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Thursday 23rd of February 2012

Conversion Formulas

• Kilograms to Pounds - # kilograms x 2.2046
• Pounds to Kilograms - # pounds x 0.453

DETERMINE CUBIC FEET

LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT DIVIDED BY 1728 = CUBIC FEET
(EX: (96"X36"X48" IS 165,888 DIVIDED BY 1728 = 96)

CUBIC FEET INTO LINEAL FEET

CUBIC FEET (DIVIDED BY) 58 = LINEAL FEET
(EX: 388 (DIVIDED BY) 58 = 6.69 (7' OF TRUCK)

(ACTUAL DIVISION NUMBER IS 62, BUT FREIGHT DOES NOT ALWAYS CUBE EQUALLY SO WE USE 58)

DETERMINE DENISITY FOR NMFC DENSITY ITEMS

DETERMINE CUBIC FEET OF ITEM (ETIHER BOX OR SHIRINK WRAPPED PALLET)
WEIGHT DIVIDED BY CUBIC FEET = DENSITY
(EX: 500 LBS DIVIDED BY 96 = 5.21 DENSITY IN LBS. PER CUBIC FOOT)


DIM WEIGHT FOR AIR FREIGHT

LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT (DIVIDED BY) 194 = DIM WEIGHT (DOMESTIC)
(EX: 96"X36"X48" (DIVIDED BY) 194 = 855 LBS DIM WEIGHT)

LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT (DIVIDED BY) 166 = DIM WEIGHT (INTERNATIONAL)
(EX: 96"X36"X48" (DIVIDED BY) 166 = 999 LBS DIM WEIGHT)

 

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