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[–] 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (18 children)

That truck holds way more than 330 gallons. I only drove B-train tankers. They haul more than the one shown, and I’d haul 13,000 gallons of fuel in two smaller tanks.

I can’t remember how much a single 53’ tank holds, but half a B-train would be 6500 gallons, which is smaller than the trailer shown.

A more accurate representation would be one of those 4’x4’x4’-ish totes with the metal cage. In fact, that’s probably how it was shipped and this is literally one shipment.

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  • [–] [S] 38 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    The Snopes thing says it was 6 x 55 gal. barrels.

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  • [–] 33 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Ah, well there you are! That sounds about right. Picture a pallet with 4 drums on it. Then half that again.

    The picture here is super misleading. Also, how you gonna drive a tanker across the ocean?

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Ice beam making a bridge in front of the tanker.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Does that mean that Professor X might be in the redacted sections for renting out poor little Bobby? This new information doesn't look good for a boarding school for unwanted children with a private jet for unregistered international travel.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

    Why is everyone so terminally literal on the internet? That's not the actual picture of the shipment. That's just a truck. For a meme.

    Saying it again. The truck is just for effect. For. A. Meme.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Because it makes it seem like he had a truckload of acid so people go “oh yeah he was definitely dissolving bodies in it,” when that’s probably not the case.

    It’s subtle misinformation, and misinformation should always be corrected.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    He probably wasn't dissolving bodies. The reality is that a lot of those girls came from consenting families. Either from poor families who were paid or from families who were already part of the system. Kids of supermodels who were also exploited when they were kids. It's a cycle.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Those IBC totes are 250 gallons usually, and I'm not sure if they can handle sulferic acid.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    One or those little cube containers we see in scifi movies are 500 gallons and those are like 4x4x4 maybe?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    I was thinking one of these. They’re 1000L I believe. Not entirely sure, I quit being a truck driver years ago and my knowledge is fading.

    Another commenter said it was shipped in 6 drums though, which hold 205L

    https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibctanks.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F275gallon-new-ibc-800x800.jpg&f=1&ipt=3ffae2674c5cc8f38764a3ecbfd0c41d1752e319c1922e90e338eecbd7d9e3c8

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