How much load space will I need (in cubic metres and feet) for:

30 boxes @ 133 x 38 x 77 cm

50 boxes @ 76 x 30 x 56cm

???

 

30 boxes = 11.67474m cubed
50 boxes = 6.3840m cubed

To be precise

 

18.06m3 if everything packs up tight.

Don't have a convertor to hand to do cubic feet.

John.

 

Handy being able to edit posts isn't it

 

best way is to work out the dimensions of the storage space and work it backwards. How big is the room?

 

RB5, don't give up your day job, its 11.67474m cubed.

work it all in centimeteres then divide by 1,000,000.

 

Of course there is no analytical solution to the packing problem. Even the best computational methods just take the largest box they can pack into the available space, then the next largest, etc.

Next stop: travelling salesman problem

 

Thats what i put,can't you read???

 

and whats a decimal point between friends

 

LOL @ RB5's answer! (sorry )

To put it into perspective, your answer (total of approximately 180,000 cubic metres) is roughly the same as the inflated volume of the German zeppelin "Hindenberg"!!!

I hope Scooby96 has a big van!

 

there's 3.281 feet in a metre, so there's 3.281x3.281x3.281 cubic feet in a cubic metre..

which is 35.3198 cubic feet...

so 11.67474 m^3 is 412.35 cubic feet.

I think

 

thanks peeps

yep, its gonna be a 7.5 tonner

 

there is software we use from G.O.A.L (www.packyourpallet.co.uk) that will calcluate optimum loading for your lorry, even the 45s. Its not cheap, but good and they have a demo version

 

And?

 

And... can you see the German zeppelin Hindenburg fitting into a 7.5 tonner?

 

In case anyone needs it, there is a convertor here

It does power and torque as well, although I don't know how this might be handy on a car site!!

 

and another here, right click save as:

www.maj.clara.net/upload/convert.zip

dead handy

 

If it was after it exploded then quite possibly

 

LOL!