On Jan 2, 5:56*pm, " wrote:
We have ordered one of the "s" shaped electronic tension meters for
our auto tow operations. *We want to make the strain guage a part of
the tow hitch (not in the rope). *If anyone has a good design, we
would like suggestions. *A picture would also be nice.

Bill Snead
6W

Bill,

I sent the images of Udo's system in a PM. The only change I would
make is to put the strain gage in line with the rope. This could be
done similar to the images with a sliding parallelogram to support
side loads.