Posting a tyre

[Furbo]

I've s tyre for sale on Ebay collection only. It's a 20" and I'd guess it weighs 30+kg.

I looked at Parcelmonkey for a postage price and they are quoting £85!

I see that there are traders on Ebay doing free postage, so who would they be using? I cannot find a courier name on a listing.

TIA

[E-bmw]

A 20" tyre does not weigh 30kg.

That is more like the weight of a full wheel & tyre, and even then I would expect it to be less.

More like 10 - 12kg for a tyre alone.

[Furbo]

E-bmw said:

A 20" tyre does not weigh 30kg.

That is more like the weight of a full wheel & tyre, and even then I would expect it to be less.

More like 10 - 12kg for a tyre alone.

Maybe I'll take the bathroom scales out to the garage.

[smokey mow]

Parcelforce is £20 for up to 30kg but as said above, a tyre won’t weigh anywhere near that in its own.

[Nickp82]

When I send sets of wheels with tyres on I use DPD. You need to split them in to two packages but it s still the cheapest way to do it. They re usually 16 or 17 inch wheels so I assume a single 20 inch tyre will still fit their size requirements.

You need to package them well as their drivers DGAF and just sling them around but less of an issue with a tyre.

[stevieturbo]

Does ebay not offer a postage arrangement ?

I got a wheel/tyre for an Iveco daily the other week, £20 postage to NI from England via DHL. Which I thought very reasonable.

Although obviously some businesses will have deals with couriers, especially if their business relies on such things.

[Furbo]

stevieturbo said:

Does ebay not offer a postage arrangement ?

I got a wheel/tyre for an Iveco daily the other week, £20 postage to NI from England via DHL. Which I thought very reasonable.

Although obviously some businesses will have deals with couriers, especially if their business relies on such things.

It wants me to enter the price manually.

[rlg43p]

Try paisleyfreight.com

[Niglebick]

I’ve just returned a new ( but damaged) tyre using an Evri label supplied through EBay. Seems to be going through their system ok…….

[E-bmw]

Furbo said:

stevieturbo said:

Does ebay not offer a postage arrangement ?

I got a wheel/tyre for an Iveco daily the other week, £20 postage to NI from England via DHL. Which I thought very reasonable.

Although obviously some businesses will have deals with couriers, especially if their business relies on such things.

It wants me to enter the price manually.

Could that be because you are trying the wrong weight?

Things I have sold recently all went through their built-in system through EVRI.

[Furbo]

E-bmw said:

Furbo said:

stevieturbo said:

Does ebay not offer a postage arrangement ?

I got a wheel/tyre for an Iveco daily the other week, £20 postage to NI from England via DHL. Which I thought very reasonable.

Although obviously some businesses will have deals with couriers, especially if their business relies on such things.

It wants me to enter the price manually.

Could that be because you are trying the wrong weight?

Things I have sold recently all went through their built-in system through EVRI.

Could be. I am going to weigh it later.

[dontlookdown]

I doubt your tyre will weigh as much as 20kg, never mind 30kg.

[Pica-Pica]

On TyreReviews, it shows 20" tyres at nor more than 16kg.

[smokey mow]

I suspect the OP has read lbs rather than Kg on the scales as 1kg = 2.2lbs

[Furbo]

Pica-Pica said:

On TyreReviews, it shows 20" tyres at nor more than 16kg.

Yep 16kg. Crap estimate on my part.