A method for determining the weight of a load using a hydraulic or pneumatic actuator of a lifting mechanism, wherein the actuator comprises a fixed part including an actuator chamber and a moveable part, wherein by means of a pressure transmitter the pressure prevailing in the actuator chamber is measured and the measured pressure is passed on to a processor or a computing unit, the method comprising the steps of: increasing an actuator pressure in the actuator chamber to an initial actuator pressure value, in which static friction of the lifting mechanism is no longer able to maintain the position of the moveable part with the load and static friction transitions to lower dynamic friction which causes the actuator pressure to drop, maintaining the actuator pressure to an actuator motion pressure until the load is lifted to a desired suspended position arbitrarily high above the ground, adjusting the actuator pressure to a first threshold pressure (P threshold, high), in which static friction of the lifting mechanism is no longer able to maintain the position of the load, determining and storing a first threshold pressure value for the first threshold pressure, wherein at the initiation of an adjustment step of the actuator pressure to a first threshold pressure (P threshold, high), the prevailing actuator pressure is measured and stored as an intermediate actuator pressure (P intermediate), and as the actuator pressure is maintained to keep the moveable part of the actuator still in the suspended position, the intermediate actuator pressure (P intermediate) is known to lie somewhere in between a first threshold pressure (P threshold, high) where the static friction is overcome and the moveable part of the actuator suddenly begins to move upwards and a second pressure threshold (P threshold, low) where static friction is overcome and the moveable part of the actuator suddenly begins to move downwards, adjusting the actuator pressure to the second threshold pressure (P threshold, low), in which static friction of the lifting mechanism is no longer able to maintain the position of the load and static friction transitions to lower dynamic friction which causes the actuator pressure to rise, determining and storing a second threshold pressure value for the second threshold pressure, calculating based on the stored first and second threshold pressure values the weight of the load, wherein the adjustment of the actuator pressure to at least the second threshold pressure takes place from the stored intermediate pressure between the first (P threshold, high) and second (P threshold, low) threshold pressures. increasing an actuator pressure in the actuator chamber to an initial actuator pressure value, in which static friction of the lifting mechanism is no longer able to maintain the position of the moveable part with the load and static friction transitions to lower dynamic friction which causes the actuator pressure to drop, maintaining the actuator pressure to an actuator motion pressure until the load is lifted to a desired suspended position arbitrarily high above the ground, adjusting the actuator pressure to a first threshold pressure (P threshold, high), in which static friction of the lifting mechanism is no longer able to maintain the position of the load, determining and storing a first threshold pressure value for the first threshold pressure, wherein at the initiation of an adjustment step of the actuator pressure to a first threshold pressure (P threshold, high), the prevailing actuator pressure is measured and stored as an intermediate actuator pressure (P intermediate), and as the actuator pressure is maintained to keep the moveable part of the actuator still in the suspended position, the intermediate actuator pressure (P intermediate) is known to lie somewhere in between a first threshold pressure (P threshold, high) where the static friction is overcome and the moveable part of the actuator suddenly begins to move upwards and a second pressure threshold (P threshold, low) where static friction is overcome and the moveable part of the actuator suddenly begins to move downwards, adjusting the actuator pressure to the second threshold pressure (P threshold, low), in which static friction of the lifting mechanism is no longer able to maintain the position of the load and static friction transitions to lower dynamic friction which causes the actuator pressure to rise, determining and storing a second threshold pressure value for the second threshold pressure, calculating based on the stored first and second threshold pressure values the weight of the load, wherein the adjustment of the actuator pressure to at least the second threshold pressure takes place from the stored intermediate pressure between the first (P threshold, high) and second (P threshold, low) threshold pressures.