How Does a Dimensioner Work In a Real-Life Environment

Dimensioners are continually being installed by most LTL carriers in the U.S. Some clients are not sure how they work. This video shows real-life examples of how the process works using a pallet dimensioner and that the forklift can travel at 10 miles per hour while simultaneously weighing measuring customers freight

Pictures are worth a thousand words -- Videos are priceless when truly understanding dimensioners.

How Big Is This Box?

An example of this can be illustrated by the image below. The size of the box on top of the pallet is 21x20x22, but through the lens of an LTL carrier, this shipment is 48x40x28. Carriers base the size on the longest measurements in each direction, even if it’s just a flap on a box sticking out.

A few take always to remember:

• Keep your shipment within the confines of the pallet. Never overhang cartons as they tend to get damaged and increase the cube of the shipment.

• Do not put an extra box on the top of the pallet as the video has shown. You will end up paying for that space on density-based NMFC commodities.

• The better you are at keeping your shipments in a tightly compacted footprint, the better your overall logistics costs will be.