jamesgangnc wrote:
I wonder if we have any posters that have actually seen them load cars
on those ships? Seems to me that you would have to have some sort of
tie downs. Wouldn't it be unrealistic to expect 5,000 cars to stay put
in a trans-pacific trip? I mean an ordinary storm could cause them to
slide? Unless they are on tracks or something.

Yeah, I wonder. I watched them unload cars in Benecia, CA, but only
from the outside. They drove them out so fast that I don't see how in
hell they could tie them down! I don't even know how in hell they
didn't wreck alot!

I'm not sure that speed of unloading tells us anything. If they have
some sort of quick tension release and a dozen guys just releasing then
they could go pretty fast.

basskisser wrote:
jamesgangnc wrote:
I wonder if we have any posters that have actually seen them load cars
on those ships? Seems to me that you would have to have some sort of
tie downs. Wouldn't it be unrealistic to expect 5,000 cars to stay put
in a trans-pacific trip? I mean an ordinary storm could cause them to
slide? Unless they are on tracks or something.

Yeah, I wonder. I watched them unload cars in Benecia, CA, but only
from the outside. They drove them out so fast that I don't see how in
hell they could tie them down! I don't even know how in hell they
didn't wreck alot!

basskisser wrote:
jamesgangnc wrote:

I wonder if we have any posters that have actually seen them load cars
on those ships? Seems to me that you would have to have some sort of
tie downs. Wouldn't it be unrealistic to expect 5,000 cars to stay put
in a trans-pacific trip? I mean an ordinary storm could cause them to
slide? Unless they are on tracks or something.


Yeah, I wonder. I watched them unload cars in Benecia, CA, but only
from the outside. They drove them out so fast that I don't see how in
hell they could tie them down! I don't even know how in hell they
didn't wreck alot!


Hee hee! Here certain stevedores were given the task of un-lashing the
cars. Others had the fun of driving them off the boat and to a parking
area. I remember a Volvo sportscar that resembled the one used by Roger
Moore in 'The Saint'. Must admit I came flying up the ramp with that one.