small to mid-sized inventory tasks.
- Features: All of our benchtop rental scales feature an accurate, user-friendly interface that reduces errors and improves daily operation efficiency (…even if you’re a new hire handling inventory for the first time).
Helpful answers
Frequently Asked Questions About Scale Rentals
Practical answers about scale rentals, truck scale options, availability, calibration, setup, pricing, and inventory support. In addition, this FAQ explains how to choose the right weighing equipment for your project.
What types of scale rentals does Wingfield provide?
Common rental categories
Wingfield scale rentals can cover a broad mix of weighing equipment. For example, common rental categories include:
- Truck scale rentals
- Floor and platform scales
- Counting scales
- Benchtop units
- Roll-around portable equipment
- Truck axle scales
- Wheel weighers
- Crane scales and dynamometers
- Reel counters and specialty equipment
How to choose the right fit
The right fit depends on what you need to weigh, the capacity required, where the work is happening, and how long the equipment is needed. In other words, the best rental setup should match both the load and the way your team will actually use the equipment.
How do I know which option is right for my project?
Start with the job details
To begin with, start with the job: what you are weighing, how heavy it is, where the work will happen, how long the equipment is needed, and whether your team needs help with setup or training.
For physical inventory projects
For physical inventory projects, the most common needs are usually floor scales, roll-around portable units, and benchtop scales because they cover a practical range of capacities. If you are unsure, then contact Wingfield and our team can help match the equipment to the site, workflow, and schedule.
Are Wingfield rental scales certified and calibrated?
Prepared before shipment
Yes. Wingfield rental scales are serviced, checked, and calibrated before they leave our facility. As a result, they arrive ready for the job instead of becoming another preparation task for your team.
Accreditation and service support
In addition, Wingfield Scale & Measure is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 standards. You can view our accreditations or learn more about our calibration and repair services.
How much capacity can Wingfield support for a large inventory?
Availability for larger jobs
For large physical inventory work, availability is often one of the biggest questions. After all, needing one or two units is very different from needing dozens of calibrated units during the same inventory window.
What to share early
For this reason, the best way to confirm availability is to share the quantity, capacity, timing, and site details early in the planning process.
Will the equipment arrive ready to use?
Prepared before arrival
Yes. Wingfield prepares equipment before it leaves our facility. That means units are checked, calibrated, and made ready ahead of time. Instead of taking up your plant floor while equipment is cleaned, tested, or configured, the rental setup is prepared before it arrives.
Less disruption on your floor
Consequently, many inventory projects can stay closer to their planned start time without forcing the customer to dedicate floor space for a long preparation window.
What does turnkey pricing mean?
Bottom-line job cost
In short, turnkey pricing means the quote is built around the bottom-line job cost, not just a low weekly number that leaves out key items.
Why the full quote matters
Some quotes may look cheaper per unit. However, freight, preparation, calibration, and other charges can change the actual total. Wingfield’s approach is to make the project cost clearer upfront so the customer can compare the real number.
Is renting better than buying cheap scales online?
Hidden ownership costs
It depends on the job. However, buying inexpensive equipment can create hidden costs because you have to store it, maintain it, verify that it works, and make sure it can be calibrated when the next inventory or project comes around.
Reliability after the first use
A cheap purchase can look good upfront. In the long run, though, a temporary rental may be the more reliable choice if the equipment cannot be serviced, calibrated, or trusted later.
How long can I rent scales or other equipment for?
Wingfield offers flexible terms based on the project. For instance, some customers need equipment for a short inventory window, while others need a longer program, a temporary site solution, or emergency replacement equipment while a permanent scale is being repaired.
In either case, the best fit depends on the schedule, equipment type, quantity, and support needed.
Can Wingfield help if one of our scales is down for repair?
Yes. If a permanent scale is down, then a temporary unit can help your operation keep moving while the repair is handled.
In addition, Wingfield provides scale service and calibration support, so the rental conversation can be coordinated with service needs when needed.
What portable options are available?
Common portable options
Portable options depend on the job. For example, common choices include:
- Roll-around portable units
- Benchtop scales
- Counting scales
- Truck axle scales
- Wheel weighers
- Crane scales
Why mobility matters
For inventory work, roll-around units are especially useful because they can be moved closer to the work area. As a result, the work area does not have to move around the scale.
Do you provide truck scale rentals for temporary sites?
Temporary truck weighing
Yes. Wingfield can support truck scale rental needs for temporary sites, logistics projects, construction work, field operations, and short-term weighing programs.
Portable axle weighing options
For some jobs, a portable axle scale or wheel weighing setup may be the better fit than a full permanent truck scale. In this case, the goal is to help teams check truck weights in the field without turning a temporary need into a permanent installation.
Choosing the right setup
To choose the right truck weighing solution, consider the vehicle type, accuracy needs, site conditions, setup window, power access, and whether you need full-vehicle weighing or axle-by-axle measurements.
What capacities are available for truck and axle weighing?
Heavy-duty rental capacity
Wingfield can support a wide range of heavy-duty weighing needs, including truck scale rentals, truck axle scale applications, and wheel weighing projects. However, exact capacity depends on the equipment configuration and the type of vehicle or axle group being measured.
Temporary site planning
If you are weighing trucks for a temporary site, logistics project, DOT-related check, or special application, Wingfield can help determine whether a truck scale, portable axle setup, or another heavy-duty weighing option is the best fit.
Can Wingfield help reduce inventory time and errors?
Equipment plus workflow support
Yes. For physical inventory projects, the weighing equipment is only one part of the process. In addition, Wingfield can support inventory workflows with calibrated equipment, setup guidance, and technology such as AllCount.
Where AllCount helps
As a result, AllCount can help replace handwritten tags and manual data entry with a tablet-based process that supports real-time review, cleaner data, and faster reconciliation.
What industries does Wingfield support?
Industries commonly supported
Wingfield supports major industrial and commercial sectors. In particular, common sectors include:
- Manufacturing
- Cement and aggregates
- Mining
- Rail and ports
- Automotive
- Pharmaceutical
- Food and beverage
- Chemical
- Waste and recycling
- Logistics and construction
Project-specific support
If the job requires accurate weighing, temporary capacity, or project-specific support, Wingfield can help determine whether a rental, service visit, or custom solution is the right fit.
How do I request a quote?
To get started, contact Wingfield with the equipment type, quantity, capacity, location, timing, and a short description of what you need to weigh.
After that, you can request a quote through the contact page or call Wingfield at 423-698-0100.
Need equipment ready for your rental window?
Share your capacity, quantity, location, timeline, vehicle details if relevant, and what you need to weigh. With this in mind, Wingfield can help match the right calibrated rental setup to the job.
Interested in learning how Scale Rentals can help your business?
Schedule a conversation with a Wingfield specialist!
423-698-0100
Trusted Scale Rentals Across The United States
In another instance, I asked Wingfield to come out and service a small lab scale that was not functioning properly. They were prompt in their response and were able to repair the scale. I would highly recommend Wingfield Scale.
Talk With Wingfield About Calibrated Scale Rentals for Your Project
Tell us what you need to weigh, where the work is happening, and when the equipment needs to be ready. Our rental team will help match the right calibrated setup to your capacity, site, schedule, and rental window.
Open Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PMWingfield’s rental truck scales really helped us out during our construction project. They made sure all our weight measurements were spot-on from start to finish.
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Learn More About Our Scale Rentals Below
Reel Counters
We have Manual and Automatic Reel/Component Counters. These units are capable of counting your reels of taped SMD, Axial and Radial components quickly and accurately.
Durable Truck Axle Scales
Full size truck scale, Axle Scales, or Portable Wheel Weighers, we have a large rental fleet.
Rental Counting Scales
We have over 1,000 rental counting scale from 2 LB to 400,000 LB for your inventory needs. Our scales are design by us to be fast, accurate and easy-to-use (one button operation).
Effective Counting Scales For Inventories
The 90% majority of our counting scales for inventories are battery powered, including our new Touchscreen Platform Scales. No need for dozens of extension cords running all over the place as trip hazards!
Portable Dual Counting Scale – Rollaround
We have the scale industry’s only “Rollaround”. A truly portable, wheeled and battery powered unit you can position convenient to your work area – not the the other way around.. Our 30 LB sample scale matched to a 600 LB base will count almost anything.
Dual Counting Platform Scale Rental
Our Dual Counting Platform Scales come in 4×4, 5×5, 5×8 and bigger! 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 LB and more. Our signature TWCS Touch Screen self prompting indicator makes operating it a breeze
Dynamometer Rentals or Custom Build
We have dynamometers from 20,000 LB to 140,000 LB available to rent. We also build custom multiple scale units for special projects. Let us know and we will be happy to help.
Benchtop Counting Scale Rentals
Our benchtop Counting scales are simply the best in the industry. We have over 1,000 of them in our rental fleet in 2, 6, 15, 30, 60, and 100 LB capacities. All have an 80 hour battery, Large backlit LCD, 1 button count operation, and very accurate.
Crane Scales.
Crane scales from 2,000 LB to 140,000 LB. We can ship them across the US. Whether you are needing to perform a load test, certify a new product or weigh bar stock during an inventory, we have a crane scale for you.