rowerwet wrote:I haven't pulled a raindrop type front, but have pulled the same TD with three different vehicles. With my Ford Ranger I found the flat front starting to really pull above 60 mph, I planned on a tongue box that would match the height of the tailgate and sweep upward to the base of the curve in the front of the trailer. Pulling with my Ford Focus I never really felt the trailer drag unless I got behind a large truck, the disturbed air coming off the truck managed to hit the trailer enough to cause it to be felt, it also pushed it side to side and made me want to change lanes and get ahead of the truck.
Pulling the TD with my Dodge Grand Caravan I didn't feel the drag at all, even behind a large truck. I'm sure the higher back end of the van kept my TD in the "shadow", better than my small sedan. The truck with it's cab 6+ feet ahead of the tailgate didn't give the TD any real wind shadow and most likely had a draft sweeping down over the tailgate as I had a tonneau cover on the bed.
IMO a teardrop or a raindrop will "shed" the air about the same, just look at the number of cargo trailers with V-noses, I think it just comes down to looks, and what kind of TV you have.
rowerwet wrote:I haven't pulled a raindrop type front, but have pulled the same TD with three different vehicles. With my Ford Ranger I found the flat front starting to really pull above 60 mph, I planned on a tongue box that would match the height of the tailgate and sweep upward to the base of the curve in the front of the trailer. Pulling with my Ford Focus I never really felt the trailer drag unless I got behind a large truck, the disturbed air coming off the truck managed to hit the trailer enough to cause it to be felt, it also pushed it side to side and made me want to change lanes and get ahead of the truck.
Pulling the TD with my Dodge Grand Caravan I didn't feel the drag at all, even behind a large truck. I'm sure the higher back end of the van kept my TD in the "shadow", better than my small sedan. The truck with it's cab 6+ feet ahead of the tailgate didn't give the TD any real wind shadow and most likely had a draft sweeping down over the tailgate as I had a tonneau cover on the bed.
IMO a teardrop or a raindrop will "shed" the air about the same, just look at the number of cargo trailers with V-noses, I think it just comes down to looks, and what kind of TV you have.
droid_ca wrote:
That's a nice looking trailer...it's got me thinking..wonder what it looks like on the inside
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