Re: TOY: Pictures

[Thom Singer <ntsqd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The key is that it only leak a little or not at all around the tail gate. My '67 Ranchero did marginally better with the gate down than it did with it up. That
was because it was forward sloped and had a huge gap along the bottom.
Since the gate weighs that much I suspect that you'd net zero change, posibly even hurt your mileage by adding it.

"Payne, Mike K." wrote:
> 
> Well, aside from my apparently flawed view of wind resistance the tailgate
> weighs enough to the point where I have a hard time lifting it by myself...
> while I am not a body builder by any means, that seems like a whole lot of
> weight to add to the truck...  the spare I keep in the bed actually weighs
> less and it isn't exactly light.  I am not sure what gauge of metal the bed
> is made of, but I have lifted outboard-offshore boat motors that are lighter
> than the tailgate.
> 
> Thanks for the input though... I have at least learned something interesting
> and found something to argue about with my irritating Brother-in-law who
> "knows everything".

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TS
Chico, CA

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