ShutterBug

I have some tires up for sale on this forum. I have received several inquiries about shipping the tires.

To ship from Cleveland, OH to Florida via UPS would be about $95 per tire. WTF?

Is there a better option at a lower cost? Even Greyhound seemed to be excessive. I've looked into LTL carriers and I'm getting quotes over $1,000.

I must be doing something wrong.

Any ideas?

AirJordan613

I shipped a tire out of Cleveland for about $50. I used fedex

ShutterBug

I am not having such luck. I did get FedEx to quote around $70 per tire, however.

AirJordan613

My tire weighed much less it was my factory spare.

Vladimer

What about putting them on a pallet before shipping? LTL rates are usually cheaper. If someone on the forum in the states works for a transport company you could save big $$. Our rates in Canada are generally 45-65% less then published rates depending how much we ship with that agent. I'd offer to ship it for you but we generally do Canada coast to coast, no deals in the states.

Northridge4x4

welcome to our world! Free shipping is never free

But I agree if you are shipping 5 tires go LTL

David

jnabird333

To be fair though.... large shippers often see 80-90% discounts. Something an individual or small company will never see.

MMXJKU

Check in to Fastenal. They have great rates for shipments between their stores.

corupt1

When I purchased some tires for my camper earlier this year, the seller just put a bunch of zip ties around them, put the shipping slip right on the tire and shipped them USPS. Tires arrived fine and have been perfect. Can't say that way will work out all the time though.

tribulation138

yea... tires are heavy. and the rates of UPS and fedex for anything over 30lbs has been going up significantly. I was a ship/rec supervisor for 14 years. I would ship my personal items through work because of how cheap business accounts are.

for the public UPS/fedex rates are outrageous.