The strength of a conex is in the floor and the frame, if you are going to bury one for a bunker (with more that a foot or two of dirt on top) bury it upside-down.
A tanker trailer does not have the strength to support all the dirt, it will eventually collapse. If you think about the designs of both, all the weight carrying capacity is at the bottom; the floor of the container and the frame of the trailer. The container has the advantage that it is designed to support the weight of 8 other containers stacked on top of it. The tank of the trailer is designed to hold the fluid in, not support weight.
Oh, a tanker trailer has internal bulkheads that create compartments within it. If you cut out the bulkheads you lose most of the structural strength of the trailer. Make a cylinder out of a sheet of paper, you can easily crush it.
A tanker trailer does not have the strength to support all the dirt, it will eventually collapse. If you think about the designs of both, all the weight carrying capacity is at the bottom; the floor of the container and the frame of the trailer. The container has the advantage that it is designed to support the weight of 8 other containers stacked on top of it. The tank of the trailer is designed to hold the fluid in, not support weight.
Oh, a tanker trailer has internal bulkheads that create compartments within it. If you cut out the bulkheads you lose most of the structural strength of the trailer. Make a cylinder out of a sheet of paper, you can easily crush it.
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