Question 1: A shipment consists of 16,466 pounds and will cost $27/cwt. What will be the cost of the shipment?
Question 2: If the box you are shipping is 36 pounds and is 12" H x 18" W x 19"L, what is the dimensional weight?
Dimensional Weight -Most base the calculation on 6000 cm3/KG or 166.67 KG/m3
In inches it is (LxWxH) / 166 = lbs
Question 3: A rail company is expected to bill 4,336,974 miles this year and has a total fixed cost expected of $2,889,091. How much will be allocated per mile to absorb these fixed cost in the allocation of the cost across the billing miles?
Question 4: The customer wants a load of 24,274 pounds taken 893 miles. The next load of 23,109 pounds will then go 708 miles. What is the total ton-miles of this move?