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Old 08-30-2013, 09:11 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 4862forestgrove View Post
Thanks for the input... could you take a quick look at the attached drawing of the treatment of the front radius and tell me which your intuition favors... I believe there are equally easy to build. Thanks in advance. BB
Don't make the front of the trailer into a scoop that scoops air between the towing vehicle and the trailer.
Use a convex shape.


Don't use any circular shapes at the rear.
They'll destabilise the trailer.
Cut it off sharply at the rear, if possible with the sides / top / bottom plates extending a bit (2-4 inches) beyond the rear wall - i.e. forming a shallow box of thin plates around the tail end.


If you get around to covering the gap, the covers can rest on / slide over the convex front of the trailer.
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