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Old 06-11-2014, 11:42 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I'm not surprised at that. I suspect you would experience even greater results if you were to, somewhat paradoxically, make the cargo box much larger to do a better job of filling the pressure wake, and radically shorten the gap between the rear of your vehicle and the front of the cargo box. You would pick up a lot of enclosed volume and possibly experience a big jump in your towing fuel economy.
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