Tailgate up?? or Tailgate down???

Tailgate up?? or Tailgate down???

01-15-2002, 04:12 AM

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Tailgate up?? or Tailgate down???

Try not to laugh too much at this but curosity can cloud ones thinking. I have heard that Dodge, designed these trucks to get better mileage with the tailgate up rather than down when cruising down the freeway. I have also heard that this is the reason that the back is about 1 1/2 inches narrower than the front. As I said try not to laugh too much. Has anyone out there done a definitive test of the Tailgate up, VS Tailgate down, for mileage??

If so, when and where and what were the results over how many miles??

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