Questions about couriering a tyre

[wywywywy]

Hi all,

Has anyone tried posting a tyre through a courier? I need to send a tyre (no rim) to another part of the country. Can I just slap an address label on it, or do I need to wrap the whole thing in bubble wrap?

Also is there a courier that can do it for less than a tenner? I saw some recommendations for Paisley Freight but they are like £20 to send a 20" tyre, which is a lot for something that is worth around £100.

Thanks.

[vikingaero]

Shrink wrap it. Slap on address label. The courier will probably poke through the shrink wrap to carry it. As to costs - can't help.

[LordHaveMurci]

I doubt couriers will take it unless you shrink wrap or box it. Shouldn't cost more than a tenner, not massively big or heavy.

I've sent wheels & tyres before with no issues.

[MattS5]

I've courieried quite a few, only ever put an A4 sheet of paper in a clear file divider thing, then taped it to the tyre, nothing else.
Pretty sure I used parcel monkey or parcel2go and because of dimensions you can normally tape 2 together, using gaffer tape, and send it as one parcel for around a tenner each from memory.

Happy to confirm the courier service used if it helps?

[MattS5]

Right, just checked.
Parcel monkey won't ship tyres, but parcel2go will, but you gave to use the DPD courier when it returns the options, it's the only courier they work with who'll ship tyres.
Here is their exclusion list https://www.parcel2go.com/prohibited-items
DPD is listed beside them as they will take tyres.

I hope that helps.

[wywywywy]

MattS5 said:

Right, just checked.
Parcel monkey won't ship tyres, but parcel2go will, but you gave to use the DPD courier when it returns the options, it's the only courier they work with who'll ship tyres.
Here is their exclusion list https://www.parcel2go.com/prohibited-items
DPD is listed beside them as they will take tyres.

I hope that helps.

Many thanks but the way I read the page, I think it means DPD prohibits sending tyres? I would be happy to be wrong though!

[edc]

When you buy tyres online they normally come or at least they used to, bare with just a nylon packing band to hold then together.

[paulwirral]

I've given part works away a couple of times and let the receiver sort the postage , all I've ever done is cable tie them together .

[Poopipe]

wywywywy said:

Many thanks but the way I read the page, I think it means DPD prohibits sending tyres? I would be happy to be wrong though!

Dpd are due to deliver a set to me next week so they can't have a blanket no tyres policy

[TooMany2cvs]

wywywywy said:

Many thanks but the way I read the page, I think it means DPD prohibits sending tyres? I would be happy to be wrong though!

I'm with you on that - reads to me as DPD won't.

They might for other senders, but that doesn't mean they have to for everybody.

I'd be wary of just sticking a label onto the tyre - normal tyre labels are sticky as anything, but come off tyres easily. All the ones I've had couriered to me have just been shrink-wrapped in pairs.

[PAUL500]

Wrap them in a black bin liner, tape a label to them and securely clear tape over that to stop it from being ripped off. Driver wont give monkeys whats inside, call it whatever you like on the booking page, car memorabilia etc.

Hermes drop shop on parcels2go usually the cheapest for that size parcel

[MattS5]

I listed that because I know DPD will deliver tyres.
I've used them 3 times in 18 months.

Use the live chat feature and ask, but yes, even though looks like they won't, but it's actually because they will.
Confusing how they've signposted it,my hats all.

[Zoobeef]

I've used myhermes probably about 10 times with no issues. Even with 2 tyres taped together.

[1878]

Zoobeef said:

I've used myhermes probably about 10 times with no issues. Even with 2 tyres taped together.

Must make it difficult for them to hurl the parcel over the fence if you're not at home when they deliver.

[V8RX7]

I use Interparcel Economy (UPS) circa £10 99% of the time it's 24hr, no wrapping required - you'd struggle to damage one !

[scubadude]

Zoobeef said:

I've used myhermes probably about 10 times with no issues. Even with 2 tyres taped together.

If you want the recipient to get your parcel DO NOT use MyHermes, they are nothing short of criminals.

In the last few weeks we've had three parcels "delivered" as in Thrown, actually hurled through the factory door without any care to check if they where for us... In all cases they where wrong address or someone who's never worked here. It's taken me between 2 and 3 weeks, multiple calls, emails and messages on their FB page to have them collected. I suspect some girl missed her Christmas gift with the first one all due to MyHermes incompetence.

I thought it was just one local franchise courier but we've just moved and hello- what's this flying down the corridor this morning? Another MyHermes time-wasting wrongly addressed parcel.

They are class 1, grade A F**kwits.

[ecs0set]

Cheap cling film around the tyre tread. Stops the courier getting his clothes dirty. Less likely to get agro.