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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.247-10 Net Weight—General Freight.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause tells a transportation contractor how to calculate the net weight of a freight shipment when that weight isn't known at the time of shipment and the contractor is responsible for determining it. The contractor must weigh the empty and loaded vehicle and attach the original weight certificates to the invoice. It matters because it sets the method for determining the weight used for the shipment and requires supporting paperwork with the invoice.

Applies to: Contractors providing transportation or transportation-related services for freight other than household goods or office furniture

What it requires

  • Determine net weight by deducting the empty vehicle's tare weight from the loaded vehicle's gross weight
  • Have both the empty and loaded vehicle weighed with a full tank of fuel by a certified weighmaster on a certified scale
  • Attach the original copies of the empty and loaded weight certificates to the invoice for services

Key terms: net weight · tare weight · gross weight · certified weighmaster · certified scale

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 47.207-4(a)(2), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for transportation or for transportation-related services when the weight of shipments of freight other than household goods or office furniture is not known at the time of shipment and the contractor is responsible for determining the net weight of the shipments:

Net Weight—General Freight (APR 1984)

(a) The net weight of the shipment shall be determined by deducting the tare weight of the vehicle (determined by having the empty vehicle with a full tank of fuel weighed by a certified weighmaster on a certified scale) from the gross weight of the vehicle (determined by having the loaded vehicle with a full tank of fuel weighed by a certified weighmaster on a certified scale).

(b) The Contractor shall attach the original copies of the empty and loaded weight certificates to the invoice for services.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.247-9 Agreed Weight—General Freight. · 52.247-11 Net Weight—Household Goods or Office Furniture. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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