Overhead track scales are commonly used in meatworks and butcher shops to weigh sides of beef or similar. When fitted with a suspended weigh plate, overhead track scales can also be used for weighing boxes and other general items.

The framework for the overhead track scale framework needs to be very rigidly mounted and is typically bolted to the building ceiling or from wall mounted beams as any movement or deflection can cause weighing errors in the overhead track scales.

A digital weight indicator connected to the overhead track scale is usually wall mounted out of the path of iems as they are being pushed across the weigh rail.