The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for determining the clearing conveying rate of a bridge clearer (1), spanning a bulk material dump at least partially for clearing the same, and comprising a clearing rotary tool (2) and a conveying device (3). The clearing rotary tool (2) is designed so as to rotate about a horizontal axis, to pick up bulk material from the bulk material dumpand to release the same toward the rotation axis. The conveying device (3) comprises a continuous conveyor belt (5) supported by conveyor rollers (4) and a belt frame (6) supporting the conveyor rollers, wherein the conveying device runs substantially alongside the rotation axis of the clearing rotary tool, and wherein the conveying device (3) is guided by the rotary clearing tool such that it isable to pick up the released bulk material and convey it to one of the faces (7) of the rotatable clearing rotary tool (2) of the bridge clearer (1). The invention is characterized in that the conveying device (3) of the bridge clearer (1) is suspended solely via load cells (8) at two opposing first support structures (9) outside of the rotatable clearing rotary tool (2) and forms a conveyor beltbalance, the measuring track of which corresponds substantially to the conveying track of the conveying device (3).