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Carriers quote fastest when you hand them every detail up front. Fill in your shipment below and you’ll get one clean request. Send it to us and we’ll reply by email, or copy it to any carrier yourself. The same numbers go to everyone, so the quotes you get back compare like for like.

Already used a calculator? Your numbers are filled in below. Missing your class? Calculate it free and it carries straight over.

Your shipment

Dimensions (each)
Total weight
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Lane & service

Mode
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Your contact (so we or carriers can reply)

Your quote request

Send it to us and we'll reply by email, or copy it to carriers yourself. Same details to everyone, so quotes compare like for like.

Send this request to us

Opens your email app, addressed to hi@freightcalculatorhub.com. Add your email above so we can reply.

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What a carrier needs to quote you

A quote is a promise to move the freight you describe. If the freight at the dock is different, the bill changes, and carriers charge for the work of finding out. These six details decide whether the quote you get is the price you pay.

  1. What the goods are. Name the product, not just “general freight”. XPO's rules tariff bills a shipment described too vaguely to classify at class 150 first, and Estes charges $20 to inspect freight with a vague or missing description.
  2. The real weight, pallet included. Carriers reweigh. Estes adds a $25 fee when a reweigh finds 100 lb or more than the bill of lading says, on top of the higher charges.
  3. Length, width and height at the longest points. Measure the loaded pallet from the floor, including any overhang. Say if it cannot be stacked: carriers count no-stack freight as taller than it is: 84 inches at Estes and FedEx Freight, 96 inches at ODFL. XPO counts any pallet 75 inches or taller as 96 inches.
  4. The freight class. Work it out from the density with the freight class calculator, or give the NMFC item if your product has one.
  5. The services you need. Liftgate, residential delivery, inside delivery, a call before delivery. Each has a set charge in the carrier's tariff; see what freight costs for FedEx Freight's current amounts.
  6. Hazmat details, if any. The UN number, hazard class and an emergency contact go on the bill of lading. Carriers also charge for hazmat handling, $61 a shipment at FedEx Freight.

What happens after you send it

“Send this request to us” opens an email to our team with every detail above already filled in. We read each request and reply by email. If you would rather deal with carriers directly, copy the same request or download it as a PDF and send it to two or three of them. Because each gets the identical shipment, the prices you get back show real differences in rate and transit time, not differences in what they were told.

Estimates only — confirm freight class/NMFC and chargeable weight with your carrier before booking.