Haul Gauge??
Anyone ever use one of these? It is suppose to measures tongue weight, pin weight, payload, and gross combined weight in real-time with an OBD-II connector. I am curious on how accurate it is for a ...
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Well, my Haulgauge came in a couple days ago. I put it in the Explorer yesterday and drove off to calibrate it to the TV.
My experience:
First, there is no written guide available. There is no demo program in the phone app.
You must go search the App Store for the app, no website link either.
If your vehicle is 2008 or older, or if for some reason isn't in the library, you will need the TV VIN, GVWR, CCC, and weight of occupants and any preloaded cargo. You CANNOT enter any data in the app until the Haulgauge is connected via Bluetooth. It will scan to see if can detect your VIN to obtain the needed data from the Haulgauge library. So have that data handy.
Next, to calibrate you will need a couple miles of straight and level road. It has you accelerate easy, medium, and hard (no wheel spin) to 15mph MANY times and come to a complete stop after you reach 15mph and it tells you to stop. I did have to make a couple turns between runs due to the roads and traffic. The calibration still worked.
A demo or written instructions would have given me a needed heads up on the driving part ;(
My TV with DW & I and the usual "junk in the trunk" weigh in around 5200# using this calibration. I intend to recalibrate being better prepared.
So far my only disappointment with the Haulgauge is that the meter is shown as an analog gauge vice digital amount so some estimating is required. It wouldn't take much to have both data forms. Maybe in a future program update?
The suspension calibration is so simple even AOC could do it. You open the tailgate or liftgate, type in your weight, select start calibration, then sit on the end of the TV and lift your feet up off the ground.
Again, when I recalibrate, I will weigh myself at home prior to leaving for better accuracy. If I really want to get anal about it, I'd gut all my everyday carried cargo out, too.
Will post again on this whenever I hook up my TT and finally go camping this year.
My experience:
First, there is no written guide available. There is no demo program in the phone app.
You must go search the App Store for the app, no website link either.
If your vehicle is 2008 or older, or if for some reason isn't in the library, you will need the TV VIN, GVWR, CCC, and weight of occupants and any preloaded cargo. You CANNOT enter any data in the app until the Haulgauge is connected via Bluetooth. It will scan to see if can detect your VIN to obtain the needed data from the Haulgauge library. So have that data handy.
Next, to calibrate you will need a couple miles of straight and level road. It has you accelerate easy, medium, and hard (no wheel spin) to 15mph MANY times and come to a complete stop after you reach 15mph and it tells you to stop. I did have to make a couple turns between runs due to the roads and traffic. The calibration still worked.
A demo or written instructions would have given me a needed heads up on the driving part ;(
My TV with DW & I and the usual "junk in the trunk" weigh in around 5200# using this calibration. I intend to recalibrate being better prepared.
So far my only disappointment with the Haulgauge is that the meter is shown as an analog gauge vice digital amount so some estimating is required. It wouldn't take much to have both data forms. Maybe in a future program update?
The suspension calibration is so simple even AOC could do it. You open the tailgate or liftgate, type in your weight, select start calibration, then sit on the end of the TV and lift your feet up off the ground.
Again, when I recalibrate, I will weigh myself at home prior to leaving for better accuracy. If I really want to get anal about it, I'd gut all my everyday carried cargo out, too.
Will post again on this whenever I hook up my TT and finally go camping this year.
