Shipping Tires
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Shipping Tires
Hi,
I'm selling some tires I took off my Z06. I've had a couple of requests about how much shipping will run.
How can you enter dimensions for shipping estimates? Do you just take the diameter measurement for length\width and measurement of tire width for height?
Anyone recently shipped some that can give me some input.
Thanks,
Rick
I'm selling some tires I took off my Z06. I've had a couple of requests about how much shipping will run.
How can you enter dimensions for shipping estimates? Do you just take the diameter measurement for length\width and measurement of tire width for height?
Anyone recently shipped some that can give me some input.
Thanks,
Rick
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I just called UPS and told them I was shipping tires and they told me what to do and how to measure and cost to certain zip codes. I used ground shipping.
Think of the tire in a box, lay tire flat on ground and measure height then measure width which is from one side to the other.
hope this helps
Think of the tire in a box, lay tire flat on ground and measure height then measure width which is from one side to the other.
hope this helps
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As a side note, when my CCW's were shipped to me, there was little padding because the tire itself makes a good absorbing cushion. Four separate boxes were used. As for the wheel face, one or two flat layers of bubble wrap and an extra layer of flat cardboard will be all you need. My wheels came with no problems.
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As Miguel1973 notes, you will need to find a box where the tire fits just right. Don't worry about the dimension of the tire... its the dimension of the box you put it in that counts AND the weight.
As a side note, when my CCW's were shipped to me, there was little padding because the tire itself makes a good absorbing cushion. Four separate boxes were used. As for the wheel face, one or two flat layers of bubble wrap and an extra layer of flat cardboard will be all you need. My wheels came with no problems.
As a side note, when my CCW's were shipped to me, there was little padding because the tire itself makes a good absorbing cushion. Four separate boxes were used. As for the wheel face, one or two flat layers of bubble wrap and an extra layer of flat cardboard will be all you need. My wheels came with no problems.
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Hi,
I'm selling some tires I took off my Z06. I've had a couple of requests about how much shipping will run.
How can you enter dimensions for shipping estimates? Do you just take the diameter measurement for length\width and measurement of tire width for height?
Anyone recently shipped some that can give me some input.
Thanks,
Rick
I'm selling some tires I took off my Z06. I've had a couple of requests about how much shipping will run.
How can you enter dimensions for shipping estimates? Do you just take the diameter measurement for length\width and measurement of tire width for height?
Anyone recently shipped some that can give me some input.
Thanks,
Rick
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tape one front tire to one rear tire.
Use good strapping tape. put 5 or 6 straps to hold the two tires together.
Put the label on a tire. Two packages of two tires each.
UPS or FEDEX ground.
Use good strapping tape. put 5 or 6 straps to hold the two tires together.
Put the label on a tire. Two packages of two tires each.
UPS or FEDEX ground.
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two packages with two tires each is less expensive than 4 lighter packages of 1 tire each.
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Thats how DTD shipped mine 1 front and one rear taped together
Mine came over 2000 miles with no damage.
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It should be pretty close but try UPS or a DHL if you can find one, I say close because that's about what i pay to ship 1 tire on ebay..25.00 or so, 40ish for 2 tires. This is always shipped to me from a business who probably has a business account with their carrier..
