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Re: Has anyone tested out the viability of using hooks to lift totes?

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Originally Posted by pipsqueaker View Post
How many totes can you guys stack/hold? Our mentor has said that we could at maximum stack four totes with this mechanism (something about needing a space in between each tote), but I'm not sure that this is a constraint that other teams haven't overcome
I agree with your mentor. You need to leave enough space between the totes so you can align the hooks with the next one underneath. This occurs because the totes tip slightly forward and are angled so they take up sightly more space vertically. We haven't thought of a way around this yet. In theory, we should be able to cary 3-4 totes and a recycling container on top. Without a recycling container, we might be able to carry 5 totes.