Just like the ***le says , what have you all found to be the most cost effective way to ship wheels? I need to get em to Canada, there is 4 of them.I searched and after reading almost 5 pages of posts I didnt find what I was looking for
I've just taped & stretch wrapped them together in a stack and cut down a cardboard box to fit over them. DHL is the best deal coast to coast and I believe they cover Canada as well.
I have purchased several off ebay. Best packaging I have seen so far is just rolling them in cardboard. Though that wouldn't be to good for aluminum. Fed X has been the least expensive I have seen, but nothing has come through DHL.
I sent a set of 4 wheels to the west coast in 4 boxes last year by Fed. Ex. for about $100.00 ( buyer paid shipping)
You might want to try Greyhound. I have sent alot of large items (fenders, seats etc.) and they are reasonably priced. You just have to wrap em up in that industrial plastic wrap they use on palletes. The only catch is the person your sending to needs to go to the local station to pick up.
I've never sent four wheels at once, but I have taped two together tight with a piece of carboard in between to keep metal to metal rubbing at bay and put them in a cardboard box that fit tightly. Finding a box for four might be trickier, but an appliance box of some kind should do the trick. For Canada either the Post Office or DHL is probably the best bet.
Greyhound is cheap BUT, does not go across the border. If your client is close to a depot in the US, he could go down to pick up. Just did that with some fenders.
I sent a few, I just put a round peice of cardboard on each side and shrink wrapped them. They went UPS for not a whole lot each. CHAZ
dont send anything to canada by UPS because your buyer will get screwed bigtime on the import dutys or broker fees or taxes that UPS charge i've seen many complaints about charges to canada . i've had good luck with fedex sending bigger stuff but havent done much shipping to canada
I sent 4 wide white tires thru Fed-Ex and all they did was wrap a label around each tire and threw them on a truck. My buyer was happy. You could go by a wheel store and bum a couple empty wheel boxes from them them tape them together or something. Just a thought!
I used to work for DHL and I'm pretty sure they'll ******** you as they do with anything shipping internationally. Personally, I would try the USPS. They ship based on weight, and you might accidentally luck out and get a great rate.
us ups, they will ship them to canada no problem. i have shipped many times to canada using the brown truck.
might try the usps.com ......i sent some slicks up north ...and they were actually cheaper than fedex......which is usually the cheapest......might be worth a look.....brandon
Dpending on weight and size restrictions by your shipper, sending One box of Four wheels will be a lot cheaper than 4 boxes with One wheel each. Most companies have a basic "per piece" charge and then add on the weight fees at a lesser rate after that.
USPOSTAL SERVICE....on a recent shippment of 4 wheels.... 26 dollars a wheel -one at a time. 21 dollars FOR two at a time!!!!....aint that just like all other government agencies? MAKE ANY SENSE?
UPS really likes to **** us on the brokerage fees, I haven't shipped in anything as big as a set of wheels, but my best experiences have always been USPS
They make laminated paper drums that are 18" diameter. You can generally get 4 wheels in a drum, depending on the width. I use foam sheet to seperate them, so they don't bang together. The best deal is to ship them to the border, have someone hand carry them across, and ship in Canada.
Believe it or not, they will probably cost you more to ship within Canada than they would to ship from the US, don't ask me to explain why......cause I can't. Where do you have to ship them to? If the person is close to the border there is another way that a lot of us in my area do. I usually get my stuff sent to a parcel service in Ogdensberg NY, then go down and pick it up myself and pay the tax when I go back across. This way I don't have to pay "brokerage fees" plus the shipping is way cheaper , but I am only an hour from the border.
****, I could have relayed them up to Kingston this week from Detroit. But yes USPS is the best (brokerage fee is only $5), I will try anything to not have someone ship to me by UPS from the USA though, they really do **** us on the brokerage fees.
DON'T ship **** to Canada with Fedex. If your buyer doesn't pay the import fees, then Fedex charges it back to you. And guess what? People don't want to pay them fees. Of course, Fedex doesn't tell you that until about 6 months later, at which point you're ****ed. I will NEVER send anything to Canada that the Post Office won't deliver.
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