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How Do I Calculate UPS Dimensional Weight
for Domestic Shipments?

from the UPS website... http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources
/prepare/dim_weight.html

If you have more than one package to be shipped, consider each package a separate shipment for weight calculation purposes. Determine the Actual Weight: Use any standard scale and round up any fraction of a pound to the next full pound.

Determine Dimensional Weight:

For UPS Ground Shipments: If the cubic size of the package is 5,184 or larger, divide the cubic size by 194 to determine dimensional weight in pounds. If the cubic size is less than 5,184, use the actual weight of the package.

For UPS Air Shipments: Divide the cubic size by 194 to determine dimensional weight in pounds. Round up any fraction of a pound to the next full pound.

Determine Billable Weight:

Compare each package’s actual weight to its dimensional weight. The larger of the two weights is the billable weight and should be used to calculate the rate.

If you have a multiple-package shipment, add the cubic sizes for all of the packages together. The total is the cubic size of your shipment.

Large Package Conditions

Your UPS domestic or UPS Standard to Canada package is considered a Large Package when its length, combined with twice the width plus twice the height, exceeds 130 inches and is equal to or less than 165 inches.

– Large Packages are subject to a minimum billable weight of 90 pounds.

– To determine the rate for single-package shipments with a dimensional weight of 150 pounds or more, multiply the package weight by the price per pound multiplier.

Large Package Surcharge

A Large Package Surcharge of US$40 will be applied to all UPS domestic packages, including Hundredweight and Standard to Canada packages, when the size of the package exceeds 130 inches (330 cm) in length and girth combined.

For information on “Calculating Dimensional Weight for International Shipments”, visit the UPS website:

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources
/prepare/dim_weight.html