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Old Mar 2, 2020 | 08:38 AM
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Looking for the best methods of shipping a tire and rim.
I would thing a box would almost certainly be torn up, how about padding the sides and plastic wrapping the crap out of it
I'm not sure UPS would approve, but I have received numerous tires shipped this way
 
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Do you mean a wheel with a tyre mounted? Personally I would only ever ship a bare wheel - adding a tyre greatly increases package size and adds weight, as well as cost.
 
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