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Miscellaneous => Ammunition, Reloading, and Range Reports => Ammunition => Topic started by: Greatguns on March 16, 2022, 04:23:41 PM
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I did some research and wanted to run this by you guys to confirm, or refute, what I found. Anybody got better weights on the crated stuff I listed? Your help would be appreciated.
For various packaging of bulk ammo set ups this is what I found for shipping weights
Russian military/Modern Production, 640 round Spam Cans = 29lbs.
Modern production, 1000 round case = 38 lbs.
M67 on strippers, 1120 round crate = 60 lbs?
M67, 1260 round crate = 60 lbs?
Chinese Copper washed on Strippers, 1100 round crate = 45 lbs?
Chinese Copper washed w/o strippers, 1500 round crate = 55lbs?
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GM, help the boy, are these weights fairly close on the crates? I have a small car, LOL.
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Typical weight of 1000rd is around 38-39 pounds. A 1120/1240rd crate of Yugo is 66/67 pounds. Figure a tin maybe a pound.
But if you go big... :)
A pallet gross weight of x39... 48 cases, 48000 rds is roughly 1776/1800 pounds, 24 pallets would be roughly 42,624/43200 pounds, which 24 pallets double stacked fits perfect in a 40ft conex box. That's 1,152,000 rounds per conex plus pallets and boxes, with most trucks/chassis and conex w/ load is 80,000 pounds. Depending on truck, if it's a bull hauler stretch job, a 5% overload permit might be issued and it would be placarded as hazmat.... rofl too many years in the freight industry.
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Typical weight of 1000rd is around 38-39 pounds. A 1120/1240rd crate of Yugo is 66/67 pounds. Figure a tin maybe a pound.
But if you go big... :)
A pallet gross weight of x39... 48 cases, 48000 rds is roughly 1776/1800 pounds, 24 pallets would be roughly 42,624/43200 pounds, which 24 pallets double stacked fits perfect in a 40ft conex box. That's 1,152,000 rounds per conex plus pallets and boxes, with most trucks/chassis and conex w/ load is 80,000 pounds. Depending on truck, if it's a bull hauler stretch job, a 5% overload permit might be issued and it would be placarded as hazmat.... rofl too many years in the freight industry.
Okay, I was a little light but not too far off. I think I'll be okay. I do know a trucker though, LOL