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Old 05-29-2012, 09:18 PM
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Looking for advice on best way to ship a set of 4 wheels from a cost perspective. UPS, FedEX, USPS or shipper?
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Where are you sending them to? The location? Greyhound is cheap, but they don't deliver to an address
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Originally Posted by jwillman
Looking for advice on best way to ship a set of 4 wheels from a cost perspective. UPS, FedEX, USPS or shipper?
Are they particularly heavy or going somewhere odd? I just shipped a set of FIAT wheels in 18x18x18 boxes (2 per box) for about $23 per box UPS Ground, Baton Rouge to Colorado.
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Greyhound or USPS Priority Mail
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have a set of phone dials coming from Salt Lake city to Austin. Went to gray hound and their online pricing seemed steep. USPS seemed the best.
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I had a set of Ebay phonys sent for about $120 by UPS... sucked
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Bus is cheapest.
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Fedex is about $20-$30 a wheel.
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Two wheels per box is usually cheaper than four different items. They will weigh about 50 lbs per box, (or two boxes with one in each firmly strapped together with packaging tape). I usually use FedEx, as I have an account there.

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Just rims or rims plus tires? Some carriers have wieght limits, not Forward Air.

http://www.forwardair.com/

Reasonable option for heavy items.
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Just rims. Looks like USPS parcel post is $30ish per pair shipped in one box.



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