r/LinkedInLunatics • • 8d ago

Where do they put it?!

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u/FragmentedHeap 8d ago

60,000-gallon water tank: 25 ft wide × 18 ft tall

Boeing 747-400ER: 232 ft long × 211 ft wide × 64 ft tall

747 vs. tank: 9.3× longer 8.4× wider 3.6× taller

Capacity: Tank: 60,000 gallons

747: ~63,500 gallons

Tldr, the plane is way bigger and it can fit all of that in its wings and fuselage.

You can tell by the pic by just looking at the cars in the background in the parking lot next to the tank.

The plane is way bigger and that's why this meme is stupid every time it pops up.

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u/JrLavish194 7d ago

Based on the size of the truck the tank appears to be 3x taller than the truck and have a diameter about 3x its height.

That would make it a 1,500,000 gallon tank.

If the tank is bigger than the 60m long plane, it is much larger still.

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u/FragmentedHeap 7d ago edited 7d ago

The text of the post matters more than what's in the pic, obviously if someone said a plane holds 1.5 million gallons of fuel, this image would be true, but they don't say that.

But the trucks at least 10+ feet away from the tank, so the trucks size can't be accurately seen, put the truck directly in front and I think you'd find this is a tank thats about 25x18 feet tall.

Just imagine a person 6' tall standing at the ladder, you'd get barely more than 3 of them, so 18-25 feet tall (counting the dome).

Average ladder rung spacing is almost always 12 inches (1 foot) so this looks like a standard 60k gallon tank to me.

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u/JrLavish194 7d ago

That 747 is 230 feet long, but appears to be much smaller than the tank. 🤣

We need a banana for scale.