Axle, when I was in the service and I needed stuff like tires shipped from my parents or brother they used Grey Hound bus transportation. They just treated each tire as baggage. It was real reasonable. I just had to be at the station to pick the tires up. You do not have to be traveling. Just pay the baggage rates.Those buses have huge storage areas.
Just a thought....
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