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well i'm wanting to send my 35" mud terrains to someone on here and I Was wondering how I would go about doing that the cheapest way possible. I heard that UPS is pretty cheap. How do I go about ordering the postage and preparing each tire? Do i need to get a weight?
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2001 F350 7.3 SCLB 4x4 Off-Road SRW
- DP Tuner, Tymar intake, 35" BFG Mudders on 16x10 Mickey T's, Superlift 6" lift, DiPricol 3 gauge Pillar, 4" SS DP to 5" sidepipe to 6" Chrome tip, WW, Panasonic Deck with 4xInfinity References, Overboost Elim., CCV
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'93 F-250 IDI, 4x4, K&N, no soup bowl, stock, with 265,XXX miles 5 speed, 3.55, kind of new LUK clutch, runs great, starts great, it is great. The truck is getting old.
I tried this last year.
UPS required individual boxes.
DHL did the shipping for $33.00 per tire and wheel. Size was 265/85/16. They wrapped some tywraps through a hole of each wheel and attached the shipping tag.
About 25-33 % of UPS. Great service for me from Prescott Arizona to Daytona Beach Florida.
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I found FedEx Ground was about 1/3 cheaper then UPS... Just placed cardboard on top and bottom then shrinkwrapped them. Any common carrier will allow all four wrapped up on a skid. Most other carriers like FedEx and UPS will require each tire wrapped individually.
On edit... you may have to take to a dropoff location for all the carriers and they will weight them there and figure your fees. You can also caculate ship fees on their web sites.
I bought tires new, I believe they were delivered by DHL. Each had a shipping label that was held on by box tape wrapped around the tire (through the middle).
I would suggest at least TWO shipping labels per unit. Otherwise if one gets lost the unit never gets delivered.
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1985 International rollback, 6.9L 5 speed "Li'l Big Truck"
weigh it on your bathroom scale it may or may not register it
but ever try to wrap them in plastic wrap
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weigh yourself on the bathroom scale, then weigh yourself with the tire. our ups man allways has unwrapped tires onboard for the service station down the road.
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Y2K 350 WEDGEWOOD BLUE/HARVEST GOLD CC DRW LB AUTO 4X4 ESOF LARIAT AMSOIL DUAL BYPASS, AMSOIL FLUIDS, REESE 20K FIFTH WHEEL HITCH, BD BRAKELOC, BD PRESSURELOC, PRODIGY P3 BRAKE CONTROL, RANCHO 9000'S PULLING 2002 CEDARCREEK 362BBS, 2002 BRIMAR 5 TON DUMP OR 2006 APPALACHIAN 24' GOOSENECK DECK OVER.
It was a few years ago but FedEx just slapped a label on them, taped it through the middle and away they went.
More recently I shipped my old V-code front leaf springs through FedEx. All I did was tape a "boxing mitt" on each end - no problem.
They will weigh the stuff there but if you want ballpark numbers then the tire mfr or tirerack.com should have tire weights.
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