Shipping Tires

[mike27]

How do you go ship tires? Or how have they been shipped to you? Do you have to box them? I'm selling a set and have to ship them but am having a hell of a time finding a box they'll fit in. Any advice?

 

[Fire929]

I've never had them come to me in a box.

Most just have a strap of some type to hold them together.

 

[Jinxy]

Ive gotten them just wrapped in plastic with a shipping label on them before.

 

[trickyricky]

Jinxy;113054 wrote: Ive gotten them just wrapped in plastic with a shipping label on them before.

+1 :agree: :agree:

 

[jtsgsxr6]

Fire929;113053 wrote: I've never had them come to me in a box.

Most just have a strap of some type to hold them together.

That's how it used to be, I shipped one about a month ago like that. I received an 8 dollar charge to my account after I shipped it because " Item was not contained in cardboard".

So for UPS you have to box em, apparently.

 

[Gorilla]

mike27;113051 wrote: How do you go ship tires? Or how have they been shipped to you? Do you have to box them? I'm selling a set and have to ship them but am having a hell of a time finding a box they'll fit in. Any advice?

U-Haul has boxes

 

[mike27]

I've been to about 6 different Uhauls and storage facilities and nobody has a box big enough. I called the post office and they said the best way would be to zip tie them together and wrap them in plastic. That way the label will stick good. Just have to find some plastic wrap now.

 

[Gorilla]

U-Haul has plastic wrap

 

[Motofun352]

I shiped two tires about 2 months ago via UPS. I used strapping tape to tie them together and clear tape to hold the label on them....otherwise they were bare.

 

[jtsgsxr6]

What size tires are you trying to ship? I know boxes big enough for bike tires exist. My last order of tires came in boxes. 24x24x12 I think.

 

[KBacon]

just tape cardboard to the sides... and tape them together...

 

[BigBird]

ups needs a box, fedex doesn't

 

[Meat]

BigBird;113110 wrote: ups needs a box, fedex doesn't

Hmmm, I get tires delivered by UPS all the time without a box. Maybe it is a new requirement for this year as I haven't gotten a tire shipment yet this year.

 

[jtsgsxr6]

It's not a requirement, you just pay extra, as I found out.

 

[Meat]

jtsgsxr6;113156 wrote: It's not a requirement, you just pay extra, as I found out.

Well that is good to know. Thanks.

 

[RandyO]

I get tires with just a packing label attached (singles) and pairs strapped together..

When I drove tractor trailers for FedEx.. we always had tires on board.. (label only)

 

[mike27]

Thanks for the advice guys. I zip tied them together pretty good and wrapped them in plastic wrap. No problem at the post office.