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Are Chinooks powerful enough to lift one of these shipping crates?
They can carry up to 25k pounds. I’d assume so.
Some 40' containers can easily hold more weight than 25k pounds. Legal road weight is in the 35-40k range, I believe. Been a few years since I worked in transportation.
I thought 80k was the max?
depends how heavy it is, I suppose.
Actually, no they can't. An Abrams weighs 60+ tons.
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm
The Chinook has a payload of 10,000 lbs., or 5 tons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook
Not even a Sikorsky Super Stallion can lift one, and they have a payload of 36,000 lbs., or 18 tons.
https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ch53e/#:~:text=The%20Super%20Stallion%20helicopter%20can,sponsons%20for%20greater%20fuel%20capacity.
Dumb question here couldn’t another ship come along side so they could move over the containers?
Not likely, not unless it has a built in crane that can lift 10 tonne containers.
Nope.. You'd need an Mi-26 for that..
Not even an Mi-26 can lift an Abrams. The tank weighs 60+ tons and the Mi-26 max payload is 20 tons.