---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 375.511"
title: "49"
number: "375.511"
heading: "May I use an alternative method for shipments weighing 3,000 pounds or less?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/375.511"
---

# §375.511. May I use an alternative method for shipments weighing 3,000 pounds or less?


For shipments weighing 3,000 pounds or less (1,362 kilograms or less), you may weigh the shipment upon a platform or warehouse certified scale before loading for transportation or after unloading.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13102, 13301, 13501, 13704, 13707, 13902, 14104, 14706, 14708; subtitle B, title IV of Pub. L. 109-59; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, unless otherwise noted.