Is PC Scale Tower being discontinued?

AMCS has not published an end-of-life date that we can find. AMCS calls AMCS Platform the next generation for Tower users and runs a Fast Start for Tower program. Ask AMCS for your support end date in writing.

Can TrashLab replace both Tower and PC Scale?

Yes. TrashLab covers billing, dispatch, the driver app and scale tickets in one product.

Will our office be slower in TrashLab than in Tower?

Test it. During sandbox rounds your CSRs enter real customers and orders, and we tune the setup until the work is as fast as they need.

What happens to our Tower history?

We import the history you need to bill and serve customers, such as balances and service records. Keep Tower read-only for older reports until you no longer need them.

Do we need to buy servers for TrashLab?

No. TrashLab runs in the cloud. You need a browser in the office and phones or tablets in the trucks.

Switching from PC Scale Tower

Leaving PC Scale Tower? Get off the server without going backwards.

AMCS has owned Tower since 2014 and now asks Tower customers to upgrade to AMCS Platform and leave their on-premise servers.

Plan your switchEstimate your savings

Invoice #1057Harbor Roofing

30 Yard Roll-off · Haul Fee
$425.00
Weight Overage
1.84t over the 2t limit at $68/t
$125.12
Extra Rental Day
2 days past the 7-day allowance
$20.00
Fuel Surcharge
8% of haul
$34.00

Total$604.12

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Any upgrade is a new system for your office to learn. TrashLab is built for fast everyday entry, adds texting, a driver app and a customer portal, and proves it on your own data before you switch.

No servers to run, back up or upgrade.
Billing, scale tickets and routing in one system.
Your office tests real customer setup and billing runs in a sandbox before go-live.

Where Tower stands today

Public statements from AMCS, the owner of Tower. No end-of-life date is published.

Owner: AMCS, which acquired PC Scale and Tower in 2014.
Product status: AMCS calls AMCS Platform "the next generation of technology for Tower users" and lists six reasons Tower customers should upgrade.
Upgrade path offered: "Fast Start for Tower", with a stated goal of removing on-premise costs such as servers.
Published end-of-life date: None found. Ask AMCS for a support end date in writing.

What it means for you

Tower still runs, but AMCS presents AMCS Platform as the next step for Tower users. Ask AMCS for your Tower support end date in writing. Plan your move while Tower still works, not after it breaks.

Sources, last reviewed November 2026:

Why Tower haulers look at a move

Tower offices are fast because the team learned every shortcut. These are the problems around the edges.

The vendor points to a different product
AMCS publishes reasons for Tower customers to upgrade to AMCS Platform.
Any new system must match Tower speed
Trained Tower staff work fast. Before you move to any system, time how long it takes to set up a customer and bill an extra charge.
A server in the back room
On-premise software needs hardware, backups and upgrades that your team or IT provider looks after.
Nothing reaches the customer
Tower's public pages focus on billing and scale. Check with PC Scale which texting, payment and routing options your version includes.

Tower, its upgrade path, and TrashLab

What changes for billing, the scale house and dispatch. Tower facts come from AMCS public pages.

Topic	PC Scale Tower	TrashLab
Where it runs	Tower: on-premise servers. AMCS Platform: cloud.	Cloud. Nothing to install, back up or upgrade.
Daily speed	Tower is fast for trained staff. Ask any vendor for a timed customer setup.	Keyboard-friendly customer, site and order entry. Time it yourself in the sandbox.
Scale and billing	PC Scale tickets into Tower billing.	Scale tickets, weights and disposal fees on the same account and invoice.
Routing and trucks	Ask which routing and in-cab options your version includes.	Native iOS and Android driver app with photos, signatures, weights and exceptions that flow to billing.
Customers	Ask which customer texting and payment options are included.	Customer portal, online payments, autopay and two-way texting from your business number.
Testing before go-live	Ask how many sandbox rounds are included.	Your own data in a sandbox, as many rounds as it takes, before you switch off the old system.

How a Tower migration works

Tower billing rules are years deep. We prove them before go-live instead of finding gaps on the first invoice run.

Step 1
Map your billing
We import customers, sites, services and price cards from Tower and check frequencies and charges with your billing lead.
- Weekly, biweekly and monthly frequencies checked
- Extra charges, fuel and environmental fees
- Scale customers, accounts and material rates
Step 2
Run real days in a sandbox
Your office enters new customers, dispatches work and runs a billing cycle on your own data. We compare the results with Tower.
- Invoice totals compared with a Tower billing run
- Photo and exception charges tested end to end
- Texting and portal set up with your branding
Step 3
Go live with us on site
We load the final data at a cutover date you pick and stay with your team through the first week.
- Final import and balance check
- Drivers trained on the app
- Tower kept read-only for history

Before you replace Tower

Questions that separate a real upgrade from a sideways move.

Can our CSR enter a new customer as fast as in Tower? Time it.
Will a full billing cycle on our data match our last Tower run?
Do extra charges from the truck bill without manual entry?
Are routing, the driver app and texting included, or separate products?
What is the written support end date for our Tower version?
Who removes the server and what happens to our history?

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