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Old 09-06-2016, 07:34 PM   #9
440justin
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The front face of the trailer actually sees a lot less air than you might think. With pickup trucks you actually have a low pressure Zone behind the cab when you have your tailgate up as your truck has already punched a large "hole" in the air. The rear of the trailer is where a lot of the drag is created, look at over the road truck trailers they are all adding rear dove tails and side skirts to reduce drag. You can also seen this in cars that are highly fuel efficient, they all have long sloping rears to release the air and reduce drag.

Some on the V nose layouts are kind of neat, so I would only buy one of you really love the floor plan, don't buy one of the only reason is for fuel economy as you will be disappointed.

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