When it comes to hitching your trailer and riding off into the sunset with your RV, it all starts with a towing vehicle and Ford fans will hopefully be as excited about the newest exclusive features aimed towards RV fans.
2021 Ford F-150
The 2021 Ford F-150 boasts Smart Hitch with FordPass app access, Onboard Scales, and Continuously Controlled Damping are useful additions to the already robust catalog of available technology for F-150 including PowerBoost full-hybrid powertrain, Pro Power Onboard, Trailer Reverse Guidance and Pro Trailer Backup Assist, Active Park Assist 2.0, and Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking and Pedestrian Detection. All of these options combine to make for a lean mean RV hauling machine!
Todd Eckert, Ford truck group marketing manager, relayed in a related press release that “[Ford is] constantly working to deliver a continuous history of capable, strong and smart trucks designed to make the F-150 customer even more productive.” He continued to discuss the directional focus of the recent developments, “This summer we’re delivering three new features all about enhancing the F-150 customer experience while delivering even greater confidence when towing and hauling.”
Read the full press release here: F-150 ADDS CLASS-EXCLUSIVE TECH WITH ONBOARD SCALES TO SIMPLIFY LOADING AND TRAILERING, ACTIVE SUSPENSION FOR GREATER CONFIDENCE
2021 Ford F-150 | Features
Ford like many car manufacturers has experiences an unprecedented demand post COVID19, with higher than expected sales following the reallocation of discretionary income as we all locked down and made all the home improvements, leaving us staring at our outdated vehicles in contrast to the newly utilized spaces and upgraded décor. Naturally, this perfect storm of increased demand along with limited availability has led to a scarcity in availability of certain products in varied markets around the nation. However, production is back in nearly full swing in most facilities and ordering is super easy with Ford’s Build Your Own and Let Us Find It For You features, making the final leg of the car buying journey, the actual car buying part, as easy as possible.
Smart Hitch
Fords recent announcement is big news for the RV industry and Class-exclusive Smart Hitch is designed to help customers easily load trailers and better practice safe towing. Smart Hitch measures the tongue weight of a trailer being connected, to help the customer distribute trailer weight correctly.
Check out the video below for an overview of Smart Hitch features from the in cab dashboard display:
After the trailer is set up in the center touch screen, Smart Hitch helps the user as it calculates the tongue weight and provides guidance on weight distribution or hitch overloading on the screen, via the FordPass app or within the smart taillamps. The truck also will indicate if the hitch weight is too high or low and can even guide owners through properly tensioning a weight redistributing hitch, which adds peace of mind and ease of access.
Ford Pass
FordPass is an app available in the Google Play or Apple store for Ford owners. It’s donned as ‘The app that puts your ownership experience right in the palm of your hand.’ and allows for remote feature control, vehicle details, roadside assistance, among many additional features. Read more on FordPass app features in the linked article.
Fords recent announcement is big news for the RV industry and Class-exclusive Smart Hitch is designed to help customers easily load trailers and better practice safe towing. Smart Hitch measures the tongue weight of a trailer being connected, to help the customer distribute trailer weight correctly.
After the trailer is set up in the center touch screen, Smart Hitch calculates its tongue weight and provides guidance on weight distribution or hitch overloading on the screen, on the FordPass™ app or within the smart taillamps. The truck also will indicate if the hitch weight is too high or low and can even guide owners through properly tensioning a weight redistributing hitch.
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