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Sometimes when I unload a truck, I ask the driver what kind of mileage he is getting.
You are right about the indifference to it with most tuckers. I usually get the default comment " Well it takes me 'bout a 100 bucks every couple a days " comment.
It's the guys that own the trucks that actually keep up with it.
I struck up a conversation with one guy that owned his truck and eventually got onto the topic of aerodynamics. He seemed interested and i gave him a link to this site.
I hope he is lurking on the site now !
It's funny how that I feel as though I'm 'preaching' to them, because the tactics are the same - first you strike up a conversation about something mundane that interest them, get them to 'like' you enough to get their full attention, then begin to mention things like cost of the fuel, since no one gives a crap about efficiency unless money is to be made from it . Then you talk about how easy it would be to save that money by simply covering the wheels with side skirts.
I had one guy that thought that the side skirts were there to keep cars from going under the truck like in The Fast & Furious movie.
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