how to ship 2 14" car wheels

I maybe putting up a pair of wheels. Any of you ever shipped any 14" wheels?
Best way to pack..........SEPARATELY (2 cartons, as them is heavy!) Just a
tag, plastic bag, or do I have to box them?
Final weight will set the carrier, but probably UPS

When all else fails, I can call UPS and or Fedex for their suggestions.

tia, Howard

 

I recently had to mail 4 chrome wheels from NY to Indiana... the cost was
$75 individually boxed, but if I shipped two in a box it would have brought
the cost down to $58..... so it depends on what you want to pay.... but yes
you certainly have to put them in a box....

 

When all else fails, I can call UPS and or Fedex for their suggestions.

In the UK its about £50 to ship a full pallet on a next day service anywhere
within the country, may be more in America for more states travelled but
could be your best bet.

Mike

 

I used to work ata UPS counter in a Staples store and we shipped tires
pretty regularly. the cheapest way for you would be to get some shrink wrap
and shrink wrap them together and wrap them up in brown kraft paper. as long
as the rims(if there any) arn't important then not to much damage can happen
to rubber.

just my advice but you may want to local UPS counter and see if they will
ship them this way. it depends on how anal there counter person, and UPS
driver are.

Jamie

 

Are they steel wheels or alloys? Alloy wheels should be boxed separately
in a 16'' X 16'' X 10'' Box with newspaper for padding. Steel wheels
don't need as much TLC.

Alan

 

If they are just plain steel wheels and don't matter if they get dinged, you
do not
have to box them if your shipping via UPS, just tag them. If they are soft
aluminum
or some such and would suffer scratching, then put each in a plastic garbage
sack
and box them in double layer of cardboard. (you probably will need to make
your
own box)

Ted

 

Along with that good advice, you might take corrugated cardboard and cut
it into two round pieces slightly smaller than the OD of the tires to
put on both ends of the stack of tires just before the shrink wrap goes
on to protect the rims (and tires somewhat). Negligible package
weight/cost/size penalty.

When I bought mounted tires on rims from a mail order source, that's
what they had done. You gotta figure if that's how they protect their
brand new merchandise of several hundred $$ value, it must protect
pretty well.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

The wheels are 1972 or so STEEL WHEELS (mopar products) and not exactly
pristine.
I do remember (maybe) years ago when I worked in a NAPA store, wheels were
delivered with a tag wired on and no external packing.
Thank you *ALL (*with one exception) for your time and suggestions.

H

 

No, you don't. Only if you want to protect their finish from being damaged
(as in the case of chrome wheels)