The standard barge is 195 feet long, 35 feet wide, and can be used to a 9-foot draft. Its capacity is 1500 tons. Some of the newer barges today are 290 feet by 50 feet, double the capacity of earlier barges.
Source: http://www.caria.org/barges_tugboats.html
An ant can typically lift and carry four times its own weight.
They can carry their own weight
Typically, about 5 to 5-1/2 tons.
The amount of weight a person can carry will depend upon the person. The stronger the person is, the more weight that they will be able to carry.
Need to know how much weight and what type of scrap metal (steel, copper, etc.) in order to provide correct answer
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130 tons
in the region of 150lbs
Approximately half their weight.
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