Abstract: A material handling and lift scale device comprising first and second rectangular frame members linked together by a parallelogram linkage system to confine relative movement between said frames to planar-parallel movement in a longitudinal direction only, said first frame member having forklift tines extending essentially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, said second frame member adapted to be supported and controlled through a three-point hitch connection to a farm vehicle, hydraulic cylinder means connected between said first and said second frame members with the operative axis of said cylinder means aligned in said longitudinal direction and a pressure gauge connected to said hydraulic cylinder means to indicate fluid pressure changes within said hydraulic cylinder means resulting from support of material on said forklift tines tending to produce longitudinal relative motion between said first and second frames, said pressure gauge being calibrated in weight units to indicate directly the wei