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To: Equine1952

I agree that it would not be a small operation. 4780 tons of gold is almost 349 000 lbs of gold. Assuming 1000 lbs/pallet to move, and 16/pallets to a truck, it would take about 22 trucks to move. That’s an average of one night in a warehouse.

Less if they were able to move it larger amounts at a time.


30 posted on 02/20/2025 2:20:01 AM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
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To: Jonty30

Your figures are a bit off. The average tractor-trailer can haul over 40,000 lbs. of cargo weight and the individual pallets can (and likely do) weigh in excess of 2000 lbs. So 9 truckloads could empty the vault, which could be done in less than an hour.


69 posted on 02/20/2025 5:49:41 AM PST by Spacetrucker
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