FPInnovations puts fuel-saving devices to the test, giving truckers hard numbers to decide where the ROI is.
It's difficult to imagine a less aerodynamic tractor-trailer configuration than your typical square-nosed logging truck pulling an awkward load of timber behind it. Loggers love their classic model trucks with the big, square front end - aerodynamics be damned!
But with fuel prices continuing to escalate, aerodynamic fairings and fuel-saving devices are gamering a lot of attention. Admittedly, a lot of the best performing fuel-savers are not practical in logging applications.
Trailer side skirts, for instance, are too flimsy to operate off-highway, and wide-based single tires only ...