janders
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Has anyone put a bed cover or cap on their truck and noticed a difference in mpg. I read the conclusion to the mythbusters tailgate thing, but they did not talk about covering the bed.
Bed Covers
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Crumm
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I have heard that covering the bed will improve your mileage and have even read adds from tonneau cover manufactures that the cover will pay for itself in a short time. I have never really noticed any savings when I have my canopy on but I have never checked it that closely either.
I always figured with the canopy that any saving due to airflow was off-set by the weight. A tonneau cover would be a different story since they are fairly lightweight.
I have been kicking around the idea of a tonneau cover for our 05' so it will be interesting to see if anyone has any exact data as to mileage gains.
I was surprised about the Myth-busters tailgate test. I had always heard that tailgate down was better but they proved that wrong. At least they used a good brand of truck to do it.
I always figured with the canopy that any saving due to airflow was off-set by the weight. A tonneau cover would be a different story since they are fairly lightweight.
I have been kicking around the idea of a tonneau cover for our 05' so it will be interesting to see if anyone has any exact data as to mileage gains.
I was surprised about the Myth-busters tailgate test. I had always heard that tailgate down was better but they proved that wrong. At least they used a good brand of truck to do it.
