BundyRumandCoke wrote:Try the Post Office. I work for them, and we get tyres through the mail on a fairly regular basis, plus things like computers, cartons of wine, eskys, mowers, ect. Its surprising what they will take these days.
Officially the rules are such that anything that fits in a ULD are allowed to be transported by Australia Post. this means up to 1mx1mx1m (I think it's actually 1.05x because how we can stack them.
Over those dimensions, whether we have the capability or not, we are not allowed to carry them.
Pity cos it woulda made moving house to brissy much cheaper if I coulda thrown it on one of our own trucks
The normal maximum weight over the Post Office shop counter is 20kg... up to 32kg is normally allowed at these points. I think the online calculator would only cover up to 20kg each, then spit the dummy.
Bigger stuff like your tyres would need to go through a Business Centre, and the price is negotiated for anything over 20kg, although there's pretty fair guidelines.
If it's going as a point to point ULD it will be based on the cost of transporting the volume of the ULD (s), not on individual weights
I can't tell you how much it's gonna cost - I can check how much it'd cost us, or one of our major customers who has such an agreement, but the price would be dependant on the exact dimensions and destination.
Regardless it should be under $250 or you'll either be refused outright (we can't carry this, Sir).
Just don't expect to carry 4 tyres in through one of the retail shops with an address stickytaped to it like a normal parcel.
