What if it Snows?

They do help with breaking the drag a bit. The percentage of help is small but would be noticeable over the span of months/years.

From the manufacturers site: wind tunnel results for a Honda, cause it is small enough to fit a wind tunnel without having to make allowances for wall turbulence.
https://www.airtab.com/Site/documents/HondaWTReportV6.pdf

An interesting and observable side effect is the cloud of mist coming off a trailer in the rain is noticeably smaller/shorter.

 

Every truck is a freightliner cascadia if you’re woke enuff.

 

For some reason I don't think Dave is talking about one of these...

White model 670:

 

Finally made it to General Mills in Cedar Rapids IA, despite tain, a snow squall, and motherless wind.

Still lots of molasses to pump off the trailer, and 36 minutes to do it.

Looks like I'm overnighting at the company's CR terminal, with Swiss on Rye à la Volvo on tonight's bill of fare.

Unless there's someplace with better eats, and truck access, on the way there.

The air here smells like Cheerios. It's making me hungry.

I did manage to score some Chester's Chicken for lunch, but that was almost 8 hours ago.

The roving security guy walked past. Looks like he has a wand to read barcodes on the wall. Nice.

Back when I was doing that, I had to lug one of those 10 pound Detex clocks around to all the key stations, and turn each key about 15 times so the supervisor could read the tape in the morning, and I wouldn't get in trouble for allegedly missing a station.

Modern technology.........

 

Not Lucky Charms?

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2022/04/18/fda-lucky-charms-probe.html

 

Syfy channel is showing Underworld blood wars that is Kate in skin tight black leather.