Pumped up Gross weight of tools

i believe this to be true. not sure why . my delta bandsaw said 397 lbs. my drum sander also said 397 lbs. i gotta say there aint no way in h##l the bandsaw weighs as much as the drum sander~!!!!! maybe delta uses lead lined crates??? lol...

skeez

How much over 500 pounds? If it is near a break point on the rate, it may be cheaper to ship it as 500 pounds at a low tariff that 499 pounds at the higher tariff. This varies with classifications. I ship a lot of class 300 product and I can ship 1000 pounds cheaper by calling it 10,000 pounds at class 100. Of course it is cheaper yet to ship a trailer.

Freight costs are non-intuitive. Using an independent carrier through a broker I shipped one pallet of material 70 miles at a cost of $250 and had use of the entire trailer. New Penn rated it at $337.

If it is near a break point on the rate, it may

This stuff must be containerized comming from Asia, I have to belive that that part of the trip uses a volume-based pricing.

Steve

Sure it is. But then it breaks down to a truck at the distribution center. There may have been a pallet when shipped from the distribution point to the dealer or to the final buyer. In many cases, the imported merchandise has the weights right on the cartons, often the volume.

Sort of. The parcel carriers like UPS, FedEx, use a dimensional weight that corresponds to volume. With dimensional weight they don't car what you are shipping.

Truckers use freight classifications. Remember the old joke, what weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks? While they may weigh the same, on a bill of lading they would be classified as perhaps Class 300 for the feathers, Class 25 for the bricks. That is the multiplier used to come up wit the rate.

Most of what I ship is "Cellular expanded plastic articles with a density of