Anyone ever ship a tire?

kolesy · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:58 pm

I just had my wife drop off a 247/75 mtr at ups to send off to someone and they charged her $89 to ship it!!! I think they took her for a ride. So has anyone ever shipped a tire, if so what did you pay?

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:28 am

I shipped 4 tires and paid $20 per tire to ship. So yea, if she paid $89 for one tire, then they took her for a ride.

lucas/liberty · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:15 am

well with a size "247/75" tire, it will take special shipping for that...lol

...sorry i just cant leave it alone...

moose · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:55 am

shipped 5 stockers 1000 miles for $20 each

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:45 am

kolesy wrote:

I just had my wife drop off a 247/75 mtr at ups to send off to someone and they charged her $89 to ship it!!! I think they took her for a ride. So has anyone ever shipped a tire, if so what did you pay?

Why do people use UPS for shipping? I Just don't understand it. Use the Postal Service. Heck I've shipped tires through PRIORITY MAIL before. No big deal.

I can't remember how much shipping was, but it darn sure wasn't $89.

KY Liberty · **Joined:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:46 pm **Posts:** 1195

That's almost what I payed to have 4 17 inch rims with 235/65R17's shipped from Arizona to Kentucky.

SRotblat · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:45 am

Was it a UPS Store?? They likely tried to box the tire, charged her for a box, packing material and their labor.....tires do not need boxes!

unixxx · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:23 pm

If they boxed it, they probably also charged you for dimensional weight: (length x width x height) / 194. If cubic size is over 5184, then you have to pay for dimensional instead of actual weight.

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resour ... eight.html

If they didn't box it, they'll charge you a special handling fee because it's more difficult for them to pack irregular items into their vehicles.

I try to use USPS whenever possible....

ratmloud · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:31 pm

if the tire is new you can slap a label on it and go...if its used it must be boxed.

anything over a certian box size/weight is automatically frieght. $70+ to ship.

unixxx · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:00 pm

I shipped my four used tires without boxes, but this was with FedEx.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:41 pm

unixxx wrote:

I shipped my four used tires without boxes, but this was with FedEx.

Thats what I did also. Mine were used and I shipped them fedex.

KY Liberty · **Joined:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:46 pm **Posts:** 1195

With less than 50 miles on them, mine were shipped UPS, on the rims, wrapped in plastic wrap.

kolesy · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:19 pm

Yep it was brand new one! Well I can't really blame the girl for helpin me out though since i didn't have time t o drop it off. I was still pissed! but oh well it is outta my hair now. Thanks for all the reply to confirm she did get screwed (sts).

No more UPS for me!!! :evil:

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