New Fords Weigh Themselves
Interesting article from Truck Camper Magazine on the new F-150s that will have built in weight sensors. You can get an accurate payload number from the infotainment screen, your smartphone app, or f...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
I have seen millions interesting inventions, that did not make it in real life, so will watch it.
To my knowledge accurate sensors who can be installed on vehicle don't exist, so if Ford invented it, good for them.
Springs and scales don't mix real well. OTOH, a pressure gauge with leveling valve can get spot on with air suspension. (good enough that when mine would read FAT, I would dump suspension, close a valve when read legal, then air up. Want to ticket me? Use your scale!)
If I bought a new pickup I would worry this info would be recorded, used to deny warranty repair.
Years back somebody rented a truck from Home Depot to take their stuff home. Stopped to pick up some rock. When got close to what we loaded on pickup a horn started to honk.
