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Cattle Pens
Instoneair developed
a very lightweight, high strength collapsible aluminium/composite 747/MD11
cattle pen. The pen design enables more cattle to be carried on a long
sector than other conventional types of penning system. The pens are
very thin and light, allowing more floor area to be utilised than on
other systems.
A full 747 set of pens is about 10,000lbs lighter than conventional wooden or
aluminium types, thereby making available a significantly higher payload.
The use of the Instoneair cattle pen permits approx. 6 extra head of cattle at 1,500 lbs each to be carried on a 747 charter. On a large contract or series of charters this is a very important advantage; a full 747 charter normally carries 135 head of cattle of the type imported by Japan.