The weighbridge itself was an Avery platform scales with a graduated sliding bar balance which indicated the weight on the platform. |
The driver of the skip wagon told police he had waited several minutes while another vehicle left the weighbridge. |
The function of the weighbridge was to weigh loads of agricultural produce such as hay, straw or turnips. |
The divers involved claim that the fish weighed 32 kg, so big in fact that it had to be taken to a public weighbridge. |
When the lorry was taken to a weighbridge it was found to be overweight on the rear axle as well as for the gross load. |
Sources at the town hall also confirmed the yardman, responsible for operating the weighbridge, was sacked after another disciplinary hearing. |