Anybody here ever ship wheels?

Shift518 Automotive Shift518 Off Topic
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a kid in pa want me to ship wheels with tires mounted to him in bethlehem pa. What shipping companys do you guys use? I got a quote from fed ex and ups for around 75 for each of them.

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try greyhound bro.

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^ Shipped seats through greyhound a few years ago and it was half the price of UPS

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I just put cardboard over the lip of the wheel and essentially ziptied it in place and shipped em that way

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Get an online acct with UPS. I did it, printed my own labels and it was $60 to ship 4 wheels to Colorado

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There is no way that it costs $75 to ship a single wheel/tire to PA. I just ran a quote for a 75lb pair of cylinder heads to TX and it was $6x.xx

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sorry i meant 75 for all four

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That’s not too bad, it’d still be worth it to check out greyhound or just sign up for an online UPS acct.

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Looks like the closest bus terminal is Allentown, PA which is about 5 miles from Bethlehem. It really looks like you’ll only save a few bucks to ship them that way. I don’t know the exact weight, but with tires I was thinking around 25lbs each? If you combined them into 2x 50lb packages you could get away with about 65 through greyhound.

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Yea, $75 isn’t bad. It cost me $81 to ship four wheels in separate boxes to southern NJ through my FedEx account and it was insured to $1000/box.

I just got a quote through UPS to ship similar sized boxes and weights to Vancouver and it was just over $200.

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I’d guess around 40-50lbs per wheel. One of my CE28N wheels weighs 16.8 lbs w/o packaging and the tire itself weighs 23 lbs. Those a both very light for the particular sizes.

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$75 for all four isn’t bad at all
I don’t see you spending much less regardless of the carrier

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75 is cheap! Damn it cost like $200+ for the guy to ship my works with tires up from Florida. Retarded heavy boxes.

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Meet half way?

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I worked it out with him his brother lives in catskill and works in loudenville so im meeting him tomorrow.

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Late but…$75 per wheel? That’s crazy.

I have shipped 18" wheels and tires across America for $100 using UPS ground. And payed the same to get them from Seattle (my old 5Zigens I had on the Maxima).

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NO ILYA 75 FOR ALL 4

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Oh, that’s not bad then. :rofl

(only read the first 3 posts)

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i shipped bryan’s old wheels from the poopra to canada… UPS and some cardboard are your best bet

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I shipped 2 16" wheels (no tires) for less than $30 thru Parcel Post Plus on Nott Street in Niskayuna. I believe they went thru DHL but they also do Fed Ex and UPS shipping.