Anyone Shipped Wheel Weights Before?

Badger08 · Nov 21, 2012

I bought some weights this spring for a tractor, and now a friend wants a set for his 520, so been keeping my eye open. And just wondering has anyone shipped 2 weights before? 150 lbs a piece roughly, so figure 300 lbs?

Just looking for suggestions or a good way someone has had good luck with before. They are far enough way that driving just wouldn't be worth it. Thanks.

David G · Nov 21, 2012

It is not gonna be cheap, talk to a trucking company and see if they can put it on a load.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 21, 2012

Have them strapped to a pallet ship by truck. You have to have a way to load and unload (forklift) or pay extra for a tailgate lift.

Badger08 · Nov 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 20:11:23 11/21/12) Have them strapped to a pallet ship by truck. You have to have a way to load and unload (forklift) or pay extra for a tailgate lift.

Unloading wouldn't be so bad, could just cut the pallet and lift them off or into the back of a pickup truck. Even could drive down to the nearest big city they shipped into and pickup at a trucking location. Just didn't know if anyone has had experience with this before or had a company do so in the past with good luck. Otherwise I think I will just have to pass them up and wait until I find a set locally...

Dean · Nov 21, 2012

Post an ad in the Hauling Schedule to the left.

I once had about 1000 lbs. of Ford weights shipped about 550 miles using the schedule.

Dean

Badger08 · Nov 21, 2012

I was thinking of doing that....only thing is getting the weights bought then no way of getting them hauled back home....then your stuck driving out there?

It ultimately comes down to the friend wanting the weights and how bad haha! So we will see...but that was my initial thought too...was just see if someone can't get them at least a couple hours drive within to get them!

tomturkey · Nov 21, 2012

You could ship palletized as mentioned to your friends local lumber yard. They usually have a fork lift. They could evenslide the pallet into your friends truck. Just a thought, I did that with my wood gas combination furnace when I purchased it. gobble

Hoofer B · Nov 21, 2012

From where to where?

Badger08 · Nov 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 23:45:42 11/21/12) From where to where?

From Eastern Michigan, to SE MN

jm. · Nov 21, 2012

Google "Freightquote.com You will need the zip code of both orgin city and where you want it shipped to. Weight and they ship as class 70 enter all that information and you will get an idea what it will cost yout to have it shipped common carrier LTL freight.

Badger08 · Nov 21, 2012

Ouch...$300. Thanks for the website though...neat website for the future!

wolfman · Nov 21, 2012

I put a pair of Ford pie wts on pallets (2) and loaded them onto a box trailer with my farm loader tractor. The buyer arranged the truck pick up and paid the shipping. about 500 lb each pallet and they went to Canada (from PA). I didn't ask the fee!

wolfman · Nov 21, 2012

I put a pair of Ford pie wts on pallets (2) and loaded them onto a box trailer with my farm loader tractor. The buyer arranged the truck pick up and paid the shipping. about 500 lb each pallet and they went to Canada (from PA). I didn't ask the fee!

504 · Nov 21, 2012

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