Parcel dimensional weight
Billable weight of a parcel from its dimensions and actual weight with the carrier's DIM divisor.
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Bills on dimensions: 50 lb for a 22 lb parcel; the air costs $30.80 a parcel, $73,920.00 a year
- Cubic inches
- 6,912
- DIM weight
- 50 lb
- Billable weight
- 50 lb per parcel (50 lb total)
- Billed on
- Dimensions: a box with 56% less volume would bill on actual weight
- Length + girth
- 92 in
Rating sheet for this box
- Box as rated
- 24 x 18 x 16 in, 6,912 cu in (4.00 cu ft)
- DIM weight
- 50 lb at divisor 139
- Actual weight, rounded up
- 22 lb
- Billable weight
- 50 lb a parcel
- Parcel density
- 5.5 lb per cu ft; DIM stops mattering at 12.4 lb per cu ft
- Biggest box that bills on actual weight
- 3,058 cu in (1.77 cu ft)
and 2 more lines
Also on the sheet
- Smaller box side by side · 5 lines, starting with “Smaller box”
- What the box costs you · 4 lines, starting with “Cost a parcel, this box”
The plain-words read of this example
This 24 x 18 x 16 in box has a DIM weight of 50 lb at divisor 139 and bills at 50 lb against 22 lb actual. Its density is 5.5 lb per cu ft; anything under 12.4 bills on dimensions. The smaller box bills 33 lb, saving $18.70 a parcel and $44,880.00 a year at 200 a month. Check the divisor and surcharges in your carrier agreement.
3 cited sources
- Domestic Mail Manual 123: Prices and eligibility (1.3, dimensional weight) (USPS Postal Explorer)
- Domestic Mail Manual 101: Physical standards (3.2, maximum weight and size) (USPS Postal Explorer)
- Containers and Packaging: Product-Specific Data (corrugated boxes) (US Environmental Protection Agency)
Plus 5 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.