{"id":299,"date":"2024-01-19T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2024-02-07T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T02:16:25","slug":"how-do-you-measure-an-ltl-freight-shipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/ltl-oversized-freight-shipping\/how-do-you-measure-an-ltl-freight-shipment\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you measure an LTL Freight shipment?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2addec81 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<p class=\"crumbs\"><a href=\"\/support\/\">Support Home<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"\/support\/ltl-oversized-freight-shipping\/\">LTL \/ Oversized Freight Shipping<\/a> &gt;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you measure an LTL Freight shipment?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This article explains how to properly and accurately measure a freight shipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measure at the widest points for each dimension and always round up. You must include the pallet in your measurements!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that it is not recommended to have the shipment hang over the edge of the pallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ShipNerd_Measure_Pallet-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ShipNerd_Measure_Pallet-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ShipNerd_Measure_Pallet-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ShipNerd_Measure_Pallet-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ShipNerd_Measure_Pallet.png 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weight:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Enter the&nbsp;total weight&nbsp;of the shipment. The weight entered should include the weight of the pallet. A standard 48&#215;40 wood pallet weighs approximately 40 lbs on average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if a shipment contains five 10 lb boxes, the total weight of the shipment would be approx. 90lbs: (5 boxes x10 lbs) + 40 lbs = 90 lbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filestackcontent.com\/gN3Xyk1OSEmx7rb0BxH7\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Home &gt; LTL \/ Oversized Freight Shipping &gt; How do you measure an LTL Freight shipment? This article explains how to properly and accurately measure a freight shipment. Measure at the widest points for each dimension and always round up. You must include the pallet in your measurements!&nbsp; Please note that it is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":288,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-299","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipnerd.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}