No doubt about in the automotive trades – fuel prices and auto / trucks sales are intertwined. In line with high gas prices they can only go up as the present worldwide economy makes fuel pricing unstable. Gas prices may go up and down yet you can bet your last dollar , that just like taxes they always seem to be on the rise and seldom decrease in the long run. If you have a truck you may have tried various methods of increasing your mpg miles per gallon real world driving rankings. Yet there is one method of improving and increasing miles per gallon measurements for most truck drivers that few realize – that is to have a truck bed cover and keep it closed over your trucks cargo box.

Pickup trucks all in all can be said not to be fuel thrifty vehicles. Gas mileage drops through the floor for heavy duty units. While the light duty pickups have far better efficiency than heavy duty trucks overall they fare below compact cars especially highly energy efficient automobiles especially hybrids. Yet the big 3 domestic auto producers have become not so car makers as truck manufacturers. Americans in 2011 like trucks. They find them trendy and fun.

Truck people may have ways to save gas money that they never thought of. Employ a tonneau cover and keep it closed and your fill up will definitely keep you traveling down the road or highway a lot further and longer than if had splurged on that factory or dealer option when you purchased that new or used truck.

Why this is so and by what scientific basis can these claims be made and substantiated? Its not as if these are similar to claims made for that secret carburetor that gets zillions of miles per gallon and either the auto / gas companies have paid to keep off the market. Drag coefficiency has been known as one of the factors that do and can increase fuel consumption of any and all vehicles – be they car, truck or SUV. Its no secret that this is due to the facts that an increased and larger coefficient factor forces any automobile’s engine to push and work harder and harder just to overcome these power robbers.

In the case of pickup vehicles specifically simple “Tonneau Covers” (or what seems to many nothing more a fancy name for a truck bed cover), increase gas mileage and fuel economy ratings by making air flow into the rear open areas and alongside the tailgate area greatly reducing this drag coefficient measurement and conversely greatly upping your miles per gallon / km per filling that you as a pickup driver or motorist to enjoy. Fuel consumption as a result is lessened and reduced.

Yet even though a cover may in place in your vehicle if you lazily forget to open it up and cover your truck cargo box its all for naught.

The rule for greater fuel economy for pickup driving motorists is first to purchase that cover if you don’t have one. Secondly if you do have those Tonneau units take the time and energy to deploy it firmly. Otherwise it cannot do you much good for your gasoline or diesel fuel budget and ultimately your pocketbook.

Author Bio: Tom I. Stables Trucks for Sale Surrey Camrose Alberta Used Truck Dealers Automobile Financing Winnipeg Premium Used Cars for Sale