04-28-2021, 01:27 PM | #1 |
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F-150 Trailer Towing Features
Thought these additions to the F-150 were kind of cool--an oboard scale to measure payload and tell you what your trailer tongue weight is.
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04-29-2021, 12:51 PM | #2 |
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A lot of thought and innovative features have cropped up in many trucks lately.
Even a tailgate can do a lot of things: The tailgate of my 1994 is just a block of metal that creaks a lot when being lowered or lifted, lol.
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It also weighs a LOT less... Such fun to close with one hand... I don't know that I favor all these new things. Sometimes it is a fix in search of a new problem. Such as - If these new trucks were not so friggin big (and especially tall), would not need a step into the bed (in the tailgate) like we seem to now.
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When you're loading up the truck for some kind of event and pulling a trailer full of race car, travel trailer, horses, or whatever else, having a zero extra effort good idea of both your payload and tongue weight can only be a good thing. Having an indicator that's at least somewhere near close to reality for payload weight is a pretty good thing to have, especially if you're otherwise forced to estimate how much things weigh. Having a scale on the hitch to measure tongue weight...the only other ways to do it accurately involve a lot of effort and/or some level of risk driving with an improperly loaded trailer. Having a knob on the dash to steer while backing up a trailer is...something I really like the idea of other people having available to keep them out of jams. I am probably overly cautious at backing up a trailer in general and don't know how I'd feel about using that system if available to me. Having multi-motion tailgates is an extra cost in a truck that's already too expensive I'd probably be happier not having to cover.
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Warranty loss issues it you are towing poorly/get in an accident? {removes aluminum foil hat}
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04-30-2021, 01:29 PM | #6 |
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There's a neat feature called Transparent Trailer where the driver is able to see through an object he's towing.
I've always thought this was a great idea. (Our minivan has a back-up camera. Still not used to it, but when I happen to look at the dash and see the view, I'm like, "Whoa !! I forgot about this !!" when I'm in reverse, LOL)
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