Moderators SeaDawg Posted July 19, 2018 Moderators Posted July 19, 2018 Sometime in the last few months, we started receiving the new Chevy magazine, "New Roads." In issue 11, there is a great interview with a former head of truck engineering, now aged 101, entitled "Truck Tales." Mary Barra, the new ceo, phones in with a few questions. For those of us who drove Chevys in the sixties and seventies, its fun and nostalgic.... Interview with former truck engineer There's also a good basic article on towing, "Trailering 101." I see that Chevy now supports a rearview trailer camera on its own screen... Nice. Do other manufacturers offer that option? Haven't looked lately.... Sherry 1 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good.
Overland Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 The F250 has hookups for a trailer camera, but not the F150. Unfortunately, it only lets you view it when in reverse so it's not useful as a rear view mirror when driving. There's an aftermarket modification that I could get for my F150 that would send the camera signal to the built in screen, but I haven't really looked at it to know how difficult it would be to install. I think the GM system is actually an aftermarket Echomaster product that they've licensed and the dealer will install, and I think you can get the same system for other makes.
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