2023 Built-in scale thoughts
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From: Itinerant
I find it hard to believe with all the electronic crap thats already added to the truck that's hit and miss if it works properly that the scale will be any different. What if different shocks are added or a level kit, lift kit, or airbags is it still accurate 🤔. Just another gimmick for Mr. Mom.
You know what's accurate.....a truck scale.
You know what's accurate.....a truck scale.
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From: Itinerant
Do the trucks that come with the built in scale show any stats in the instrument panel or infotainment screen like rear axle weight or remaining available payload in pounds? with trucks that have payload ranging from low 2000s to 7000+lb the dots would have a lot of range in each dot.
Or this one.
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This article (a few paragraphs in) about the F-150 says that none of the info will be used for warranty purposes. https://www.thecarconnection.com/new...021-ford-f-150
If true, I would expect the same to apply to the Super Duty.
If true, I would expect the same to apply to the Super Duty.
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Hotshot
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Bingo. Same thing with the trailer-pro backup thing, 360 cameras, etc...all in an effort to make it easier for those who have no business behind the wheel of a big truck, to get behind the wheel of a big truck and tow with it. Just who I want on the highway next to me. Oh, and go ahead and throw in a flat screen TV on the dash to further distract them....
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Makes one think.
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Bingo. Same thing with the trailer-pro backup thing, 360 cameras, etc...all in an effort to make it easier for those who have no business behind the wheel of a big truck, to get behind the wheel of a big truck and tow with it. Just who I want on the highway next to me. Oh, and go ahead and throw in a flat screen TV on the dash to further distract them....
The endless arms race of driver assists is just pure comedy for those of us who somehow get by with just mirrors and a simple back up camera and no towing or backing assists, and somehow still know where our corners and wheels are. I knew things were too far gone when they offered that little back up steering wheel on F series trucks.
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Bingo. Same thing with the trailer-pro backup thing, 360 cameras, etc...all in an effort to make it easier for those who have no business behind the wheel of a big truck, to get behind the wheel of a big truck and tow with it. Just who I want on the highway next to me. Oh, and go ahead and throw in a flat screen TV on the dash to further distract them....
or,......you are very well experienced in backing up trailers and love technology to make things easier and more enjoyable. I used the pro trailer assist today for the first time and man I didn't have to get and out of the truck 3 times. Usually you get out 3 times after you think you get under the ball and the truck rocks forward or backwards even after you set the emergency break.
''This thing took over, no brake no steering nothing and put me right under the ball of the trailer, crazy.
Dont fight technology or it will leave you behind,. This coming from someone who has driven F250's since 1999. I am 55 years old.
Heck I still play Xbox and love it.
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or,......you are very well experienced in backing up trailers and love technology to make things easier and more enjoyable. I used the pro trailer assist today for the first time and man I didn't have to get and out of the truck 3 times. Usually you get out 3 times after you think you get under the ball and the truck rocks forward or backwards even after you set the emergency break.
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From: PNW
Light duty trucks are an insanely competitive segment, and ALL new features regardless of how useful one may perceive them to be in their own usage are designed to keep them at the top of that segment. Do we NEED any of these things besides manual brakes and a 3 speed? Not usually. Do we need 50 cameras or built in scales? No. But they do make some jobs easier, and if Ford doesn't offer it, someone else will and they will lose market share. I know there's market for a bare bones XL rig with no fluff, and luckily that's available too. One can spin conspiracy theories all day, but the simple answer is that all these features are designed to preserve and increase market share, end of story. Maybe this does occasionally enable someone who isn't as experienced, and so what. Make life easier on them AND those of us with more practice too; we all gotta start somewhere.
That said, not saying they couldn't be used for keeping tabs on the one in a thousand guy who uses his rig hard and will overload it at some point, and probably will in the future. Maybe so. But it's likely not worth the cost to start out that way.
That said, not saying they couldn't be used for keeping tabs on the one in a thousand guy who uses his rig hard and will overload it at some point, and probably will in the future. Maybe so. But it's likely not worth the cost to start out that way.
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From: Rome as it burns
Dont need it.
Dont want it
Ordered my 450 without it.
Anyone that thinks Ford will pass on the opportunity to void out your warranty without lifting a finger for something YOU REALLY DID WRONG on the road while they're looking for ways to stop bleeding out MULTIPLE BILLIONS annually in WARRANTY CLAIMS for stuff THEY REALLY DID WRONG in the factory is sorely mistaken.
Dont want it
Ordered my 450 without it.
Anyone that thinks Ford will pass on the opportunity to void out your warranty without lifting a finger for something YOU REALLY DID WRONG on the road while they're looking for ways to stop bleeding out MULTIPLE BILLIONS annually in WARRANTY CLAIMS for stuff THEY REALLY DID WRONG in the factory is sorely mistaken.
