Shipping Tires UPS?
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Shipping Tires UPS? If I'm shipping tires through UPS. Is it cheaper to put each tire in a box and not tell them its a tire? Or should I just do like the website says and wrap some tape around the tire and stick their label to it?
I read on ehow that they might charge more if they know its a tire because its more easily damaged.
I read on ehow that they might charge more if they know its a tire because its more easily damaged.
If you tape 2 together it will cost you about $45-50/pair.
If you put each tire in a box you will pay for that box based on both size and weight. I would bet my money it will be at least half price to send them taped together instead.
If you put each tire in a box you will pay for that box based on both size and weight. I would bet my money it will be at least half price to send them taped together instead.
make sure if you tape them together to get a shipping label for each tire. i shipped 4 rims using ups, strapped them together in pairs, used 1 shipping lable per pair to keep cost down, well needless to say the only rims that showed up were the ones with the tracking labels, the straps were cut and someone took the 2 unlabeled boxes. it was a nightmare getting my money for the rims from ups.
i shipped my whole set of draglites and tires(skinnys and slicks for back) and just used thick cardboard to cover the rim side and then taped the crap out of it and they put there label right on the cardboard. it cost me 60 for the whole set up(only cuz i work at fedex.
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just to let you guys know shipping threw greyhound is dirt cheap, they only ship station to station but i can tell you its way cheaper than ups, i would just wrap them in plastic and slap a sticker on them , thats how i get mine from summit
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FYI, it ended up being $84 from KY to FL via UPS ground. So I lost $24 since I estimated $60 for shipping originally.
This was two tires taped together weighing 69 pounds total on their scale.
This was two tires taped together weighing 69 pounds total on their scale.
