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@rugedraw had a cable for rent, if I recall correctly.

It's absolutely POSSIBLE with enough work for any truck to implement it. However, I think that you would need to upgrade to the 360 cameras first, since it's the 360 camera screen that allows the functionality to view the remote camera. And installing the camera package might be more effort...

Los150, a properly equipped F150 might be able to pull the full 14,000 lbs if the trailer looks like this: (source: https://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/topic/137212-best-hay-wagon-designsideas/page/2/) If the hitch isn’t carrying any significant weight, then you wouldn't have any concerns...

I’m sorry that you went through that, and I’m glad to see that you walked away.

Really? So there's a corner case where "it's clearly stupid for you to do, but maybe legal" is a reason to invalidate it for 99.99999% of all other use cases? (And still maybe not, if you're endangering somebody else while driving drunk on that private property.) I guess if you're going to...

As someone who has lost friends to drunk drivers, I'm in favor of instituting non-invasive sensors that will prevent impaired drivers (drunk, drugged, sleep deprived, etc.) from driving. Edit: I inserted "non-invasive" in there--seems like this type of thing could be implemented using things...

I second all of what @Northguy says. It's possible, under certain conditions, to tow something this big without risk of serious damage to your vehicle, but you'd certainly be way over the weight ratings (probably all of them). I don't know the specific circumstances of your situation, so...

I'm guessing that Ford decided to mount them that way to minimize the chances of damage to the comparatively fragile valve stem from road debris or off-road misadventures.

Looks like a lot of fun! However, seeing all of those poles splayed out in every direction made me think that you were preparing to defend yourself from a boarding action. :LOL:

2022 Max Tow Powerboost, 1831 lbs payload. 2017 KZ Spree 240-BHS. 29’ bumper to hitch; 6500 lbs.

Adding a rear sway bar (I think that you already have a front sway bar) will improve the stability of the vehicle while towing, but shouldn't affect tow rating. Or rather, it'll reduce payload by about 50 lbs (the weight of the device). For what it's worth, the max tow package does not include...

Look for it on your Menu options using your steering wheel buttons.

Maybe--outsourcing the same engineering doesn't necessarily make it cheaper in the long run. Either way, they've now identified a measurable downside to this approach. And I'm glad to see that Ford is realizing that certain types of cost-cutting are maybe not worth the cheaper price.

100%. The Ford CEO explicitly said so a couple of months ago, if I recall correctly. They had a policy of competing vendors against each other to get the cheapest component/module, but there are downsides to this approach, which Ford is now just realizing. They don't own any of the software...

To be fair, it's possible that "best" to some people is 100% related to engine sound, not fuel efficiency, so that emotional decision seems valid, at least to some.

Pretty much. There are situations where it detects that it needs to relinquish control (for example, if the lane striping disappears), and then it'll beep at you to notify you that you need to put your hands back on the wheel. But I've gone for 20+ miles at a time without hands on the...

It's the same button that you use to turn on the ACC/lane-centering systems. It'll automatically switch over to "hands-free" if it detects that you're on an approved highway. Edit: I think that I might be wrong here; I think that it'll ask if you want to switch, rather than just doing it...

Here's an article discussing how researchers are using an F150 to test out computer-assisted driving that can react to unusual situations (debris in roadway, work zones, emergency vehicles, etc.). I find it interesting that they seem to be adding cameras and other sensors (that looks like a gps...

It's similar to bluecruise, but not it. Bluecruise only works on Ford-approved mapped roads (interstates and other access-restricted road section). See their published map here...