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   Sorry about the BOD  instead of OBD, had a relapse to work life. Who knows maybe the OBD  could give a BOD  value. That onboard  computer is capable of doing a lot of things. 

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ArthroPod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 May 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Topic: Gadgets Posted: 02 Aug 2019 at 10:38pm
	Sorry about the BOD instead of OBD, had a relapse to work life. Who knows maybe the OBD could give a BOD value. That onboard computer is capable of doing a lot of things.
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StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289	Posted: 02 Aug 2019 at 8:07pm
	I would think that any suspension modification such as the SumoSprings I put on our Frontier would throw such a device off, or at least require some sort of recalibration.
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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 02 Aug 2019 at 7:27pm
	[QUOTE=GlueGuy]BOD port? You mean the OBD II port? (On Board Diagnostic) I can not imagine how they could get the tongue weight from the on board computer system. [/QUOTE https://www.amazon.com/HAUL-GAUGE-Connector-Measures-Combined/dp/B07DQ44JFB Looks like it measures suspension squat to calculate tongue weight and acceleration to calculate GCVWR. So you provide it with your VIN and it uses that to calibrate. I can't imagine that if could differentiate load in the TV from load due to the trailer unless you manually calibrate it first to zero that out. There apparently is a calibration procedure for customized suspensions and power trains so maybe that could work. Interesting concept. Generally favorable Amazon reviews so maybe its not too buggy. Might be worth fooling with as long as it could be returned if you hit a brick wall with it.
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GlueGuy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2630	Posted: 02 Aug 2019 at 12:39pm
	BOD port? You mean the OBD II port? (On Board Diagnostic) I can not imagine how they could get the tongue weight from the on board computer system.
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ArthroPod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 May 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 02 Aug 2019 at 12:10pm
	While looking for load cells for trailer tongues,I came across a gadget that supposed to give a lot more info. It's called Haulgauge. Using your smartphone and the BOD port on your tow vehicle it is supposed to give how much tongue weight as well as total tow weight plus some other info. Has anyone used one?
	177 toad with Ford 150