I will be selling my old Stock 1992 Z28 16" rims. They weigh in at 23lbs each.

I am in Vancouver, BC. Canada. I am wondering what type of delivery will it require me to take to have all 4 mailed out to someone in the US? (UPS/FEDEX?)

Which would be cheaper? Any idea the cost? Does it require insurance?

Do they supply the packaging box and how large a box do they need to use?

www.ups.com and www.fedex.com have online shipping calcuators. I would use that to get an IDEA of the shipping & handling cost but have no idea what size of a box would be needed for 16X8 rims (23lbs) ea. And what type of delivery is needed..

Thanks very much.

 

You need 4 boxes with inside dimensions of about 18x18x9. Then maybe some extra cardboard to wrap around them and to set on top of and under them, to reinforce the box a bit so it doesn't crush around the wheels so easy.

UPS or FedEx ground would be easiest.

Neither of those companies will supply a box of the size you need. However, any place that sells moving or packing supplies should be able to hook you up. U-Haul, PakMail, etc.

Don't outsmart yourself. This is really pretty easy.

 

Interesting.. Any idea how much U-Haul/PakMail (Never heard of that one) would charge you for 4 box's that big?

 

Probably $3-4 US each. What's that, about $25 Ca apiece?

You could also put 2 of them in a 18 cubed box, with a couple of pieces of cardboard between them. That would be kind of awkward to carry around though. They'd be alot easier to ship one at a time, like wheel mfrs do. In fact that's somewhere you could look to scare up some boxes; a tire store.

Come on guy, this isn't rocket science, it's just putting stuff in a box. 16" x 8" wheels are about 17" across and 8½" thick, so that's the size box you need. Not really interesting at all actually, quite dull in fact.

PakMail is a chain of stores we have here, that will {drum roll please} pack and mail stuff for you. I've seen places like that all over the world, not just in the US, even in some seriously 3rd world places; no doubt you have something equivalent there.

 

Obviously you can get 2 in that size of a box. I said interesting, because of the fact that you HAVE to supply the packaging.. Which simply means more work for me.

 

You need boxes that will hold rims? Go to a grocery store, and go through their recycle bin, wide variety of sizes and you don't have to pay $5 for each box.

 

or go to a tire store... they have them too.

 

last time i did it the ghetto way. grabed two pieces of carboard (one on each side) and a big roll of tape and went to town. i wouldnt do it again like that but the guy who i sold them too didnt want to pay for the cost of the materials to ship it and i wasnt going to eat the price either so thats it. BTW he got the rims (and tires) with no damage done to them. also was shipped DHL

 

that's how the tire rack ships them

 

to ship rims i put one box into another, to ship tires i wrap tape around ten inch of the tire and slap a ups sticker on them , usually pretty simple