Tailgate mounted drag reducing aerostabilizer

In an improved pickup truck including a cargo bed and an opening tailgate positioned proximal an aft end of said cargo bed, the improvement comprising:

• a first aerostabilizer in mechanical communication with said tailgate by attachment means that attaches to the tailgate such that said first aerostabilizer moves with the tailgate during opening and closing of said tailgate, and a forward portion of said first aerostabilizer is, at least over a majority of said first aerostabilizer's width and when the tailgate is in its vertical position, angled downward from horizontal to thereby aid in directing air flow from the cargo bed out over the tailgate, wherein said first tailgate aerostabilizer is at least in part curvilinear, whereby there is an air gap between at least a majority of a width of an underside of said first aerostabilizer and an upper portion of said tailgate, as seen with the tailgate in its closed or vertical orientation, and whereby air from a forward portion of said tailgate, when said tailgate is closed in its vertical position and the pickup truck is moving forward, passes freely through said air gap thereby relieving air pressure from a forward portion of the tailgate.

In an improved pickup truck including a cargo bed and an opening tailgate positioned proximal an aft end of said cargo bed, the improvement comprising:

• an aerostabilizer in mechanical communication with and positioned, at least in its majority, proximal to and above the tailgate such that said first aerostabilizer moves with the tailgate during opening and closing of the tailgate, a majority of said aerostabilizer's forward portions lower than a majority of its aft portions when the tailgate is in its vertical position, and a majority of a width of an underside of said aerostabilizer separated from the tailgate by an air gap, and whereby air from a forward portion of said tailgate, when said tailgate is closed in its vertical position and the pickup truck is moving forward, passes freely through said air gap thereby relieving air pressure from a forward portion of the tailgate.