Importing Tyres

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Hi Bob.

I told my sad tale of tyre costs on a thread some time back. I bought six 9.00-16 NDs from Wallace Wade in Texas for less than $200 each and had them air freighted to Melbourne for a little over $700. I didn't think that I was going to bad until I went to pick them up and ran slap bang into 'The System'. Net result:- it cost me 2 days and another $500 and I consider myself lucky, it could have got a lot worse.

Total cost per tyre approx $425

Next attempt was when a friend of a friend was going on his annual shopping holiday to LA as part of which he was shipping back a '47 Ford pick-up. He purchased six 9.00-16 NDs from Summit Racing for a bit over $200 ea and shipped them back with the truck. Total cost for delivery to Oz $470.

Total cost per tyre approx $300 but may not be repeatable.

On a slightly different tack. The MRF 9.00-16 NDs that were available here were boldly marked 'For Flat Base Wheels Only' or words to that effect, which makes them the right tyre for a British/CMP wheels. I inadvertently purchased some without realising and they are sloppy on American wheels so I subsequently imported what I needed. I took the MRFs to Corowa last year but nobody showed much interest.

David