No idea where to post this lol..

Im going to be shipping rims and tires are there any pointers on how to make it easy? Deflate all of them? and what type of boxes should i get they are 19 x 8.5.

Thanks

 

Deflating them will make them MUCH lighter.

 

all I know is ship them using DHL cause it will literally be almost half the price compared to UPS or Fedex. I shipped a set of 17x8s from Pennsylvania to Washington and DHL charged me $55 total and UPS wanted $90 and Fedex $87.

 

"Thank you very much "



To OP: just make sure the buyer is aware that they will be deflated if you decided to go that route

 

i may be wrong but how the hell would deflating them make them lighter. air doesnt weigh that much if anything at all. please explain to me how that is possible?

 

i have no idea. but i looked at google.


im not gonna read it b/c i dont really care but you can


http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...5256.Ch.r.html

 

As a side venture... I sell/ship about 2-3 sets of rims and or tires per week...

I have a commercial account with UPS... it costs me about $10 per...

FYI if I ship them "mounted & balanced" I bubble wrap the face, and use the tire as packaging. (hope that makes sense...)

 

hmmm thats interesting. the air in one 15" tire would be 0.0638 lbs. that isnt much but still its something and i guess it would add up. but that only comes from all the moisture that is in the air. but i guess i learned something new today.

 

Actually, I just forgot the red text......

 

Honestly, it's more of a hassle for the buyer and not the best business. I used to ship them in boxes and bubble wrapped. Your local supermarket might have big boxes for free.

 

I never use boxes and have not had any problem. I put a couple layers of cardboard on each side of each tire/wheel and cut it to match the OD of the tire, then I bubble wrap each one individually.

Just a word of advice ...after shipping some rim/tire sets with the tires deflated, I got complaints from some of the buyers about the deflated tires. So I had to follow up by shipping each of them a box of air. Save yourself the trouble and do it right the first time.

 

leave the air in it. you dont even need to box them up just put a few layers of cardboard on the front/back and tape/tie it up

 

lol @ deflate the tires

Go to a place that sells rimz and aske for boxes, y0!

 

I ordered boxes from www.uline.com and they fit the wheels perfectly.

 

 

werd this is what i did

 

Yes, Yes they did Arrived all purdy! Cant wait to put them on

 

oops, I mean shrink wrap not bubble wrap

 

Winner.

 

Wait you can shipp rims without putting them in a box? Ummmm So just bubble wrap it put a shipping label and send? that will work?

 

It's simple. Cut out cardboard disks the size of the outside diameter of the tire for each one. Put the bubble wrap between the cardboard and the wheel, tape around the cardboard/tire with shipping tape and then bring them to DHL and they're weight them and have you fill out a shipping label/receipt. It's that easy.