Boat Tail Truck.

[F Body]

Alas not based on a Buick Rivera but exactly as it say's
The boat tail, a tapering protrusion mounted on the rear of a truck, leads to fuel savings of 7.5 percent



Can't see it catching on

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[ianjpage]

nice .. make long lorries even longer!!!

[F Body]

Quoting: ianjpage

nice .. make long lorries even longer!!!

Yes but being in Stealth & Hasty , I thought it could be part of a crumple zone

[FUBAR]

why don't they just taper the end of the trailer & then fit a smaller 'wing' on the back.

I know it would reduce load capacity slightly but that can;t be a huge problem surely?...

[ianjpage]

Quoting: FUBAR

why don't they just taper the end of the trailer & then fit a smaller 'wing' on the back.

exactly - makes more sense that adding a huge extension (ooo err) to the rear door (!!!!)

[EDGE]

ive seen a few taperd trailers now, i think M&S use them.

fitting the diagonal panel goingfrom the cab roof up tp the trailers roof make a HUGE difference too...

for reference, the best angle of fall off is comparable to that on a 5 door sierra hatch back!

[Roadkill]

Quoting: FUBAR

I know it would reduce load capacity slightly but that can;t be a huge problem surely?...

Reducing the load capacity / design of the container / chassis would - literally - be the end of the world for haulage companies.  That would never happen.

[Roadkill]

Quoting: EDGE

ive seen a few taperd trailers now, i think M&S use them.

Hmm.  Are you referring to the lower portion being tapered ?

They had to introduce those from memory because the ramps into one of their London depots kept ripping the lower sections of their trailers.

M&S also widely use double-decker trailers, too.

[EDGE]

the top was curved like an arch, only very shallow... it may just be a lid stuck on top of the trailer to gain the shape, the inside my be unchanged, i dont know...

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: EDGE

the top was curved like an arch, only very shallow... it may just be a lid stuck on top of the trailer to gain the shape, the inside my be unchanged, i dont know...

Yah Ive seen those ones too..

[Roadkill]

Don't recall seeing those ones . . . still - it's been a couple of years since I've been on an M&S site . . . .

[Incursus]

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Quoting: EDGE
the top was curved like an arch, only very shallow... it may just be a lid stuck on top of the trailer to gain the shape, the inside my be unchanged, i dont know...




Yah Ive seen those ones too..

[FUBAR]

Quoting: Incursus

Quoting: Cunning Plan
Quoting: EDGE
the top was curved like an arch, only very shallow... it may just be a lid stuck on top of the trailer to gain the shape, the inside my be unchanged, i dont know...




Yah Ive seen those ones too..

[F Body]

Quoting: EDGE

the top was curved like an arch, only very shallow..

Like this

[EDGE]

thats ya puppy !

[F Body]

Or


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