shipping 5 wheels/tires...your experiences? (1 Viewer)

[d0ubledown]

so im trying to get a set of 5 wheels/tires shipped from WV to WA. been racking my brain researching for how to ship them. fedex and the likes have been quoting me from $5-700!

looking at freight companies as well, and thats getting up to 400 still, on a pallet. i keep reading about shipping large off road tires for $2-300 for a set..who are these people using? these are for 5 35" tires at about 90lbs each.

so, if youve shipped tires cross country, who/what have you used and at what cost?

if this in the wrong forum, mods please move. but these are for my 80..so thats somewhat 80 tech..no?

thanks!

 

[Memphisacc]

fedex freight is a rip off...check out R&L

 

[krzyabncanuck]

Check out any freight trucking company.

 

[ERG80]

I've had no expirience with them but I've heard greyhound may be an option.

 

[harrydunn]

I had a front bumper for a Honda Civic shipped to me via Greyhound. I've also received and shipped two sets of wheels via Fed Ex. Was fairly cheap as I recall, relatively speaking.

 

[bigredmachine]

i had a motor for a honda shipped form atl to nj 150$ on a pallet with r&l. now that was part of the purchase price for the motor through jarco, but still not bad for a 250 lb shipping weight.

 

[2garfields]

$400 sounds about right. I did a reseach recently, 4 tires with 50 lbs each, don't remember the distance, it would run about half of that. If you have a commerical account with one of the major shipping carriers, it will save you big $$$.

 

[photomike]

Greyhound.

 

[LINUS]

I've had sets of tires & seats shipped to me via Greyhound - they were tires only (4) - and the guy banded the tires into pairs - they were smaller tires for my BMW, so weight wise they might not want yours banded into pairs, but long story short, the seller researched shipping for a couple days & IIRC it was ~$100 for the pair of front seats from Baltimore to WA state - I didn't pay for the tires shipping, that was free in the auction the tires came from, but Greyhound must have been the cheapest the seller could find.

Maybe call Tire Rack & see how they ship sets of wheel / tire combos ??

 

[calfj60]

throw them on a pallet and talk with Forward Air....shipped a 60 frame that way across the country

 

[fjfar80]

I have shipped FedEx Ground / Home Delivery without any issues...sent my ARB via FedEx Freight and had no issues there either.

- Mark

 

[95ToyCruiser]

X2 for R&L, I bought a motor for my cruiser off a fellow Mudder, paid $400 shipping from Atlanta, GA to Pittsburgh, PA didn't think that was bad for about 500 lbs

 

[d0ubledown]

thanks for the tips guys. didnt realize shipping 500lbs worth of tires would cost half of the cost of the tires looks like an average of about $450, with a couple quotes for under 400...but thats with estimated weights.
another question: when talking weight, is the weight measured by whats on the pallet only? or pallet + contents?

btw: found a site called freightcenter.com. pretty good site, and gives you quotes from multiple carriers. got some that are fairly reasonable from companies like YRC and vitran. anyone heard of these companies?

 

[mudlover]

Go to craigslist or find a college student who could take with.
Make sure you check them out really well.