Why. Does. Nobody. Smegging. List. This?

Sooo. Most intermodal containers 40' and longer have a gooseneck tunnel at the doorless end, designed to slip over a raised neck on the trailer chassis that carry them by road.
You would think that, as much as these containers are used, the dimensions of the gooseneck tunnel would be commonly listed. But noooooo. I have searched and searched, and nobody smegging had them posted. So. I'm asking here. Even the dimensions from an HO model container's gooseneck tunnel would be good enough at this point, they should be reasonably close to the real thing scaled down…

I don't know the width off hand but from my transport manager days the standard length is 2.4m with a maximum lenght of 3m

3174 mm long, 1029 mm wide, 120 mm deep. According to http://www.pier2pier.com/links/files/container/php/l-cont-gooseneck.php

Nigel

Details of the truck chassis which needs to fit that tunnel.
40' GN 2-Axle | Cheetah Chassis
Details of container
http://www.residentialshippingcontainerprimer.com/ISO%20Intermodal%20Cargo%20Shipping%20Containers
Andrew

Right, maybe its the gooseneck chassis measurement I am remembering, that would make sense of why its a maximum of 3m

Not sure that an exact measurement would be required if Brendan is doing this in HO -  3.65cm long x 1.18cm wide x 1.38mm deep. Although it would be a nice modeling touch with a 40 or 45 footer atop a 20 footer in one of those Gundersons.

Nigel

Thanks for that Nigel, that should make for a bit more accurate of a job than trying to use my scale ruler.

Hi Brendan,

Your query made me go and have a look at the real things - never noticed the goose-neck pocket before, it's quite noticeable with a 40 footer on a 20 footer (and usually with a Thermo-King refrigeration unit facing into the airflow). Devil's in the details. I'm sorely tempted, but these things were like hen's teeth in the 1950's.

Nigel