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Originally Posted by MechEngVT
I'll chime in here with anecdotal evidence since what little data I have is not from ideal methodology nor immediately at hand.
In my experience the best option is a "streamlined" bed cap, next to that is a flat tonneau, and next to that is tailgate up. This is with a Quad Cab/Short Bed combination.
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IIRC this agrees 100% with the SAE paper I read. It was from about 1990. There is another one here from 2004 which is very similar:
http://ecow.engr.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/ge...hi1/pickup.pdf
BTW they only tested the mesh gate on one config but it performed very poorly. The Mythbusters are busted again.