anyone know the best /cheapest way to ship wheels?

[Rigmaster]

With tires... i havnt sold them yet, shipping is too high. Ups is who i was checking, easier for me to deal with.

With tires is gonna cost at least $120 or more depending on destination.

I get sick of people who say "dude, just throw 'em in a box and ship 'em, it won't cost more than $20" or whatever. Seems that those people either (A) don't have a clue about how much it'll really cost to ship or (B) they really did ship something similar for that price, but they had a HUGE shipping discount through their job or their Mommy's banging the delivery guy or whatever.

4 wheels with tires will probably have to go as 4 separate "boxes". You'll need to get some big pieces of cardboard and either make your own boxes, or at least wrap them up in cardboard enough to protect them. Appliance stores usually have lots of cardboard, you just have to get it before it goes into the cardboard baler/recycler.

Buy lots of good packing tape, don't cheap out- just spend a couple of bucks, one roll should do it.

Be careful of the shipping companies' packing terms- some have surcharges if the entire item isn't covered by cardboard- so if you just put 2 circles of cardboard on the front and back or the wheels and wrap tape around, leaving the tires uncovered, you might get hit with a surcharge (or 4).

Try Fedex ground, their website will give you an accurate quote IF you enter the accurate weight and size. I've found Fedex ground to be cheaper than UPS ground for "retail" customers like most of us.

And MikeDE- there's no way in HELL that DHL would only charge anyone just $185 to ship 4 wheels overseas unless they had a BIG discount off list rates- so your comparison is not really helpful to the OP's situation.

[TS87325IS]

With tires... i havnt sold them yet, shipping is too high. Ups is who i was checking, easier for me to deal with.

[MR 325]

Wheels without tires? Pack them 2 per box and ship through FedEx.

[MikeDE]

Everyone keeps thinking that 80 bucks is going to ship a set of wheels. The cheapest i have found is about 220 but that is for 4 individual boxes that i would have to supply. Anyone know of a better way? Thanks.

Dude...where are they going?? I ship wheels via DHL int'l to the US from here for about $185(+ packaging costs). That's (2) boxes under 20kg each.

[TS87325IS]

The cheapest freight charge is about 270. That i have found.

[Swanny]

African swallow...

Maybe get hooked up with a freight company? I mean if they're shipping whole cars for under $700 then there's gotta be a way to slap some wheels on those trucks.

[TS87325IS]

Everyone keeps thinking that 80 bucks is going to ship a set of wheels. The cheapest i have found is about 220 but that is for 4 individual boxes that i would have to supply. Anyone know of a better way? Thanks.