Best way to ship GS300 rims ??
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Best way to ship GS300 rims ??
Hi,
Does anyone have any experience with shipping rims.
What is the best way to send 4 rims with no tires via UPS or Fedex.
The Rims are OEM 16".
The best price for shipping is if you ship as one box or one package.
Anyone have packing experience with these wheels?
Please give details?
Regards,
Matthew
Does anyone have any experience with shipping rims.
What is the best way to send 4 rims with no tires via UPS or Fedex.
The Rims are OEM 16".
The best price for shipping is if you ship as one box or one package.
Anyone have packing experience with these wheels?
Please give details?
Regards,
Matthew
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Can someone elaborate on this packing procedure, do you just bubble rap?
Do you send the wheels individually?
do you tie them all together and then bubble rap?
Does anyone know of a single box option and where to get it?
Regards,
Matthew
Do you send the wheels individually?
do you tie them all together and then bubble rap?
Does anyone know of a single box option and where to get it?
Regards,
Matthew
#4
Cut out cardboard circles, place on both sides, then bubble wrap, then saran wrap everthing with industrial saran wrap (find it at costco), then place two together and punch small holes thought the wrapped rims clost to the edge and tie them together (two each). Thus shipping is both cheaper using less packages as well as to a business if possible. Also use FedEx ground...they are cheaper than UPS.
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Originally posted by KVA
Cut out cardboard circles, place on both sides, then bubble wrap, then saran wrap everthing with industrial saran wrap (find it at costco), then place two together and punch small holes thought the wrapped rims clost to the edge and tie them together (two each). Thus shipping is both cheaper using less packages as well as to a business if possible. Also use FedEx ground...they are cheaper than UPS.
Cut out cardboard circles, place on both sides, then bubble wrap, then saran wrap everthing with industrial saran wrap (find it at costco), then place two together and punch small holes thought the wrapped rims clost to the edge and tie them together (two each). Thus shipping is both cheaper using less packages as well as to a business if possible. Also use FedEx ground...they are cheaper than UPS.
As someone said above, cut two or three cardboard circles for each side of the rim and shrink wrap them very well. You can find a large roll of industrial shrink wrap at your local home depot (contractor's wrap).
What you can also do is estimate the best way to ship them (eg individually or together). Go to UPS.com or Fedex.com and estimate shipping. You can enter two options 1) the entire package with the entire weight with like 24 x 24 x 32 package size OR 2) a single rim weight with a package size of 24 x 24 x 8.
I dont have to tell you to multiple cost of #2 x 4. See what the price difference is.
Good luck!
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Get some 24" square boxes, cardboard circles as mentioned before, and lost of bubble wrap. Pack 2 wheels in each box after you have wraped them individually and then fill the spaces with foam peanuts.
Voila.....
Find a shipping source and you're done!!
Voila.....
Find a shipping source and you're done!!
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