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aerostealth · 08-23-2015, 10:17 PM

As many of you know I traded our Herndon Aerolid for a Tonneau Cover for my 2014 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 truck last week. My wife and I are looking to buy a 5th wheel travel trailer and we did not want to be taking the Aerolid off and putting it back on the truck constantly to tow or trailer. The G-4 Elite bed cover we traded for (plus cash) should be removable is a few minutes.

We really really liked the Aerolid and really did not want to sell it but we also needed to get some of the cash back out of it to proceed on the path we are on. As I told Jardin the buyer it is a work of art. However we have found that while the Aerolid does improve highway mileage the extra weight is a penalty in city driving of course. My averages probably will end up as good with just a bed cover because of this factor.

We still have the boat tail and I need to make a appliance to add to my home made bed cover to allow me to use the boat tail on highway trips. I may have some interesting numbers to post on this project in the future as well a project to make a boat tail for our 5th wheel trailer when we get it. I have started a new Fuel log titled G-4 for the new Tonneau cover in the mean time.

08-23-2015, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
aerostealth Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Radium Springs, NM Posts: 465 Ford XLT Naked - '14 Ford F-150 XLT 90 day: 15.04 mpg (US) Ford G-4 with Stinger - '14 Ford F-150 4X4 Super Crew XLT 90 day: 19.8 mpg (US) Ford Stealth G-4 - '14 Ford F-150 4X4 Super Crew XLT 90 day: 15.9 mpg (US) XLT Towing Keystone 5th wheel trailer - '14 Ford Keystone 5th Wheel XLT 90 day: 9.03 mpg (US) Trip 2015 C Max Energi - '15 Ford C Max Energi SWP 90 day: 38.2 mpg (US) Local 120 volt 2015 C-Max Energi - '15 Ford C-Max Energy SEL 90 day: 55.65 mpg (US) Local 240 volt 2015 C-Max Energi - '15 Ford C Max Energi SLE 90 day: 57.63 mpg (US) Energi Combined - '15 C Max Energi Leather 90 day: 51.2 mpg (US) MoonDust for Travel - '19 Chevrolet Bolt LT 90 day: 123.11 mpg (US) MoonDust 3 with 90% CE - '19 Chevy Bolt LT 90 day: 127.57 mpg (US) Ecopia IV - '19 Chevy Bolt Lt 90 day: 126.39 mpg (US) Ecopia IV Trip Log - '19 Chevy Bolt LT 90 day: 121.01 mpg (US) Rate Rider Chevy Bolt - '19 Chevrolet Bolt LT-2 90 day: 123.16 mpg (US) Teal Force One 70% - '24 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL 90 day: 98.52 mpg (US) Teal Force Two 90% - '24 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL 90 day: 118.81 mpg (US) Thanks: 2 Thanked 528 Times in 278 Posts	Final report on the Herndon Aerolid As many of you know I traded our Herndon Aerolid for a Tonneau Cover for my 2014 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 truck last week. My wife and I are looking to buy a 5th wheel travel trailer and we did not want to be taking the Aerolid off and putting it back on the truck constantly to tow or trailer. The G-4 Elite bed cover we traded for (plus cash) should be removable is a few minutes. We really really liked the Aerolid and really did not want to sell it but we also needed to get some of the cash back out of it to proceed on the path we are on. As I told Jardin the buyer it is a work of art. However we have found that while the Aerolid does improve highway mileage the extra weight is a penalty in city driving of course. My averages probably will end up as good with just a bed cover because of this factor. We still have the boat tail and I need to make a appliance to add to my home made bed cover to allow me to use the boat tail on highway trips. I may have some interesting numbers to post on this project in the future as well a project to make a boat tail for our 5th wheel trailer when we get it. I have started a new Fuel log titled G-4 for the new Tonneau cover in the mean time. __________________ Last edited by aerostealth; 08-23-2015 at 11:41 PM..