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I have intervieved finnish truckers conserning those side fairing for example. They think that proper ground clearance is 400mm. 250 is in their opinion of minimun what they could even think of trying. Their truck need to be designed so that they can go to everyplace they need to go to pick up deliveries. So if they need to say no to even one job they think that parts are useless and it is more sense to burn more fuel. Same thinking can be applied to almost any aerodynamic add on part. Parts which are sold and designed at the moment are way too complicated. Truckers are and trucking companies do their decisions based on ROI calculations. They have calculated that there is no sense to buy current side fairing because their roi time is too long. This means that they have calculated that those current versions need to be repaired too often and they cost too much so they dont give overall savings. They dont care how much do their trucks emit CO2, only thing that matters is overall savings in money.
Now after this survey you may guess what my side fairings would look like?
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