COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER

Tote Systems division, Hoover Ball and Bearing Company, Beatrice, Nebraska, has developed a 50-cubic-foot collapsible aluminum container. The boxes are made in light gauge, for loads of up to one ton, and in heavier guage, for two-ton capacity. The net weights are 131 pounds and 170 pounds, respectively. The outside dimensions of a standard model are 60"x44 3/4"x39 1/2". With plastic lids, the containers can be stacked two-high outdoors, with 14 empties making a stack less than eight feet tall.

• Corporate Authors:

  Communication Channels, Incorporated

  461 8th Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10001
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • CONTAINER NEWS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Containers; Design
• Old TRIS Terms: Aluminum containers; Collapsible containers; Container design
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148838
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Development Agency Centre
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM