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Smurf · 09-04-2012, 03:11 PM

Around here, they haul a lot of sugar beets in those hopper-bottom trailers. Years ago, I thought if someone wrapped a tarp real tight around the trailer there would be fuel mileage benefit, and now I'm seeing companies produce the wraps.

Progress?

09-04-2012, 03:11 PM	#12 (permalink)
Smurf EcoModding Smurfer Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: LaX Posts: 293 Dime - '95 Chevy S10 LS ExtCab RWD Pickups 90 day: 18.23 mpg (US) G/A - '96 Pontiac Grand Am Team Pontiac 90 day: 32.74 mpg (US) Thanks: 52 Thanked 35 Times in 29 Posts	Around here, they haul a lot of sugar beets in those hopper-bottom trailers. Years ago, I thought if someone wrapped a tarp real tight around the trailer there would be fuel mileage benefit, and now I'm seeing companies produce the wraps. Progress?