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Volume, Dimensions and
Storage Space Requirements

We are frequently ask what the volumes, dimentions and storage space requirements are for the various containers we package your food into. What follows should answer most of these questions.

                                             * Storage
Container      Volume      Dimensions        Space Req.  .
#2.5 Can       3.5 cups      4X4.69"         .043 cu ft
Case of #2.5                 8.25 X 
Cans (6 ea.)   5.25 qts.   12.25 X 4.5"      .263 cu ft
#10 Can        13 cups      6.13 X 7"        .152 cu ft
Case of #10                  12.5 X 
Cans (6 ea.)   4.88 gal    7.5 X 18.63"      1.01 cu ft
6 Gal Bucket    6 gal      12 X 17.5"        1.46 cu ft
5 Gal Water
Drum            5 gal     10.5 X 13.5"       0.86 cu ft
15 Gal Water
Drum           15 gal      14.5 X 22"        2.67 cu ft
                                             * Storage
Container      Volume      Dimensions        Space Req.  .
55 Gal Water
Drum           55 gal       24 X 34"        11.33 cu ft
50 lb Sack      6.66        26 X 16
of Wheat        gal         X 4.5"          1.08 cu ft
50 lb Sack                  33.5 X
of Quick      13 gal        17.5 X          1.74 cu ft
Rolled Oats                  4.5"
25 lb Sack                  26.5 X
of Quick      6.5 gal        18 X           .87 cu ft
Rolled Oats                  3.5"
25 lb Sack                21 X 11.5
Pinto Beans   3.66 gal       X 4"           .49 cu ft

* Storage space required was determined by putting the cans, buckets, and drums in an imaginary box, then determining the cubic area of that box.


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