[Bob Carriere]

The barn gentlemen ...... who am I kidding..

I maintain a UPS box in Ogdensburg NY...... about $110 per 6 months.....

has saved us many times over what we pay in rental for the box.

UPS is always full of tires in the back room.....however...unless they have changed they are not equipped to load and unload with a fork lift.... most tires I have seen are shipped and wrapped individually. On 4 tires it might not cost a lot more....but.... when we had 22 tires (10:50 x 16) shipped we took pity on the UPS crew and dealt with a warehouse which received the full skidded shipment. Wallace Wade even arranged for the 22 tires to be shipped directly from the Pennsylvania factory rather than form his warehouse in Texas.... very decent guy to deal with.

The warehouse charged su $120 to handle the skid...... but the loading platform was meant for a large tractor trailer height and the forklift had no ramp to reach the paved lot...... so we cut the pastic wrap on the tires and individually loaded them onto the car trailer and tied them down with cargo straps. Our Canadian tires costed about $225 ( 4 years ago) each with shipping, money conversion and duty which is only PST/GST.... they now retail at $325 + -

Be carefull and check the prices between the Vintage Canada in Hawkesbury and the USA price..... you can save on the shipping and save at least 30% mark up on overall price..... what they charge to bring it across the border and profit is ridiculous in my mind..... it is almost like getting the 5th spare tire free.

When ordering the tires ask about the tubes and compare local Canadian prices........ farm tractor shops use 16 tires a lot on farm equipment.

Hurry up while the Canadian dollar is doing good.

Good luck

Bob