Wondering if anybody on here works for a shipping company that can help me ship out a set of wheels + tires for a good deal?
Price it out at Fed Ex if you haven't. They were literally half the price of UPS the last time I sent a wheel tire combo. Mine were large and heavy - 19x8.5 BBS. Each weighed ~50lbs. Putting two in each box worked out very well for pricing, but bundling them like Discount tire will help. the problem with a lot of wheels and tires is the weight tends to go just a tiny bit beyond their weight to size ratio and take them out of normal pricing ranges. Keeping them out of a box can save 5 lbs and possibly put them back in the affordable range.
I used to work at a UPS Store and if you ship them with NO box you will be charged an extra $12 for irregular packaging and there will be no chance of getting an insurance claim if they are damaged, but if you do put them in a box chances are you will get charged for dimensional weight which is a lot more than what you pay for what you are actually sending. If you know some one with a FedEx or UPS account then have them print off some labels for you b/c their rates will be far less expensive than if you go into an actual store.
IMHO I would strap them to a pallet and ship them R&L freight. It will cost you less than most other ways.
I forgot to put a dollar amount in my post. Shipping my last wheels, including having Fed Ex package them for me was well under $100. I want to say it was ~$80, but could be off by a little. I think that is pretty reasonable.
I ship that kinda stuff out pretty regularly up in St Cloud area. If your around the area, your more then welcome to ship them out from my shop here. If you want to pm me the apporx weight and a zip code to where they are going I can get you a pretty close price. We've got tons of packaging material here that your welcome to help yourself to as well.
