Patent ID: 8103414

Claim:
A method for sensing vehicle loads and responsively and automatically configuring a vehicle, comprising: sensing a vehicle load; providing a vehicle load sensing output to a vehicle-mounted programmable device; calculating a load imparted to the vehicle from the load sensing output; comparing the imparted load to at least one of a vehicle load capacity rating and a threshold; automatically adjusting a vehicle system into a revised operating mode in response to the compared imparted load meeting or exceeding at least one of the vehicle load capacity rating and the threshold, wherein the vehicle system is selected from the group comprising a vehicle cooling system, a vehicle transmission system, a vehicle braking system, a vehicle suspension system and a vehicle engine system; modifying a vehicle component or load trailer component; revising at least one of the vehicle load capacity rating and the threshold; and repeating sensing the vehicle load, calculating the load imparted, comparing the imparted load and automatically adjusting the vehicle system in response to the compared imparted load meeting or exceeding the revised at least one of the vehicle load capacity rating and the threshold.