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slowmover · 05-23-2011, 07:59 PM

Look forward to seeing how it works out.

The least aerodynamic big truck is the car carrier in a 3/4 crosswind.

I know that this is about aero, but I'd make even the smallest steering slop disappear.

I'm impressed by the mpg at present with that big box. The hotshot guys I work around would like to have an IFTA average that high (the combination of loaded and deadhead miles for tax purposes) for their flatbed chassis cab trucks & flatbed trailers in the oilfield.

I'd be thinking about side skirts/front air dam where conditions permit.

A boat-tail would be "the answer", IMO, once the rest is covered/smoothed/melted/radiused.

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05-23-2011, 07:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
slowmover Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 2,442 2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 19.36 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,422 Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts	Look forward to seeing how it works out. The least aerodynamic big truck is the car carrier in a 3/4 crosswind. I know that this is about aero, but I'd make even the smallest steering slop disappear. I'm impressed by the mpg at present with that big box. The hotshot guys I work around would like to have an IFTA average that high (the combination of loaded and deadhead miles for tax purposes) for their flatbed chassis cab trucks & flatbed trailers in the oilfield. I'd be thinking about side skirts/front air dam where conditions permit. A boat-tail would be "the answer", IMO, once the rest is covered/smoothed/melted/radiused. . Last edited by slowmover; 05-23-2011 at 08:10 PM..