Thread: Class 8 Trucks
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Old 08-31-2008, 09:47 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Class 7 and 8 tractor-trailer are aero-dogmeat because of the chief virtue of the tractor-trailer setup: flexibility. Class 5 and 6 straight trucks may offer some scope for aero-improvements although most of these are local delivery trucks. However there are the hotshotters.
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