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40ft High Cube container (40HC): how many tyres fit?

Inside: 12 032 × 2 350 × 2 700 mm, door 2 340 × 2 597 mm. Tyres stacked flat in piles or standing upright in rows; the better of the two is the answer.

205/55 R16 tyres: 741 — stacked flat, 57 piles of 13

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How many fit, by tyre size

SizeØ × widthStacked flatUpright in rowsFit
175/65 R14583 × 1751 2001 0881 200
205/55 R16632 × 205741696741
225/45 R17634 × 225648636648
265/70 R16777 × 265450405450
315/80 R22.51 076 × 315176152176

Simple stacking only: laced ("herringbone") loading fits more, but how many depends on the tyres and the loaders. Diameters from the size marking; real tyres differ by a few millimetres.

✓ VerifiedSource: Hapag-Lloyd — 40' Standard High Cube · checked 23 October 2026

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Questions and answers

40ft High Cube container (40HC): how many tyres fit?

205/55 R16 tyres: 741 — stacked flat, 57 piles of 13.

Why do loaders fit more tyres in practice?

They lace them: each tyre sits partly inside the next one. That fits more, but how many depends on the tyre size and the crew, so this page counts plain piles and rows.

How much do tyres weigh?

A car tyre weighs about 7–12 kg, an SUV tyre 12–20 kg, a truck tyre 50–80 kg. Weight rarely limits car tyres; for truck tyres check the payload.

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