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Subject:Re: Best/Cheapest way to ship tires
From:SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Date:Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:56:11 -0800

'the bus' ..........Ken Kesey's Merrie Pranksters bus ?

thought maybe you mean Bus Depot ,as I'm sure they ship tires all over.

UPS or FED-EX .that's how Van Cafe shipped four to me.

or Greyhound . That might even be the cheapest , worth checking into I'd
think.

On 1/28/2014 2:28 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> Check out the bus, too. They ship anything they can put in the hold on the
> outside under the seating, and pretty cheap. I have shipped vanagon panels
> this way from Alabama to New Mexico for $40 or so. It does have to be
> wrapped, but almost anything will do.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> UPS.  Strap them in pairs.  At least that's how Tire Rack shipped mine a
>> few
>> years ago.  You can also wrap them in stretch wrap before strapping if they
>> are somewhat dirty used tires.
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> JRodgers
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:07 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Best/Cheapest way to ship tires
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions. Need to ship a set of tires from Birmingham,
>> AL
>> to Wisconsin!!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>