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Originally Posted by asimov
Normally if something's on a pallet there's a set price. Weight/what's on the bloody pallet has zero to do with it within reason.
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It goes on volumetric weight rather than actual weight. Something that only weights 69kg may actually take up a lot of room on a truck, as shown with the eq8 being delivered in a number of large boxes on a pallet, thus showing a volumetric weights of 127kg, as some have suggested here, and hence the higher freight cost. I doubt the pallet has anything to do with it, as it is not usually used in that calculation.
From the DHL site
http://www.dhl.com.au/en/tools/volum...t_express.html : "The volumetric weight of a shipment is a calculation that reflects the density of a package. A less dense item generally occupies more volume of space, in comparison to its actual weight. The volumetric or dimensional weight is calculated and compared with the actual weight of the shipment to ascertain which is greater; the higher weight is used to calculate the shipment cost."
I have had some very light, but rather bulky items shipped to me and it has also been calculated on its volumetric weight, not its actual weight, as the volumetric weight is higher. So, you cannot necessarily go by weights shown on data sheets, as these do not take into account the volume of the boxed items, which can be quite bulky with packing material, as we see with most astronomical equipment, as it is usually well packed and protected.
Cheers Peter
