2023 Built-in scale thoughts
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2023 Built-in scale thoughts
So, While I am waiting the build of my F350 Limited, I have been contemplating the potential uses for the built-in scale. I honestly dont believe Ford added it specifically for the benefit of the owner, more likely in my opinion, is that it will be just one more bit of information saved in the big brother "black box" in the case of an accident, or even more likely used to potentially deny warranty coverage when using the truck overloaded.
What do you all think?
What do you all think?
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Mar 21, 2023, 07:59 PM
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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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It'll probably be easier to locate the sensor and unplug it. But, how much ya wanna bet that disabling it will be transmitted up to the mothership with the other monitored specs? lol
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Or at the very least cause your truck to have a CEL or unplugging the sensor also disengages something else.
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Be pretty useful for configuring a load on trailer and adjusting an appropriate pin/tongue weight. Not sure what all the fuss is over it being so Ford can spy on you? Do you buy less truck than you need and intend to always overload it?
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I wonder where the weight sensor is? i mean seems logical to me that it has to be between the frame and the axle somewhere. If you use airbags, timbrens, or something similar to fix a sagging rear end, that will change the deflection of the sensor? Or maybe the sensor is in the axle itself?
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Nope. Just dont like big brother is all. There is enough gray area anyway when it comes to the weight police. is the limit the published payload, or the axle weight ratings? What about the 10,000# derated sticker on that F350 in some states? Its 10K on paper, but has all the same guts as the 12,300 rated F350 sitting next to it?
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I wonder where the weight sensor is? i mean seems logical to me that it has to be between the frame and the axle somewhere. If you use airbags, timbrens, or something similar to fix a sagging rear end, that will change the deflection of the sensor? Or maybe the sensor is in the axle itself?
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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.
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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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I've yet to see a thread here where more than 2 or 3 can agree that a truck is or isn't overweight anyway, it may come into play for some warranty issues but lots of gray area as to what makes you overweight, or maybe lots of gray areas on who can interpret what makes you overweight.....
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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.