Our Trademark
Conversion and Measurement
When transport or courier companies transport goods they charge either "Dead Weight" or "Cubic Weight", The information listed below and conversion tool will help you understand how cubic charges are made up and what formulas are used to calculate the cost.
 
About Cubic Freight
There are 2 ways a truck can measure the capacity it is carrying "Dead Weight" - The actual/real weight of the package "Cubic Volume" – The volume weight or the size of the package (A formula is used) All the way through the transport industry, various cubic conversions are present . This usually depends on what form of transport mode is utilized by the consumer.
 
Please see your rate schedule to see what conversion rate is relevant to you.

Cubic Conversion Rate Options:
Standard cubic conversion is 1 cubic meter of space = 167kgs
Standard cubic conversion is 1 cubic meter of space = 250kgs
Standard cubic conversion is 1 cubic meter of space = 333kgs


Cubic Weight Formula:
Multiply the Height (H) x Length (L) x Width (W) = M3 (Cubic measurement)
CM X .CM X .CM =M3


To convert the cubic measurement to KG multiply the M3 amount by the applicable conversion rate.
 
Cubic Weight Example

Multiply the Height (H) x Length (L) x Width (W) = M3 (Cubic measurement)


Width = 40cm (or.40 of a meter) Height = 135cm(0r 1.35 of a meter) Length = 65cm (or .65 of a meter)
Multiply the height x length x Width =M3 x Conversion Rate (250 for this example)
1.35 x .65 x .40 = .35m3 x 250 = 87.5 kgs

 

Conversion Tool



From:
 To:
Result:
Converter by UnitConversion.org – conversion tool courtesy of UnitConversion.org.