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> Back the day we did it with a ten foot sea container, never thought it would fit How’d you end up doing it? Roll it on its side? Usually the height of a sea
by jsjohnst 4y ago
> Back the day we did it with a ten foot sea container, never thought it would fit
How’d you end up doing it? Roll it on its side? Usually the height of a sea going container is ~2.6m and per the specs I’m seeing online the allowed height through the nose is only ~2.49m. Because they are just taller than they are wide, spec wise it would fit laying on its side, but still curious when doing it for real if that was necessary.
- avar 4y agoPresumably they're talking about a 8x8x10 container. The 747 is specced for 8x8 w/h containers.
- jsjohnst 4y agoYeah, 8’ just barely fits in via the nose. You got maybe an inch or two to spare on height. Going via the main deck side doors on a cargo style 747 would be much easier imho for a container that size. Not only can you go a full 10ft high, you’ve got around 11’ straight in width clearance.
- hef19898 4y agoThey maneuvered it through the side door, with four people, inch by inch, millimeter by millimeter. Working for the airport at the time I didn't touch a thing, better to have crew damage a perfectly fine aircraft. Still impressive feat of loading, almost on par with the Russians, they use the cargo door to squeeze the cargo properly in, like avergae Joe slaming his trunk.
- jsjohnst 4y agoAh, side door. That should’ve been easy then, no?