oh, alrighty then......
although, I've gotten a tire or two shipped from some of the folks here on the forum & if I remember correctly, it was about $15 to ship it from your area(can't remember the guy's name though...Dusty something or other....) to my home. All he did was put it in a cardboard box & ship it thru the USPS.....
p.s. just did a package shipment estimator online at USPS & for a 15# box 24"x24"x3" priority mail was only $23 & parcel post was only $14....