Who wants to go to the truck towing scale every time you want to weigh your RV, camper or even cargo trailer? There’s a much easier and better way using the CURT BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale allows you to connect through your smartphone’s Bluetooth that tells you everything about your tow weight.
Who better than leading towing experts, CURT Manufacturing, to produce one of the latest and safest technological towing innovations? We sought advice from those who engineer and manufacture safe towing products; including our fifth wheel hitch.
So, we’ve asked one of CURT’s towing specialists, Martin Nilsen, for more in-depth information on how to tow safely with the aid of a new product; the CURT BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale.
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Weigh Your RV Using the BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale
Why is it important to know the weight of your vehicle?
When it comes to hauling and towing, safety should always be a top priority for anyone preparing their rig. If not done properly, unsafe conditions or failure of components can lead to catastrophic results.
That’s why you should make sure that all the components in your tow rig are rated to the correct capacity for what you’re towing. This includes your vehicle, all of the towing components and your trailer.
Your rig’s capacity is only as strong as its weakest component. Be aware of your capacities as well as your towing vehicle and RV’s capabilities.
Read more: Understanding RV GVWR: How to NOT OVERLOAD Your RV
Stop going to truck weigh scales!!
How do you know how much your rig or trailer weighs?
Traditionally, you would have to go to a vehicle scale.
Often you can find a CAT scale and that works well, but finding weigh scales can be inconvenient. And let’s be real, most RVers are not going to go out of their way to find a tow scale every time they load their camper, fifth wheel or travel trailer.
That’s where a product called BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale by CURT comes in.
BetterWeigh: a new solution using your smartphone
The BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale is a small device that you can plug into your ODB II sensor. It pairs with a prescribed app on your smartphone to measure your vehicle weight.
But, it can do much more than what a traditional vehicle scale can.
If you’re like most people, you’re probably thinking “How the heck could that work?”
I admit that I was a little skeptical at first, but after learning more about CURT’s BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale and working with it, I’ve gained a thorough understanding of how it works.
BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale measures a whole list of things
First let’s get into what the BetterWeigh actually does.
The BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale provides a live readout of towing-related weights including the gross weight of your vehicle and trailer, cargo, payload, tongue weight, pin weight and weight distribution.
These are critical measurements to know to ensure you are not exceeding any capacities of your rig. It’s very much worth your time to know what you tow to keep you and others on the road safe.
In addition to those weight-measuring abilities, the BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale helps you properly set up a weight distribution hitch and configure your brake controller.
All these features make this little device very versatile.
How the BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale works
The primary feature of BetterWeigh is its’ weigh feature. To use it, the BetterWeigh app has you do a short drive test.
It works by using a simple formula:
mass = force / acceleration
This technological safety device has the ability to retrieve force measurements from the vehicle’s torque converter and can measure acceleration with a built-in accelerometer.
With these two measurements, it can calculate the weight of your vehicle within + / – 5% accuracy.
So, if you want to measure your trailer weight you would first measure your vehicle without the trailer. Then, do a second measurement with the trailer to find the difference.
Other features such as Payload, Pin Weight and Tongue Weight utilize the onboard accelerometer to measure pitch adjustments and calculate respective weights.
All of these measurements are important to know and allow you to ensure you’re not exceeding your vehicle’s limitations or creating a dangerous situation.
Some additional features include Weight Distribution, which offers a new and improved way to set up a weight distribution hitch. The Trailer Brake Gain feature, provides you the exact brake gain settings needed to enter into your brake controller for a perfect setup.
There are a lot of capabilities in this little device, all designed to take the guesswork out of towing.
Watch our video about how the BetterWeigh Mobile Towing Scale works:
That’s a Wrap!
We hope this helps to understand how the CURT BetterWeigh mobile towing scale works and why it may be necessary for safe towing. Regardless of what you’re towing; RV, boat or cargo, towing safely should be your first priority. A mobile towing scale takes the guesswork out of that.
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