UPS Freight Class Calculator (TForce Freight)
UPS no longer runs its own LTL network: pallets that once moved as UPS Freight now move with TForce Freight. This independent calculator gives you the density and freight class TForce rates on. Below it are the TForce rules that change the bill.
Density-based estimate. Some commodities carry a fixed NMFC class — check our freight class by commodity pages.
Estimated Freight Class
Density
6.56
lb/ft³
Volume
53.33
ft³
Weight
350
lb
6–8 lb/ft³ → Class 125
NMFC density scale (Docket 2025-1, effective July 19, 2025)
Pre-July-2025 table: class 150. Use it only if your carrier contract still prices on the old table.
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Uses the 13-tier NMFC density scale (Docket 2025-1). See the full freight class chart.
How to determine freight class for UPS
Start with one question: are you shipping a box or a pallet? A UPS parcel is billed on the greater of actual and dimensional weight, with no freight class. A pallet goes LTL with TForce Freight, the former UPS Freight, and needs a class: weigh it, measure it with the pallet, and look up the density on the NMFC scale. TForce's rules tariff still carries the old UPS Freight prefix: UPGF 102-T, effective March 16, 2026.
TForce Density-Based Rating: pricing without a class
TForce also sells density-based rates under a written agreement (Item 645). Instead of a class, you give weight and length × width × height, and the rate follows density. The tariff sets the measuring rules: the greatest dimensions, including all projections and the pallet, each rounded to the nearest inch. Any unit under 1 cubic foot counts as 1.
It also rounds density up. Density is first rounded to the nearest tenth. A result ending in .1 to .5 is raised to .5, and .6 to .9 to the next whole number. So 8.87 lb/ft³ becomes 8.9 and is rated as 9.0. Density-rated shipments have their own fuel surcharge table (Item 645-1).
TForce's height rules for tall pallets
TForce can count a pallet as 96 inches high when nothing can be loaded on top of it, and a unit taller than 60 inches is one of the listed cases. Width counts as 96 inches when the real width is over 72 inches.
Example: a 48 × 40 × 62 inch pallet of 700 lb is 68.9 cubic feet, or 10.2 lb/ft³. Counted at 96 inches it is 106.7 cubic feet, or 6.6 lb/ft³. On the NMFC scale, that is the difference between class 92.5 and class 125.
TForce's cubic capacity minimum (Item 575)
A shipment of 750 cubic feet or more that averages under 6 lb/ft³ has a minimum charge: its cubic feet times 6 lb, at your class 150 rate less your discount. For this rule the height counts as 8 feet when top-loading is blocked, for example by a pyramid-stacked pallet, a do-not-stack label or a unit over 60 inches tall.
TForce Freight Density Calculator
TForce Freight (the former UPS Freight) runs its own density calculator. Customers on Density-Based Rating are priced on weight and dimensions instead of class, under the Item 645 rules shown on this page.
Frequently asked questions
How do I determine freight class for UPS?
UPS parcel shipments have no freight class; they bill on actual or dimensional weight. For a pallet, the LTL carrier is TForce Freight: divide the weight by the cubic feet, pallet included, and match the density to the NMFC scale, as the calculator above does.
Is UPS Freight still around?
Not under that name. UPS sold UPS Freight to TFI International in 2021, and it now runs as TForce Freight. Its rules tariff still uses the UPGF prefix.
What is TForce Density-Based Rating?
A TForce pricing option, set up by written agreement, that rates LTL freight by weight and dimensions instead of freight class. The tariff rounds density up to the next half or whole number.
Does UPS ship pallets?
UPS small parcel is for boxes billed on dimensional weight. For palletized LTL freight in the US, the carrier is TForce Freight, rated on freight class or, by agreement, on density.