Do you ship hazmat by LTL?

Yes. Mark the item as hazmat in the quote form, and each LTL rate includes that carrier's hazmat charge. Explosives, radioactive materials and poison-inhalation hazards are the exceptions.

Do I need the hazmat class to get a quote?

No. The class is optional when you quote. When you book, you enter the UN number, proper shipping name, hazard class and your 24-hour emergency contact (phone, response company and contract number).

Do you ship fireworks or other explosives?

No. We don't ship Class 1 explosives, consumer fireworks included, on any service. The same goes for radioactive materials and poison-inhalation hazards.

Often. Solvent-based paint is usually Class 3 (UN1263); water-based latex usually isn't regulated. Section 14 of the product's safety data sheet gives the answer.

Do you ship lithium batteries?

Yes. Most lithium batteries ship as Class 9 hazmat, packaged to 49 CFR 173.185; smaller cells and batteries can qualify for that section's exceptions. Mark the item hazmat and pick Class 9.

Who provides the placards?

The shipper, unless the truck already displays the right ones. The placard calculator shows which placards a load needs.

Freight services

Hazmat Freight Shipping

Hazardous materials shipped as LTL, partial or full truckload. Mark the item as hazmat when you quote and add its class if you know it. LTL rates include each carrier's hazmat charge.

Get a hazmat quote Check placards

We don't ship explosives, radioactive materials or poison-inhalation hazards, on any service. We can quote every other hazmat class.

Don't know the class yet? Leave it blank. The quote still runs; you add the class when you book.

Hazard classes we ship

Every DOT hazard class except explosives, radioactive materials and poison-inhalation hazards, on LTL, partial and full truckload.

Class 2.1, 2.2

Gases

Propane cylinders, aerosols, compressed nitrogen

Class 3

Flammable liquids

Solvent paints, adhesives, fuels, resins

Class 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Flammable solids and reactive materials

Matches, spontaneously combustible materials, dangerous-when-wet materials

Class 5.1, 5.2

Oxidizers and organic peroxides

Pool chemicals, hydrogen peroxide, resin hardeners

Class 6.1, 6.2

Toxic and infectious substances

Pesticides and other toxics that are not inhalation hazards

Class 8

Corrosives

Acids, cleaners, wet-cell batteries

Class 9

Miscellaneous

Lithium batteries, dry ice, environmentally hazardous substances

Freight Sidekick does not ship Class 1 explosives (consumer fireworks included), Class 7 radioactive materials, or poison-inhalation hazards (Division 2.3 gases and Division 6.1 materials that are inhalation hazards) on any service: LTL, partial or full truckload.

LTL, partial and truckload

Hazmat LTL

Pallets and crates of hazmat, quoted across national LTL carriers. Each rate includes that carrier's hazmat charge.

Hazmat partial

Larger hazmat loads that share a trailer, for shipments too big for LTL that don't need the whole truck.

Hazmat truckload

A dedicated trailer. Loads that require placards go with a driver who holds a hazmat endorsement, as federal rules require.

How it works

Mark the item hazmat

Tick HazMat on the freight item. Add the class if you have it.

Compare the rates

Each LTL rate includes that carrier's hazmat charge.

Add the hazmat details when you book

Each hazmat item's UN number, proper shipping name, hazard class and packing group (if any), plus a 24-hour emergency contact: phone, response company and contract number.

We follow it to delivery

Tracking and updates through delivery, the same as any other load.

What the shipper provides

Federal rules put classification, packaging and paperwork on the shipper. We book the carrier; we don't classify or package hazardous materials.

Classification: the UN number, proper shipping name, class and packing group, from the product's safety data sheet (section 14)
DOT-compliant packaging, with hazard labels and markings on each package
Shipping papers with the hazmat description, a 24-hour emergency response number and the shipper's certification
Emergency response information for each material (such as its safety data sheet or Emergency Response Guidebook page) with the shipping papers
Placards offered to the carrier when the load requires them, unless the truck already displays the right ones

Free hazmat tools

Hazmat placard calculator

Which placards the truck needs, by class and weight

Hazmat segregation chart

Which classes can ride on the same truck

Bill of lading generator

A BOL with the hazmat description lines filled in

Freight class calculator

Density-based NMFC class for each item

Hazmat shipping FAQs

Ready to ship hazmat freight?

Mark the item hazmat in the quote form and compare rates, or call Allison, who answers around the clock.

Get a hazmat quote Call (877) 345-3838