VGLNTE1

I know you guys are always shipping tires and.wheels. how do you get a deal on that?! Just sold my stock wheels only. Fedex charged me 157$ for 4 wheels from il to fl. Anyway around this?!

froggy47

I have "heard" you ship them by bus freight (think Greyhound) but both sender & receiver have to go the the local bus depot to drop off/pick up.

GT Racing Tires

Sounds about right using Fed Ex.

VGLNTE1

Ugh

Sidney004

That's how I do it.

http://www.busfreighter.com/ordernow.html

$68 for 100 pounds

AzMotorhead

I just used UShip its a auction type freight forwarding deal.
It cost me $150.00 to ship a 600lbs rear diff from Az to Portland Or.
I will definitely use the service again.

Jason

USPS is cheaper.

RacePro Engineering

We are buying and selling tires and wheels - meanwhile, FedEx, UPS, and Greyhound are the only ones coming out of it ahead!

There is usually a significant "discount" over FedEx or UPS rates by going Greyhound Freight, especially for larger sized packages. Their max weight is 100 pounds per package. However, Greyhound sends your stuff on a "space available" basis, which means it COULD take a little longer to arrive. Also, their package tracking is not as precise or up to date. I have heard a couple of horror stories about stuff that simply disappeared from the face of the earth for a couple weeks.

The times we have used them, we have had good luck!

Ed

Z06Tracker

I have shipped wheels and tires from nc to fl for 80bucks on ups and wheels only for 50 bucks.

froggy47

What would usps charge for 4 rims, say 100 lbs in 2 boxes? Ballpark.

ukrbmw

Best kept secret in wheel shipping, as long as there is no rush. They have size and weight max (70 pounds), so typically 4 wheels will be 4 separate packages. I shipped 4 wheels and tires to Washington state from NC for a bit over 120. Just takes longer than UPS or FedEx. They have a calculator on their website - enter dimension, weight, destination and get a price.

RogerT

US Post Office, 4 wheels, 4 boxes, Pa. to Iowa was $80.

sperkins

I shipped a set of wheels today for $78 total using UPS with my company discount. Last week I shipped a set through FedEx as a walk in and it cost about the same.
I always tape 2 boxes together so all 4 wheels only count as 2 packages.

redvetracr

just shipped (4) 18.5lb Jongbloeds from Kenosha, WI to Garden Grove, CA for $100 with $1800 of insurance via Fed-Ex, USPS w/o the insurance was almost $200...

froggy47

Well some posters are leaving some details out, as the usps is all over the place.

Black89Z51

If you have a business account, or access to one, they get huge discounts on shipping. I sold an exhaust and my cost was around $140. The buyer paid $50.

L98Terror

I've looked around and Fed Ex seems to be the cheapest for tires if you ship more than 4 say 8 freight seems to be cheaper.

Boxing is a big issue

Jason

Don't box tires, just tape 2 together, slap an address label on them and they're gtg.

travisnd

Yep... never box tires, just tape them in pairs and go. I ship wheels 2 to a box or in 4 seperate boxes if I have left over wheel boxes. I use a company FedEx account so it's about 1/3rd of what you paid. Lady at work justs asks me to send her the reference numbers and she emails me a total each month and I cut a check... works great.

RacePro Engineering

Are either of you gentlemen aware that BOTH FedEx and UPS have a $7 PER TIRE surcharge for tires that are not boxed? (At least to we unfortunates, who do not have a lady at work billing us monthly for our shipping charges. And Hoosier and Goodyear, because of their shipping volumes, have special arrangements. Maybe Jason and Travis do too? ) Greyhound will not ship "exposed" tires, because the rubber can smudge other luggage.

Ed