Cheapest way to ship TIRES across country?
Thread Starter
|
Banned
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 135
Likes: 0
From: Dana Point
Cheapest way to ship TIRES across country?
Last time I shipped tires across country (not tires and wheels just 33" tires) It ended up costing me near 150 dollars. I KNOW there is a easier way then havin them boxed at the post office and the then shipped out ground, but what way is it? Isnt it like 500 to ship a car? Im just asking for the tires here....33" ones....any info would grealty help, time doesnt matter, just as long as they get there eventually. Thanks
------------------
~K*I*A*L
------------------
~K*I*A*L
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 1,209
Likes: 0
From: Baton Rouge, La
Are you Buying tires from a Tire shop?? When I ordered my rims and tires they came in Freight. An 18wheeler actually stopped out front and I backed up to his truck and we rolled them into my bed. But shipping was included in the price of the wheels and tires. It might have been a special or something. Try and negociate the shipping into the deal. If its not a tire shop I'd still think rail freight would be cheapest.
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 1999
Posts: 139
Likes: 0
From: Orlando, FL
Try contacting a freight line like Old Dominion (thats who delivered the tires at the shop i used to work at)
Or possibly call UPS, Fed Ex, or Airborn Express and they might be able to help or at least point you to someone that can help.
Or possibly call UPS, Fed Ex, or Airborn Express and they might be able to help or at least point you to someone that can help.
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 1997
Posts: 1,286
Likes: 0
From: Littleton, CO USA
I actually shipped a set of Firestone tires and explorer wheels (before the big firestone fiasco) using UPS and was quite impressed... for four 235 tires (basically about 28-29 inches) plus the rims it cost be $45 to ship about four states over. By the way, i didn't have to box them up or anything which was nice, just slapped the shipping label on them, and taped it on there good... got the idea when mickey thompson shipped me my 33" tires that way.
[This message has been edited by mattbert (edited 01-24-2001).]
[This message has been edited by mattbert (edited 01-24-2001).]
Member
Joined: Mar 1999
Posts: 72
Likes: 0
From: Maryland's Eastern Shore
Yesterday I was at an NTB getting a rotate / balance. There were about 15 new tires (lots of special ones you find on performance cars) stacked in the showroom, each with a 3x5 UPS shipping label, covered by about 5 wraps of that clear plastic cling wrap that moving companies / furniture companies / etc. use to protect crap. Seems to be the shipping method of choice these days.
Catmandu
------------------
97 F250LD SC 5.4 4x4 White, Astro cap, nerf bars
piston slap, driver door crack, no gutter cracks, anything else?
Catmandu
------------------
97 F250LD SC 5.4 4x4 White, Astro cap, nerf bars
piston slap, driver door crack, no gutter cracks, anything else?
Trending Topics
Member
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 93
Likes: 0
From: Hattiesburg, MS. ,USA
U.P.S. will be the cheapest to ship by. And if you ship to a business address it will be cheaper than a residential address. Motor freight carrier would be very expensive. No need to box them apply shipping label to tire. Also take it to the U.P.S. office those mailing places are extremely high.
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kial:
Last time I shipped tires across country (not tires and wheels just 33" tires) It ended up costing me near 150 dollars. I KNOW there is a easier way then havin them boxed at the post office and the then shipped out ground, but what way is it? Isnt it like 500 to ship a car? Im just asking for the tires here....33" ones....any info would grealty help, time doesnt matter, just as long as they get there eventually. Thanks
</font>
Last time I shipped tires across country (not tires and wheels just 33" tires) It ended up costing me near 150 dollars. I KNOW there is a easier way then havin them boxed at the post office and the then shipped out ground, but what way is it? Isnt it like 500 to ship a car? Im just asking for the tires here....33" ones....any info would grealty help, time doesnt matter, just as long as they get there eventually. Thanks
</font>
Member
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 93
Likes: 0
From: Hattiesburg, MS. ,USA
U.P.S. will be the cheapest to ship by. And if you ship to a business address it will be cheaper than a residential address. Motor freight carrier would be very expensive. No need to box them apply shipping label to tire. Also take it to the U.P.S. office those mailing places are extremely high.
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kial:
Last time I shipped tires across country (not tires and wheels just 33" tires) It ended up costing me near 150 dollars. I KNOW there is a easier way then havin them boxed at the post office and the then shipped out ground, but what way is it? Isnt it like 500 to ship a car? Im just asking for the tires here....33" ones....any info would grealty help, time doesnt matter, just as long as they get there eventually. Thanks
</font>
Last time I shipped tires across country (not tires and wheels just 33" tires) It ended up costing me near 150 dollars. I KNOW there is a easier way then havin them boxed at the post office and the then shipped out ground, but what way is it? Isnt it like 500 to ship a car? Im just asking for the tires here....33" ones....any info would grealty help, time doesnt matter, just as long as they get there eventually. Thanks
</font>
Junior Member
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
From: West Chicago, IL US
GCOLE is right - I shipped 4 tires mounted on wheels (255/70R-16) Illinois to Maryland at MailBoxes Etc. They went UPS ground and cost nearly (if I remember right) $100.
They did a great job, but next time, I will go straight to UPS.
They did a great job, but next time, I will go straight to UPS.