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Originally Posted by Guest
Trump wants to build a $15 billion wall that can be defeated by a $10 shovel or a $75 extension ladder from Casa Depot. People have been scaling walls since the middle ages. Gen Patton was right.
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Have you seen the plans?
This is one engineer's estimate based on the information from Trump.
Foundation: 6 feet deep, 18 inch radius = 42.4 cubic feet
Column: 4 square feet area by 30 feet tall = 120 cubic feet
Wall panels: 25 feet tall by 10 feet long by 8 inches thick = 166.7 cubic feet
Total concrete per 10-foot segment = 329.1 cubic feet
1,954 miles = 10,300,00 feet = 1,030,000 segments (10-feet long each)
1,030,000 segments * 329.1 cubic feet per segment = 339,000,000 cubic feet = 12,555,000 cubic yards. (The cubic yard is the standard unit of measure of concrete volume in the United States.)
Since this was drawn up Trump raised it another 10 feet. I'm guessing the foundation would be deeper too.
I guess if a ladder is big enough and there is one on each side or if you start digging and have plenty of time then I guess the wall won't accomplish what has been suggested.