Originally Posted by
BlueDevil
About 6 weeks ago I shipped 2 bikes via fedex from NJ to MT (ground). The boxes were about 50x29x7. For ground shipments, Fedex no longer uses the OS1, OS2 (84 linear inches and 108 linear inches) classifications. They now use a set dimensional weight calculation for all packages over 5184 cubic inches. This calculation of dimensional weight is volume in cubic inches / 194.
OK, sounds like my previous shipping experience was back in the OS1 and OS2 days.
Originally Posted by
BlueDevil
For example, my packages were 10150 cubic inches, which comes to 52 lbs in dimensional weight. Had the boxes been 50x29x12 (a common bike box size) this would have come to 17400 cubic inches or ~90lbs dimensional weight.
Yeah, that sounds like the size of my box. If you use a thinner box, do you let the box "bulge" in the middle somewhere?