Ok so you get another container with a dummy load to enable a simple connect disconnect at the loading dock, fine that would work, apart from what you would do when the next load arrives, do you just manufacture dummy loads and take them back to the start, how do these get back to the other side where they are needed, and why don’t we use the same method to move the initial cargo?

If you just have a tank for the water, you could just fill it before unloading.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then you would need a heavier structure to be able to support twenty tons in total, ten tons need to be supported by the landing gear.

This makes things heavier.

Also, where do you get ten tons of water from, where you at the same time can't drive a truck?

[–] wiccan2@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only carry liquid cargo, pump out of the cargo tank at the same rate you pump into the water tabk. You'd be able to maintain ten tons to an acceptable margin of error.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Clever idea!