Can I ship tires & wheels without box?

Anyone has experience shipping tires and wheels together? I cut circular cardboard pieces out and I used stretch wrap & tape to secure it to the tires. Here's a photo:



Do I need to put these in boxes or will UPS ship them like this?

 

Yes I shipped some like that.

 

I can't remember if it was UPS or FedEx, but when my tires were shipped to me they weren't packaged in anything, just had an address tag on each tire.

 

Ok, I'll try that tomorrow.

 

From a former (retired) UPS employee, that should be good.

 

Awesome! Thanks for confirming that.

 

Should be fine, if your shipping through fastenal (cheap) they'll stick them on some pallets

 

Here's a pictures of how my tires arrived from Discount Tire Direct this summer. Ignore the Heep, it's been sold. You can see there was a shipping label held on with packing tape on each tire. Worked fine and that was an international shipment (US to Canada).

 

I'd want to have them in a box if it were me, piece of mind knowing it has a little bit more protection from getting dinged or serious damage, going thru the shipping process...or put them on a pallet like some said... Good luck hope it works fine...

 

I shipped them like that, and my friend will be receiving them tomorrow. I'll report back if there's damage. His 2003 Tacoma will have wheels and tires from a 2016 TRD Off Road

 

The wheels made it without any damage. Thanks everyone!