2021 F-150 to add scales

[JamieGeek]

Yup you read that right: A new option on the F-150 will tell you how much its loaded down (check out the % display on the brake lights):

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...les-announced/

[Pete'sMH]

I’ve seen ads for an electronic scale that “weighs” a trailer based, I think on the physics of the driving experience. Sounds improbable to me and I’d like to hear from someone who has tried it and gotten an actual scale weight for comparison.

[JamieGeek]

Originally Posted by Pete'sMH

I’ve seen ads for an electronic scale that “weighs” a trailer based, I think on the physics of the driving experience. Sounds improbable to me and I’d like to hear from someone who has tried it and gotten an actual scale weight for comparison.

From that article it sounds like the F-150 will just "weigh" based on the suspension deflection (e.g. the truck can't be moving).

[Bob Denman]

So much for adding air shocks or stiffer springs...

[Travelin' Texans]

Originally Posted by Bob Denman

So much for adding air shocks or stiffer springs...

Which don't add to the load carrying capacity!
What Ford should do is program it that if it's overloaded, as most F150s with RVs, if he don't go out of park til within the the allowable weights.
Not sure how this could help once you have the trailer hooked up, what do you do then? Say "oh my we're a bit heavy, oh well we're only going XXX miles today".
The truck manufacturers would be off to quit advertising the outrageous "max trailer towing weight" & start publishing the payloads instead. And rv manufacturers quit advertising the rv "dry weights" & post the GVWR. Both these numbers are useless in the rv world.

[MLP]

Well the truck might be available sometime this year depending on the chip manufacturing. There is a shortage do to a drought in Taiwan. No cyclones last year that hit the island or rain the first three month this year. Their reservoirs are very low so they have a severe water shortage. This has caused a big slowdown in production. It is affecting all manufactures.