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NMFC Codes: What Are They?NMFC stands for National Motor Freight Classification, and it is The Bible of the LTL (Less Than Truckload ) industry. NMFC codes - of which there are many - all break down into 18 classes. Class 50 is the lowest and 500 the highest, based on factors listed below.

Carriers base class on four shipment characteristics:

  1. Density - Are you shipping a pallet of bricks, or a hot air balloon?
  2. Stowability - How is your shipment being packed in the van? For example, is it on a pallet but the shipment has a pointy top so takes up more space than normal?
  3. Handling - Is the freight palletized or are you shipping mattresses?
  4. Liability - Are you shipping valuable electronic equipments, fine china, or 10 boxes of used sneakers?

Get it right the first time. If you guess wrong, you expose yourself to the re-billing department of the carriers, which is NEVER a good thing.

You forgot to add value as one of the options based on class. there are several locations you can get accurate information but answers.com will not let us list any of them so they are a 100% fail

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