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Industrial Equipment
Machinery, pumps, motors, material-handling equipment, and other industrial shipments.
Air Compressor Freight Class
Boxed portable, palletized vertical, and crated industrial compressors.
View guideAir Filters Freight Class
Pleated filters, panel filters, bag filters, and palletized HVAC filter cases.
View guideElectric Motor Freight Class
Boxed motors, palletized industrial motors, gearmotors, and crated assemblies.
View guideFilters Freight Class
Boxed filters, palletized cartridges, industrial housings, and bulky filter assemblies.
View guideForklift Freight Class
Pallet jacks, compact forklifts, electric lift trucks, and crated forklift components.
View guideGearbox Freight Class
Boxed reducers, palletized gear drives, transmissions, and crated industrial gearboxes.
View guideGenerator Freight Class
Boxed portable, palletized standby, and crated industrial generator shipments.
View guideHVAC Equipment Freight Class
Condensers, air handlers, furnaces, rooftop units, and crated HVAC systems.
View guideHydraulic Cylinders Freight Class
Boxed cylinders, long cylinders, palletized assemblies, and crated hydraulic components.
View guideHydraulic Pumps Freight Class
Boxed pumps, palletized power units, motor-driven pumps, and crated hydraulic assemblies.
View guideIndustrial Equipment Freight Class
Skidded machines, crated systems, controls, and oversized equipment.
View guideMachinery Freight Class
Skidded, crated, enclosed, irregular, and oversized machinery shipments.
View guidePallet Jack Freight Class
Manual jacks, electric pallet trucks, boxed units, and crated shipments.
View guidePumps Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for pumps freight.
View guideValves Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for valves freight.
View guideWater Filters Freight Class
Cartridges, housings, treatment units, membrane systems, and palletized filters.
View guideWelding Equipment Freight Class
Calculate welding equipment freight class instantly for welders, power sources, wire feeders, carts, torches, crates, and pallets.
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Metals & Parts
Fabricated, machined, cast, and precision metal components in cartons, bins, skids, or crates.
Aluminum Parts Freight Class
Machined parts, castings, extrusions, and fabricated aluminum components.
View guideMachine Parts Freight Class
Boxed, crated, palletized, cast, and precision machine components.
View guideMetal Parts Freight Class
Castings, machined parts, fabricated components, bins, crates, and palletized loads.
View guideStainless Steel Freight Class
Sheets, coils, bars, tubing, fabricated parts, skids, crates, and palletized metal.
View guideSteel Freight Class
Bars, plate, coils, tubing, beams, bundles, skids, crates, and fabricated steel.
View guideSteel Parts Freight Class
Machined parts, castings, fabrications, bins, cartons, crates, and skids.
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Metals & Hardware
Dense metal stock, fasteners, tools, racks, shelving, and general hardware shipments.
Bolts Freight Class
Boxed fasteners, palletized bolts, bulk bins, and mixed hardware shipments.
View guideChain Freight Class
Boxed chain, palletized rolls, lifting chain, and bundled industrial chain.
View guideHand Tools Freight Class
Boxed tool sets, palletized cases, metal tools, and mixed contractor shipments.
View guideHardware Freight Class
Boxed fasteners, fittings, hinges, brackets, and mixed palletized hardware.
View guideMetal Racks Freight Class
Assembled racks, knock-down frames, uprights, beams, bundles, and palletized systems.
View guideMetal Shelving Freight Class
Shelves, uprights, panels, knock-down kits, metal shelving, and assembled units.
View guideNuts and Bolts Freight Class
Cartons, bins, kegs, drums, crates, and palletized fastener shipments.
View guideTools Freight Class
Hand tools, power tools, tool sets, cases, tools, crates, and palletized shipments.
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Automotive
Engines, transmissions, tires, wheels, batteries, and mixed vehicle components.
Auto Parts Freight Class
Boxed parts, body panels, accessories, and mixed automotive pallets.
View guideEngine Freight Class
Drained, crated, palletized, and fully enclosed engine shipments.
View guideTires Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for tires freight.
View guideTires and Rims Freight Class
Calculate tires and rims freight class instantly for mounted assemblies, loose rims, bundled tires, wheel sets, pallets, and automotive shipments.
View guideTransmission Freight Class
Automotive transmissions, gearboxes, crates, skids, cores, and palletized assemblies.
View guideWheels and Tires Freight Class
Calculate wheels and tires freight class instantly for mounted assemblies, loose wheels, tire bundles, pallets, crates, and oversized shipments.
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Batteries & Electrical
Batteries, wire, motors, electrical equipment, and components requiring secure preparation.
Battery Freight Class
Boxed batteries, palletized lead-acid batteries, and industrial battery shipments.
View guideCar Battery Freight Class
Boxed automotive batteries, palletized lead-acid units, and bulk battery shipments.
View guideCopper Wire Freight Class
Calculate copper wire freight class instantly for coils, reels, spools, cartons, pallets, and high-value conductor shipments.
View guideElectrical Components Freight Class
Breakers, relays, controls, connectors, and palletized electrical parts.
View guideElectrical Equipment Freight Class
Switchgear, panels, transformers, controls, and crated electrical assemblies.
View guideElectrical Wire Freight Class
Coils, reels, spools, cartons, and palletized copper or aluminum wire.
View guideLight Bulbs Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for light bulbs freight.
View guideLighting Fixtures Freight Class
Chandeliers, pendants, recessed fixtures, cartons, and palletized lights.
View guideLithium Battery Freight Class
Boxed cells, palletized battery packs, and crated lithium-ion modules.
View guideSolar Panels Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for solar panels freight.
View guideWire Freight Class
Calculate wire freight class instantly for coils, reels, spools, cartons, bundles, and palletized electrical or industrial wire.
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Electronics & Technology
Computers, servers, laptops, speakers, and sensitive electronic equipment.
Computer Equipment Freight Class
Desktops, monitors, workstations, racks, and palletized IT equipment.
View guideComputer Server Freight Class
Rack servers, tower servers, server computer servers, and crated IT systems.
View guideElectronics Freight Class
Boxed, palletized, fragile, and high-value electronic shipments.
View guideLaptop Freight Class
Boxed computers, retail cartons, accessories, and palletized laptop shipments.
View guideSpeakers Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for speakers freight.
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Building Products
Lumber, doors, siding, insulation-related products, and other construction materials.
Building Materials Freight Class
Lumber, panels, doors, siding, fixtures, and mixed construction supplies.
View guideDoors Freight Class
Slab doors, prehung doors, glass doors, bundled panels, and crated door shipments.
View guideLumber Freight Class
Boards, bundles, dimensional lumber, hardwood, crates, and long wood shipments.
View guidePaint Freight Class
Cans, pails, cases, drums, coatings, and palletized paint shipments.
View guideVinyl Siding Freight Class
Calculate vinyl siding freight class instantly for cartons, bundles, long boxes, trim, accessories, and palletized siding shipments.
View guideWood Freight Class
Calculate wood freight class instantly for boards, panels, blocks, crates, bundles, pallets, and finished wood products.
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Furniture & Household
Furniture, cabinets, mattresses, household goods, and assembled or knocked-down products.
Cabinet Freight Class
Flat-packed, assembled, palletized, and crated cabinet shipments.
View guideChairs Freight Class
Boxed, stacked, assembled, office, and crated chair shipments.
View guideFurniture Freight Class
Assembled, knocked-down, boxed, and palletized furniture shipments.
View guideHousehold Goods Freight Class
Boxed home goods, mixed pallets, small furniture, and fragile household items.
View guideMattress Freight Class
Boxed, compressed, rolled, bagged, and palletized mattress shipments.
View guideOffice Furniture Freight Class
Desks, chairs, office furniture, workstations, shelving, and palletized office systems.
View guideWood Furniture Freight Class
Calculate wood furniture freight class instantly for tables, wood furniture, chairs, dressers, cartons, crates, and palletized pieces.
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Appliances & Kitchen
Residential and commercial appliances, kitchen equipment, and countertop products.
Commercial Kitchen Equipment Freight Class
Calculate commercial kitchen equipment freight class instantly for ovens, prep tables, fryers, mixers, stainless units, and crated foodservice equipment.
View guideKitchen Appliances Freight Class
Boxed ranges, dishwashers, ovens, refrigerators, and palletized appliances.
View guideKitchen Items Freight Class
Cookware, dishes, utensils, boxed kitchen goods, and mixed retail pallets.
View guideKitchenAid Mixer Freight Class
Boxed stand mixers, retail cartons, accessories, and palletized mixer shipments.
View guideRefrigerator Freight Class
Boxed refrigerators, commercial coolers, display cases, crates, skids, and palletized appliances.
View guideWater Heater Freight Class
Calculate water heater freight class instantly for residential tanks, commercial units, heat-pump models, cartons, crates, and pallets.
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Packaging & Pallets
Boxes, crates, containers, pallets, racking, and other shipping or storage products.
Corrugated Boxes Freight Class
Bundled, knocked-down, baled, boxed, and palletized corrugated products.
View guideCrates Freight Class
Wooden, plastic, metal, reusable, and custom shipping crates.
View guideEmpty Boxes Freight Class
Nested cartons, assembled empty boxes, flat boxes, and palletized packaging.
View guideEmpty Pallets Freight Class
Stacked wood pallets, nested plastic pallets, return pallets, and pallet bundles.
View guideFlat Corrugated Boxes Freight Class
Knocked-down cartons, bundled sheets, palletized blanks, and retail box stock.
View guidePallet Racking Freight Class
Uprights, beams, wire decks, braces, hardware, and bundled rack components.
View guidePlastic Pallets Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for plastic pallets freight.
View guideTape Freight Class
Adhesive tape, packaging tape, industrial rolls, cartons, cases, and palletized shipments.
View guideWood Pallets Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for wood pallets freight.
View guideWooden Crates Freight Class
Plywood crates, export crates, lumber crates, and custom skidded shipments.
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Plastics, Rubber & Foam
Plastic, rubber, resin, foam, hoses, bottles, bags, and molded components.
Empty Plastic Bottles Freight Class
Loose, bagged, nested, baled, and palletized empty bottles.
View guideFoam Freight Class
Foam sheets, blocks, cushions, molded inserts, and compressed foam shipments.
View guideHose Freight Class
Coiled hose, boxed hose assemblies, reels, fittings, and palletized industrial hose.
View guidePlastic Freight Class
Sheets, pellets, molded goods, foam products, containers, and palletized plastic shipments.
View guidePlastic Bags Freight Class
Boxed bags, film rolls, retail packs, liners, sacks, and palletized bag shipments.
View guidePlastic Bottles Freight Class
Filled bottles, empty bottles, cases, trays, jugs, and palletized bottle shipments.
View guidePlastic Containers Freight Class
Totes, tubs, bins, pails, drums, nested containers, and palletized loads.
View guidePlastic Parts Freight Class
Molded parts, machined components, housings, bins, cartons, crates, and palletized loads.
View guideResin Freight Class
Bags, sacks, pails, drums, super sacks, pellets, powders, and palletized resin shipments.
View guideRubber Freight Class
Sheets, rolls, mats, molded parts, blocks, bales, and palletized rubber shipments.
View guideRubber Hose Freight Class
Coils, reels, bundles, cartons, hydraulic hose, industrial hose, and palletized assemblies.
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Glass & Fragile Goods
Glass products, bottles, bulbs, fixtures, and other breakable or high-liability shipments.
Glass Freight Class
Crated sheets, windows, panels, mirrors, and palletized architectural glass.
View guideGlass Bottles Freight Class
Filled cases, empty bottles, palletized containers, and partitioned glass packaging.
View guideGlassware Freight Class
Partitioned cartons, palletized drinkware, decorative glass, and crated fragile goods.
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Paper & Printed Goods
Paper, books, documents, labels, printed materials, and flat corrugated products.
Books Freight Class
Boxed books, palletized textbooks, and mixed printed-material shipments.
View guideDocuments Freight Class
Archive boxes, records pallets, file cartons, and document-tube shipments.
View guideLabels Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for labels freight.
View guidePaper Freight Class
Cartons, cases, reams, rolls, sheets, and palletized paper products.
View guidePrinted Materials Freight Class
Books, catalogs, brochures, forms, cartons, bundles, and palletized print shipments.
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Textiles & Apparel
Clothing, fabric rolls, blankets, shoes, hats, gloves, and related soft goods.
Blankets Freight Class
Compressed bales, boxed blankets, comforters, and mixed bedding shipments.
View guideClothing and Apparel Freight Class
Cartons, hanging garments, compressed apparel, and mixed retail pallets.
View guideFabric Rolls Freight Class
Palletized textiles, long rolls, wrapped bolts, and crated specialty fabrics.
View guideGloves Freight Class
Boxed disposable gloves, work gloves, insulated gloves, and mixed apparel pallets.
View guideHats Freight Class
Boxed caps, nested hats, retail cartons, and bulky specialty headwear.
View guideShoes Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for shoes freight.
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Food, Beverage & Liquids
Food, beverages, oils, liquids, spices, wine, and packaged consumable products.
Beer Freight Class
Canned beer, bottled cases, kegs, and mixed brewery shipments.
View guideBeverages Freight Class
Canned drinks, bottled beverages, kegs, and palletized cases.
View guideBottled Water Freight Class
Shrink-wrapped cases, gallon jugs, and palletized water shipments.
View guideDrums of Oil Freight Class
Palletized 55-gallon drums, lubricant drums, pails, cases, and contained oil shipments.
View guideFood Products Freight Class
Boxed, bagged, canned, shelf-stable, and palletized food shipments.
View guideHydraulic Oil Freight Class
Cases, pails, drums, totes, and palletized hydraulic-fluid shipments.
View guideLiquids Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for liquids freight.
View guideMotor Oil Freight Class
Bottles, cases, pails, drums, totes, and palletized lubricant shipments.
View guideOil Freight Class
Bottles, cases, pails, drums, totes, and palletized industrial oil shipments.
View guideOil and Lubricants Freight Class
Bottles, grease cartridges, pails, drums, totes, and mixed pallet loads.
View guideSeed Freight Class
Bags, sacks, totes, bulk boxes, drums, and palletized agricultural seed shipments.
View guideSpices Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for spices freight.
View guideWine Freight Class
Calculate wine freight class instantly for bottled wine, cases, pallets, gift packs, winery shipments, and temperature-sensitive loads.
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Medical
Medical equipment and supplies with packaging, cleanliness, and value considerations.
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Retail & Consumer Goods
General merchandise, beauty products, supplements, tape, and mixed retail goods.
Beauty Products Freight Class
Cosmetics, skincare, salon products, and mixed retail cartons.
View guideGeneral Merchandise Freight Class
Mixed cartons, retail pallets, store fixtures, and assorted consumer goods.
View guideSupplements Freight Class
Packaging, density, handling, and shipment-format guidance for supplements freight.
View guideTrade Show Materials Freight Class
Calculate trade show materials freight class instantly for display cases, booths, banners, crates, demo equipment, carpet, literature, and event shipments.
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Sports & Recreation
Exercise equipment, gym equipment, kayaks, and bulky recreational products.
Exercise Equipment Freight Class
Treadmills, bikes, benches, home gyms, and boxed fitness equipment.
View guideGym Equipment Freight Class
Commercial machines, power racks, benches, cardio units, and weight systems.
View guideKayak Freight Class
Boxed kayaks, wrapped hulls, tandem kayaks, and palletized watercraft.
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Commodity guides are a starting point. Packaged dimensions and weight determine shipment density.
Enter the outside dimensions, total packaged weight, and quantity to calculate cubic feet, pounds per cubic foot, and a density-based class estimate.
Freight classes discussed in these guides are density-based estimates for shipment planning. Actual classification may also depend on value, handling requirements, liability, stowability, dimensions, and other commodity-specific factors. Confirm the final freight class with your carrier, broker, or official NMFC resources before shipping.
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