Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates

[Ext User(patrick@unknown (Patrick Young)]

Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
to front and stays in place

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[Ext User(Bushy Pete)]

My old 1970 bit-a-missin' panter truck has a tailgate loader and driving
with it down and a long stick so it looks like I really need it down is good
for an extra 5 kmh.

Mind you, it sticks up 4 feet and is 7 feet wide, so it acts like a pretty
good sail, and the poor old na diesel is hard up to get it up to 100 kmh
unless I have a good hill to get a run-up, or a road-train to tailgate!

All the best,
Pete

[Ext User(Albm&ctd)]

In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
> to front and stays in place
>
...and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
blow your hand off

Al
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[Ext User(patrick@unknown (Patrick Young)]

In article <MPG.1eeec32190f9e5579899a9@news.readfreenews.net>, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> writes:

> In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...

>> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>> to front and stays in place
>>
> ..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
> blow your hand off

I was wondering why they bothered with that, the show is getting
a bit more than "obvious outcome but we will shatter this to bits
and the folk on the show need to explain all their movie part
roles" thing which kinda sux. Jamie needs to kick some arse!
I would not like to see it become a "Brainiac special"

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BP 106 Timbuktu,
Mali (West Africa)
Tel: 292 91 52
Specialising in turbo diesel and R290 aircon
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[Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)]

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 22:40:11 +1000, Albm&ctd wrote:

> In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
>> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>> to front and stays in place
>>
> ..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
> blow your hand off
>
> Al

Daffy had it wrong????
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Toby.
quidquid latine dictum
sit, altum viditur

[Ext User(Rainbow Warrior)]

"Patrick Young <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU>" <patrick@unknown> wrote in
message news:Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown...
> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
> to front and stays in place

It's a lot better on the back if you are tall, especially if you have a
short tray.





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>
> --------------------------------------------
> 4x4 Hilux Auto Service Centre,
> BP 106 Timbuktu,
> Mali (West Africa)
> Tel: 292 91 52
> Specialising in turbo diesel and R290 aircon
> --------------------------------------------

[Ext User(Scotty)]

"Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote in message
news:MPG.1eeec32190f9e5579899a9@news.readfreenews. net...
> In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
>> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>> to front and stays in place
>>
> ..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
> blow your hand off
>
> Al
> --
> I don't take sides.
> It's more fun to insult everyone.
> http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html


Bugs bunny still has all his fingers doesnt he? Must be true.

[Ext User(Kev)]

Patrick Young <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote:

> In article <MPG.1eeec32190f9e5579899a9@news.readfreenews.net>, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> writes:
>
>
>>In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
>
>
>>>Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>>>to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>>>in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>>>on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>>>to front and stays in place
>>>
>>
>>..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
>>blow your hand off
>
>
> I was wondering why they bothered with that, the show is getting
> a bit more than "obvious outcome but we will shatter this to bits
> and the folk on the show need to explain all their movie part
> roles" thing which kinda sux. Jamie needs to kick some arse!
> I would not like to see it become a "Brainiac special"
>


Because there are more people out there with no brains than you imagine

Kev

[Ext User(David Springthorpe)]

On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:58:30 GMT, Toby Ponsenby <toby@privacy.net>

>Daffy had it wrong????

"Dethpicable.....not thith little black ducky....."

[Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:13:33 +1000, Scotty wrote:

> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1eeec32190f9e5579899a9@news.readfreenews. net...
>> In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
>>> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>>> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>>> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>>> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>>> to front and stays in place
>>>
>> ..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
>> blow your hand off
>>
>> Al
>> --
>> I don't take sides.
>> It's more fun to insult everyone.
>> http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
>
>
> Bugs bunny still has all his fingers doesnt he? Must be true.

All?
He has three plus an opposable thumb.

And no, I don't know whether he was 'converted' by misadventure to
standard cartoon character hands or whether he was born that way.

--
Toby.
quidquid latine dictum
sit, altum viditur

[Ext User(Neil Fisher)]

On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:05:29 GMT, patrick@unknown (Patrick Young
<patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU>), after considering some belly-button
fluf, wrote:

>Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>to front and stays in place

But does the length of the tray in the ute make a difference.
The trucks they used had only a small cargo area ( double cab ute) .
What would happen if you used a Falcadore ute or the US equivalent
which has a much larger cargo area and only being a 2 door ute??

Bob.
---
Neil Fisher / Bob Young
Thundercords
personal opinion unless otherwise noted.
Looking for spark plug leads?
Check out http://www.magnecor.com.au

[Ext User(reg-john)]

"Neil Fisher" <NeilFisher@_NOSPAM_magnecor.com.au> wrote in message
news:4484c78f.7076781@news.pacific.net.au...
> On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:05:29 GMT, patrick@unknown (Patrick Young
> <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU>), after considering some belly-button
> fluf, wrote:
>
>>Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>>to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>>in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>>on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>>to front and stays in place
>
> But does the length of the tray in the ute make a difference.
> The trucks they used had only a small cargo area ( double cab ute) .
> What would happen if you used a Falcadore ute or the US equivalent
> which has a much larger cargo area and only being a 2 door ute??

yep, and i cant say anything for fuel economy, but it saves perhaps a 10th
of a second at the andra drags in sydn/melb etc when the ls1 utes get out
there.


>
> Bob.
> ---
> Neil Fisher / Bob Young
> Thundercords
> personal opinion unless otherwise noted.
> Looking for spark plug leads?
> Check out http://www.magnecor.com.au

[Ext User(Albm&ctd)]

In article <60kw0ax3uomq$.he97ue1owfkm$.dlg@40tude.net>, toby@privacy.net
says...
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:13:33 +1000, Scotty wrote:
>
> > "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1eeec32190f9e5579899a9@news.readfreenews. net...
> >> In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
> >>> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
> >>> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
> >>> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
> >>> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
> >>> to front and stays in place
> >>>
> >> ..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
> >> blow your hand off
> >>
> >> Al
> >> --
> >> I don't take sides.
> >> It's more fun to insult everyone.
> >> http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
> >
> >
> > Bugs bunny still has all his fingers doesnt he? Must be true.
>
> All?
> He has three plus an opposable thumb.
>
> And no, I don't know whether he was 'converted' by misadventure to
> standard cartoon character hands or whether he was born that way.
>
He's most likely a mutant escapee from a US laboratory around the time of
A-bomb testing.

Al
--
I don't take sides.
It's more fun to insult everyone.
http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html

[Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)]

On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:03:22 +1000, Albm&ctd wrote:

> In article <60kw0ax3uomq$.he97ue1owfkm$.dlg@40tude.net>, toby@privacy.net
> says...
>> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:13:33 +1000, Scotty wrote:
>>
>>> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote in message
>>> news:MPG.1eeec32190f9e5579899a9@news.readfreenews. net...
>>>> In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
>>>>> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>>>>> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>>>>> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>>>>> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>>>>> to front and stays in place
>>>>>
>>>> ..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
>>>> blow your hand off
>>>>
>>>> Al
>>>> --
>>>> I don't take sides.
>>>> It's more fun to insult everyone.
>>>> http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Bugs bunny still has all his fingers doesnt he? Must be true.
>>
>> All?
>> He has three plus an opposable thumb.
>>
>> And no, I don't know whether he was 'converted' by misadventure to
>> standard cartoon character hands or whether he was born that way.
>>
> He's most likely a mutant escapee from a US laboratory around the time of
> A-bomb testing.
>
> Al

Uncanny.....
--
Toby.
quidquid latine dictum
sit, altum viditur

[Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)]

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:44:29 GMT, reg-john wrote:

> "Neil Fisher" <NeilFisher@_NOSPAM_magnecor.com.au> wrote in message
> news:4484c78f.7076781@news.pacific.net.au...
>> On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:05:29 GMT, patrick@unknown (Patrick Young
>> <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU>), after considering some belly-button
>> fluf, wrote:
>>
>>>Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>>>to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>>>in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>>>on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>>>to front and stays in place
>>
>> But does the length of the tray in the ute make a difference.
>> The trucks they used had only a small cargo area ( double cab ute) .
>> What would happen if you used a Falcadore ute or the US equivalent
>> which has a much larger cargo area and only being a 2 door ute??
>
> yep, and i cant say anything for fuel economy, but it saves perhaps a 10th
> of a second at the andra drags in sydn/melb etc when the ls1 utes get out
> there.
>
>
>>
>> Bob.
>> ---
>> Neil Fisher / Bob Young
>> Thundercords
>> personal opinion unless otherwise noted.
>> Looking for spark plug leads?
>> Check out http://www.magnecor.com.au

Which is a vast amount considering the characteristics of a 'run'.
No, I won't call it a race;-)


--
Toby.
quidquid latine dictum
sit, altum viditur

[Ext User(Albm&ctd)]

In article <1xia6yfwo0hbp$.ymujgeukzyyn$.dlg@40tude.net>,
toby@privacy.net says...
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:03:22 +1000, Albm&ctd wrote:
>
> > In article <60kw0ax3uomq$.he97ue1owfkm$.dlg@40tude.net>, toby@privacy.net
> > says...
> >> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:13:33 +1000, Scotty wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote in message
> >>> news:MPG.1eeec32190f9e5579899a9@news.readfreenews. net...
> >>>> In article <Xy+NfiHyuauA@unknown>, patrick@unknown says...
> >>>>> Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
> >>>>> to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
> >>>>> in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
> >>>>> on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
> >>>>> to front and stays in place
> >>>>>
> >>>> ..and who would have guessed that putting a finger in a gun barrel would
> >>>> blow your hand off
> >>>>
> >>>> Al
> >>>> --
> >>>> I don't take sides.
> >>>> It's more fun to insult everyone.
> >>>> http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bugs bunny still has all his fingers doesnt he? Must be true.
> >>
> >> All?
> >> He has three plus an opposable thumb.
> >>
> >> And no, I don't know whether he was 'converted' by misadventure to
> >> standard cartoon character hands or whether he was born that way.
> >>
> > He's most likely a mutant escapee from a US laboratory around the time of
> > A-bomb testing.
> >
> > Al
>
> Uncanny.....
>
Nope, I'm rather certain that's Sylvester.. and we can only presume the
three-toed sloth was once five toed, having put one toe up a barrel and
the loss of the other caused by cosmic rays.

Al
--
I don't take sides.
It's more fun to insult everyone.
http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html

[Ext User(Kev)]

Neil Fisher wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:05:29 GMT, patrick@unknown (Patrick Young
> <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU>), after considering some belly-button
> fluf, wrote:
>
>
>>Mythbusters: pickup truck tailgates, more economical
>>to drive with tailgate up. Knew that from both riding
>>in the back of me own, and the bit of carpet I place
>>on the tailgate for loading unloading - U move it
>>to front and stays in place
>
>
> But does the length of the tray in the ute make a difference.
> The trucks they used had only a small cargo area ( double cab ute) .
> What would happen if you used a Falcadore ute or the US equivalent
> which has a much larger cargo area and only being a 2 door ute??
>
> Bob.
> ---
> Neil Fisher / Bob Young
> Thundercords
> personal opinion unless otherwise noted.
> Looking for spark plug leads?
> Check out http://www.magnecor.com.au


I owned two Hilux tray back utes and both went better with the rear gate
and sides removed

the old 83 Hilux was good for another 15kph and the crappy 85 Hilux was
good for another 10kph

Maybe if they used one of our underpowered diesel utes they would see a
difference



Kev