The drag coefficient study is an interesting url. I read a snippet of an article in "Trailer
Life" magazine that gave much better marks to full caps that are no higher than cab roof line,
though. Anyhow, I've got a soft tonneau (which I highly recommend b/c it's so easy to get out of
the way when you need all of your bed, looks good and so on). I doubt, however, that it would
perform as well in the drag test b/c it deforms wildly at speed (dips in the back, bubbles up in
the front).
snip> >
> >Sweet! I'm actually giving some thought to putting a hard cover on mine. It
> >came from the dealership with a set of bed rails, so I'll have to remove
> >those.
>
> I thought about a hard tonneau... Definitely nicer looking and more
> functional as a cover, but I was sold on the easy removability of a
> soft cover. I got the Downey LTD (hinged) and have been pretty happy
> with it... except that I can't get it set all the way down in the
> back. Either my rails aren't even or the cover rails are bent.
>
> This is always an interesting URL to point out when talking about
> tonneaus and mileage:
> http://mars.wnec.edu/~ehaffner/did.htm
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:46:47 EST