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Mothership Accessorial Codes

16 accessorial codes for Mothership, each mapped to the service it represents and labelled with where the value came from.

Every code above comes from a formal code table in the carrier’s own documentation.

How codes are sent

The same accessorial array is used on quote and order. Invoice responses use a different hyphenated set that cannot be sent on a request.

Common questions

How many accessorial codes does Mothership have?

Mothership publishes 16 accessorial codes across pickup, delivery and shipment-level services. Each one is listed with the service it maps to and the source the value was read from.

What is the Mothership liftgate code?

Mothership uses liftgate for liftgate delivery, sent in the accessorials field. Other carriers spell the same service differently, so the code is only valid for Mothership.

What is the Mothership residential delivery code?

Mothership uses homeDelivery for residential delivery. Residential surcharges apply to any address the carrier classifies as non-commercial, which can include home businesses.

How are accessorial codes sent to Mothership?

The same accessorial array is used on quote and order. Invoice responses use a different hyphenated set that cannot be sent on a request.

Is the Mothership accessorial code list free to use?

Yes. The lookup is free with no signup, and the same data is available from the /api/accessorials REST endpoint on every plan including the free tier.

Need this programmatically? /api/accessorials/carrier/mothership returns the same data as JSON on every plan.