Comments on: Over-the-Road Trucks Need Boattail to Be Sleeker and Greener http://goinglikesixty.com/2009/11/over-the-road-trucks-need-boattail-to-be-sleeker-and-greener/ Baby boomer man humorously looking at mid-life, retirement, and memories. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kenny http://goinglikesixty.com/2009/11/over-the-road-trucks-need-boattail-to-be-sleeker-and-greener/#comment-20770 Kenny Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:58:48 +0000 http://goinglikesixty.com/?p=6649#comment-20770 Man oh man that rig is sweet! I would be more than happy to haul something like that if it meant some significant fuel savings. Man oh man that rig is sweet! I would be more than happy to haul something like that if it meant some significant fuel savings.

]]> By: paul@ alltruck lift kits http://goinglikesixty.com/2009/11/over-the-road-trucks-need-boattail-to-be-sleeker-and-greener/#comment-11152 paul@ alltruck lift kits Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:34:56 +0000 http://goinglikesixty.com/?p=6649#comment-11152 I agree with all the technology out there today we should be able make long haul truck rigs more fuel efficient. I think they are second to airplanes in fuel consumption. .-= paul@ alltruck lift kits´s last blog pith<a href="http://www.alltruckliftkits.com/readylift-3-lift-kit.html">ReadyLift 3? Lift Kit</a> =-. I agree with all the technology out there today we should be able make long haul truck rigs more fuel efficient. I think they are second to airplanes in fuel consumption.
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]]> By: Kirk M http://goinglikesixty.com/2009/11/over-the-road-trucks-need-boattail-to-be-sleeker-and-greener/#comment-11140 Kirk M Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:49:57 +0000 http://goinglikesixty.com/?p=6649#comment-11140 How about the driver comes to the end of an exit ramp, pushes a button on the dash and the boat tail separates and folds neatly to the sides and top of the trailer. The bottom piece slides into a special compartment underneath. As long as no one is to either side that is. .-= Kirk M´s last blog pith<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThinkin/~3/meY-hwkdT40/">All sick and accounted for</a> =-. How about the driver comes to the end of an exit ramp, pushes a button on the dash and the boat tail separates and folds neatly to the sides and top of the trailer. The bottom piece slides into a special compartment underneath. As long as no one is to either side that is.
.-= Kirk M´s last blog pithAll sick and accounted for =-.

]]> By: GoingLikeSixty http://goinglikesixty.com/2009/11/over-the-road-trucks-need-boattail-to-be-sleeker-and-greener/#comment-11139 GoingLikeSixty Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:03:16 +0000 http://goinglikesixty.com/?p=6649#comment-11139 Yup, I agree with all you say, certainly wouldn't work in cities, but if terminals or docks could make it easy to add and drop boattails, that would be cool. Yup, I agree with all you say, certainly wouldn’t work in cities, but if terminals or docks could make it easy to add and drop boattails, that would be cool.

]]> By: Kirk M http://goinglikesixty.com/2009/11/over-the-road-trucks-need-boattail-to-be-sleeker-and-greener/#comment-11138 Kirk M Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:58:32 +0000 http://goinglikesixty.com/?p=6649#comment-11138 Man, that aerodynamic truck is slick. Kind of eliminates the sleeper cab end of things for long haulers though. Guess you'd have to lose some trailer space to accommodate it. The boat tail's a nice idea but there would have to be an easy way of collapsing the "tail" against the sides or something once you got off the highway. Adding 6.5 feet to the end of your typical rig would most of them illegal. Can you imagine one of those 53' rigs with a 6.5' boat tail hanging off the end trying to turn a tight corner in small town USA? Man, that aerodynamic truck is slick. Kind of eliminates the sleeper cab end of things for long haulers though. Guess you’d have to lose some trailer space to accommodate it.

The boat tail’s a nice idea but there would have to be an easy way of collapsing the “tail” against the sides or something once you got off the highway. Adding 6.5 feet to the end of your typical rig would most of them illegal. Can you imagine one of those 53′ rigs with a 6.5′ boat tail hanging off the end trying to turn a tight corner in small town USA?

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