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IN A VEHICLE HAVING AN UPPER LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATE, HORIZONTAL FRAME AND A LOWER LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATE, HORIZONTAL AXLE WITH ROAD ENGAGING WHEELS AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSE OF AND SPACED BELOW THE UPPER LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, AND SUSPENSION MEANS ADJACENT EACH END OF THELOWER SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND CONNECTING THE TWO LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURES TOGETHER, EACH OF SAID SUSPENSION MEANS INCLUDING A VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE RESILIENT MEANS ARRANGED AND EXTENDING VERTICALLY BETWEEN THE RELATED STRUCTURES, COUPLING MEANS BETWEEN EACH OF SAID STRUCTURES AND THE RESILIENT MEANS, EACH COUPLING MEANS INCLUDING A LOAD TRANSMITTING PART FIXED TO THE RESILIENT MEANS, A LOAD TRANSMITTING MEMBER FIXED TO THE ADJACENT SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND OPPOSING AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID PART AND FASTENING MEANS SECURING THE PART AND MEMBER TOGETHER, THE FULL WORK LOAD BETWEEN THE TWO LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURES BEING TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTS AND MEMBERS RELATED TO EACH OF SAID STRUCTURES, A VARIABLE RESISTANCE LOAD CELL ARRANGED BETWEEN THE PARTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COUPLING MEANS RELATED TO ONE OF SAID LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURES TO TRANSMIT THE VERTICAL WORK LOAD THEREBETWEEN, A BRIDGE CIRCUIT RELATED TO EACH LOAD CELL WITH ONE LEG THEREOF COMPRISING SAID LOAD CELL, A GALVANOMETER CONNECTED WITH SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT AND A CALIBRATED MEANS RELATED TO THE GALVANOMETER TO GIVE THE LOAD READING ON THE BRIDGE CIRCUIT WHEREBY THE WORK LOAD TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE LOAD CELL CAN BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED.