Nobody needs to tow a crippled car to a workshop near the A14. Our van brings a tyre changer, a balancer and tyres in stock, so the full job is done where the car stands.
Getting a disabled car to a tyre depot around Kettering or Northampton usually means a recovery truck, a wait and a second trip to collect it. For drivers stranded off the A14 at Kelmarsh, Rothwell or a Thrapston side street, that turns a tyre problem into a lost day. A car with a wrecked tyre, parked up at a Rushden house or a town car park, should not have to go anywhere to be put right.
Packed into the van is the kit you would find in a tyre bay: a tyre changing machine, a wheel balancer, jack, torque wrench, valves and a range of tyres. The fitter lifts the car, separates the damaged tyre from the rim on the machine, seats and balances the replacement, refits the wheel and torques the nuts. You stay with the car, and one price covering everything is confirmed on the call before anything begins.
The van needs level ground and room beside the wheel: a drive, a Kettering or Thrapston car park, or a village street off the A508 at Kelmarsh. It never sets up on the A14, a slip road or the verge; a car stuck there is a 999 call.
| Road | A14 Catthorpe to Thrapston |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
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Kettering leisure village by J9 has the sort of bay this work suits: level tarmac for the jack, room to kneel at the damaged wheel and a van parked next door without boxing anyone in. A Rothwell street or a Desborough drive can offer the same, and private or managed bays need the owner's nod. The changing machine and balancer travel up the A14 to you, so the car stays in that very space, far from the traffic.
Stuck off the A14 with a ruined tyre? The van does the entire job there.
