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I ended up having to take the canopy off anyway when I bought a used speeco log splitter. Towing that sucker 200 miles on a 70 mph highway at 40 mph just didn't sound like any fun. Then I discovered how much better the truck drove without it - mileage went up and visibility was improved so I may not put it back on. And the compressor deal fell through so I'm still keeping my eye open for another bargain.
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When you say, "canopy" do you mean a "cap or topper" When I hear the word canopy I start thinking tarp with poles?  .
Funny what folks around different parts of the country call the same thing? Hell for that matter in my own state. Folks in the north (of my state) call "suckers" Red Horse" (Must make them taste better?????)
Nuff of being a smart ass (sorry), So what is a canopy?
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Cap = topper = canopy. The place I bought it from is named All American Canopies and that's all they sell so I adopted their terminology. A cap is something you wear on your head and a topper is a guy whose job is cutting the tops off of trees 
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Cap = topper = canopy = shell = lid. To repeat a few I have heard over the years
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brokenarrow,
Just what is a "sucker?" Here that is someone about to be taken.
But do people there really eat Horses just because they are Red?
Good point on different terms. Ever wonder how many wars have been because of translators?
On a less serious or more serious line, wonder how many conflicts have been between a husband and his wife because of such?
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I nearly got shot once over a miscommunication, but it wasn't the word, but from my wife hearing the *wrong* word.
I left the office early to pick up some glass that I had cut to cover the coffee and end tables in the living room, to prevent the need for using a coaster under a drink.
My wife called late in the day to ask me to pick up a few things on the way home.
When my phone went through to voicemail she rang through to my (then *very* new) assistant to ask her to let me know she was waiting on the phone.
Apparently when the girl said "Oh I'm sorry ma'am, Mr. Murphy is not in the office this afternoon, he slipped out early today, he said he was taking a late lunch and then going to get a piece of glass afterwards and won't be back today." My wife didn't hear the "GL" in glass......
Luckily for me I came home with the glass for the tables!!
Best of luck.
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Cap = topper = canopy = shell = lid. To repeat a few I have heard over the years
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......>>>I don't like any of them as you can't haul anything tall and they obstruct your vision
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lbrown, I don't like them either, for the reasons you mention, but living in a place where it rains 8 months of the year it's nice for keeping stuff dry. Since I took the canopy off my truck the mileage has improved about 3/4 mpg. Not sure if that's mostly due to weight savings or aerodynamics but I'm leaving it off until the rain starts up again.
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KW: You are not imagining things when it comes to getting better mileage without the "canoshelidtopper". Back in the mid 80's exensive tests were done when canoshelidtopper manufacturers were claiming better mileage. The principle is the cover creates a vacuum behind the tailgate creating drag. Conversely air flowing over the cab as hits the tailgate turns to turbulence and breaks up the vacuum.
Years ago there were "bug shields" that attached on the front of the hood of trucks. What they were suppose to do was direct the air flow over the hood and up over the cab. In some cases, like on my truck, it created a vacuum behind the bugshield and would direct the wind--bugs and all even sand and gravel---down onto the hood. Another side effect was the windshiled wipere squirters wouldn't spray on the windshield but be pulled into the vacuum and onto the hood. What a mess.
Snow plows that ride high up in transit at highway speed can cause a vacuum behind them which literally wants to suck engine cooled air back through the radiator through the front grille. Many a truck has overheated becasue of that. When I use mine, I ride with it as low as possible to the road (DOH! a few times it go too close and I hit a partially flooded roadway and about spun me around--scary!)
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The same applies to the tailgate, it has been proven in wind tunnel testing, and by the TV show Myth Busters () that driving with the tail gate down actually uses more fuel, not less.
As for the snow plow, almost all of ours are V-plows now, they have very little efect on the airflow to the rad, even fully raised, since there is a huge gap in the middle underneath.
They also partially equalize the impact when you hit a deep puddle!! .
They also make launching small drifts across a road or driveway fun!!
Best of luck.
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