I have fond memories of the Bell47. It was a real workhorse in its time and could lift a reasonable load if flown carefully.
Early in my career I flew Bell47G3B1's in PNG. One of my tasks was regularly slinging 44 gallon drums of fuel, one at a time, to resupply repeater stations on mountain tops. That was hard work but with care the machine did the job. We did all sorts of charter work with the B47G back than, much of it in "hot and high" terrain. Often we would take off with 2 passengers and the litters loaded with cargo, almost always at max TOW and more often than not operating too and from confined areas.
Certainly taught me a lot about precision and careful flying!!