Freight weight classes and their impact on shipping costs are INSANE

[shallow_karl]

Here is an example, and it is 100% true.  Shipping a 220lb object on a 1/2 skid, measuring 40" x 24" x 40" is nearly twice as expensive as shipping an item weighing 150lbs MORE!.  Weight class numbers drop as weight rises and higher weight class numbers (referring to the lighter items) actually result is higher costs.  This to me is insanity as weight costs fuel and can cost space on trucks.  I shipped a 1000lb laser to JAPAN and it cost 1/3 the cost of shipping a 250lb skid from Toronto to Maine.  The laser was (owing to being heavy for its size) weight class 60 while the other thing was weight class 125. 

[mudshark61369]

@shallow_karl,

You are registered in Canada but have posted your topic on the U.S. based site's community (ebay.com) .  Since members here are 99.9% from the states, what the shipping/freight rates for shipping internationally or domestically for Canadian sellers are is not something we would know.  Try logging in to your home site and posting your issue on its community (ebay.ca).

[pjcdn2005]

I doubt that anyone who is regularly on the .ca board is all that familiar with shipping via freight. I think that most of us there use a mail service or a courier. But my 'guess' would be that the lighter item had a larger dimensional weight than the heavier one did so it cost more to ship.