[geeks] How big is a pile of 40,000 PCs?

[R. Lonstein]

On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 03:09:57PM -0400, nick at snowman.net wrote:
> It really depends on how tightly you pack em.  I've unloaded 3600 midtower
> cases from a 53" 18 wheeler.  (Boss was an idiot, decided he'd "save
> Money" by haveing the cases shipped unpalleted, which saved shipping
> costs, and cost him ~8hrs of everyone who worked there to unload).
> 	Nick

What a waste of time. What did you need 3600 cases for?

As for Enlight, I'm guessing that since the cases are destined for
retail, they are individually packed and boxed then palleted. They
probably don't stack pallets, either. So they are not getting maximum
density.

Still a large volume.

- Ross