⚡ HitchMate: Towing Safety Telemetry — Tongue Weight, WDH Alignment & Pre-Trip Checks
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Real-time towing physics, weight distribution and axle-load diagnostics in one modern dashboard — tongue weight, sway risk, tyre pressure and a pre-trip check before you roll.
One tab each for weights, rigs, weight distribution, tyres and the pre-trip walk-round.
Real-time tongue weight percentage and absolute load monitoring. A visual safety gauge highlights the safe 10-15% band and raises hazard or overload warnings as you move out of it. Interactive cargo and water balance controls cover fresh, grey and black water loads.
Add and manage your own tow vehicles and trailers with full sticker-rating tracking — curb weight, GVWR, GCWR and wheelbase — and scan the VIN to fill the plate. Switch your active rig in one tap.
Work out the exact front-axle load restoration percentage from your scale readings, then follow step-by-step shank drop and rise suggestions to bring the rig back into alignment.
Calculate the per-tyre load from your actual axle weights and get recommended cold tyre pressures for the load you are actually carrying, not a generic door-jamb figure.
A complete walk-round checklist — coupler latch, safety chains, breakaway cable, lights and tyres — ending in a smart safety readiness status before you move.
The numbers that decide whether a rig is safe to tow are all shown on one dial and one readiness status.
The gauge marks the safe tongue weight window directly on the dial, so balance is something you can see at a glance instead of a number you have to interpret.
Move outside the safe range and the gauge escalates — hazard warnings for marginal loads, hard overload warnings when you are past the limit.
The pre-trip checklist finishes with one clear readiness status, so you know whether to roll or fix something first.
WDH alignment reports how much of the original front-axle load has been restored, and the shank drop or rise that would restore the rest.
HitchMate is a calculation and record-keeping aid. Always confirm against your vehicle and trailer manufacturer's ratings and a certified weighbridge before towing.
Start with the tongue weight basics, then unlock the alignment, tyre and checklist tools on a 14-day trial.
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HitchMate treats 10-15% of the trailer weight as the safe tongue weight window and marks that band on the gauge in green. Move above or below it and the app flags the load as a hazard.
Basic tongue weight calculations, the tongue weight gauge and active rig selection. Everything beyond that — WDH alignment, the tyre and axle load calculator and the pre-trip checklist — is part of Pro.
Weight distribution alignment with front-axle restoration percentages and shank drop/rise suggestions, the tyre pressure and axle load calculator, and the full pre-trip safety checklist.
Pro features open on a 14-day free trial. When the trial ends you choose whether to unlock Pro — nothing is charged automatically up front.
For WDH alignment, yes — the front-axle restoration percentage is calculated from your scale readings. The tyre calculator works from your actual axle weights, so accurate weights give accurate pressures.
HitchMate is in active development. Tell us which tow vehicle and trailer combination you want supported first, and check the app store listing for the release.
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