Wasted space on our tow vehicle roof
Anybody here have racks with carriers or baskets on top of your truck to carry items that won't fit in your truck bed or in the fiver? I feel that the roof of our truck could be useful space. Maybe...
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bob213 wrote:
An extra fuel tank to compensate for the fuel mileage you will lose.:D
Already have an aux tank.
I don't know if anyone has done a study on mileage with rooftop rack and carrier, I'll google and see.
Most reviews of the type of baskets and carriers that I've been checking have said that they didn't notice any significant loss of mileage. The one's that I've been looking at have slanted wind deflectors that make the air flow over the top of the carrier, and most box type carriers have aerodynamic shapes to help in that respect.
Who knows, maybe it'll deflect some air to make the front of our fiver less of a drag. Time will tell.
Tom & Carol
