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Found myself wondering how many tons of water the bed of a pickup would hold. It's gotta be enough to invert the springs.
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quote:Originally posted by aspectre: Found myself wondering how many tons of water the bed of a pickup would hold. It's gotta be enough to invert the springs.
Based on the dimension of the truck given at this site, the bed would hold 1.9 cubic meters of water (~ 2 tons) if filled to the brim. From the picture it doesn't look like he's got more the 6 inches of water which would weigh about half a ton.
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We built a boat when we were kids, and launched it on the creek. It was a spectacular failure, overturning on its maiden voyage, and spilling all 10 or so of us neighborhood kids out into the shallow water. That's how I learned the lesson about the center of gravity needing always to remain below the center of buoyancy in shipbuilding.
Anyway, after failing so notoriously as a boat, we gave our Lusitania a second life as a swimming pool in summer. Sure it leaked between the caulked planks, but the hose was enough to keep it full. In that era before wading pools were widely available, and when our chance to swim in a real pool was rare, we had a wonderful time with it. It's extra special if you made it yourself.
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