How do I ship tires?

bartman32 · 05-18-2007, 01:29 PM

Anyone have ANY idea how I would go about shipping tires? I sold some tires on Ebay, I wrote Local pick-up only and they guy who bought them wants me to ship to Wisconsin! I'm pissed but trying to do due deligience to find out for him.
Thanks

jonerik26 · 05-18-2007, 02:06 PM

pack them in a box and shipped it......i sold rims w/tires once.... just packed it in two boxes and shipped it off with UPS

FrankoQ · 05-18-2007, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bartman32

Anyone have ANY idea how I would go about shipping tires? I sold some tires on Ebay, I wrote Local pick-up only and they guy who bought them wants me to ship to Wisconsin! I'm pissed but trying to do due deligience to find out for him.
Thanks

tape them in pairs. and tag each pair.

that's how the tire rack shipped tires to me.

561design · 05-18-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankoQ

tape them in pairs. and tag each pair.

that's how the tire rack shipped tires to me.

That's how I've recieved them as well.

SoYank · 05-18-2007, 04:58 PM

U.S. Mail has limits on both dimension and weight. The maximum weight of any one package is 70 lbs. and the total dimention is 109 inches. As I recall, a tire is measured by the circumference of the tire plus the circumference of the cross section, i.e., measure perpendicular to the tread and passing through the center (where the wheel goes). If you tape two together, the circumference should be the same but the cross section will be only about 50% more. Taping all four together may get under the dimensional limit but likely to exceed the weight, not to mention the awkwardness of the "package".

If there is a rim/wheel involved, it's probably better to put them each in a box.

E90330iS · 05-19-2007, 08:26 PM

Interesting.. how much would the shipping be if we tape them together?

Swoop · 05-19-2007, 10:07 PM

wrap 2 together with strong shipping (clear tape)...Done!

cupspeed · 05-20-2007, 03:22 PM

make sure they don't separate as best as you can if shipping together.

Put individual labels on each in case they get separated. Happened to me before

SoYank · 05-20-2007, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by E90330iS

Interesting.. how much would the shipping be if we tape them together?

Forty-one cents an ounce.

E90330iS · 05-20-2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SoYank

Forty-one cents an ounce.

Really? So if I ship two Michelin Pilot Sports that weigh about 50ibs total it would be $328??? That is more expensive than tires themselves!

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