Truck owners: How often have you “done the math” to verify payload weight before the front-end loader dumps a bucket of mulch into your half-ton pickup? Now, your 2021 Ford F-150 will take the guesswork out of this, with the truck’s new Onboard Scale w/Smart Hitch option.
Load-leveling sensors used by other systems measure the suspension’s deflection at each corner. VIN-specific predetermined payload capacity is programmed at the factory and all loads are expressed as estimated amounts under or over that amount.
The Smart Hitch feature utilizes the same sensors as the scales feature, but it helps ensure the trailer hitch’s tongue weight remains in spec. This is trickier because (at least for now) the user must somehow determine and program in the overall weight of the trailer.
Read the article at MotorTrend.
