A car disabled off the A40 does not need a tow to a tyre bay. The van brings the machinery and the tyres to Westway Cross, Park Royal or Eynsham and does the lot at the kerb.
Having a car towed away from the A40 corridor means waiting for a truck, then waiting again at a depot, whether you are in west London or an Oxfordshire village. A driver who has pulled into Westway Cross retail park, the Park Royal estate or Eynsham village with a ruined tyre is better served when the workshop comes to them. The car stays parked, you stay with it, and nothing needs collecting later.
The van works as a mobile tyre bay, loaded with a changing machine, a wheel balancer, lifting gear, a torque wrench, valves and stock tyres. Up goes the car, off comes the old tyre on the machine, and its successor goes on, gets spun on the balancer and is bolted back at the right torque, all in the parking space. A single figure covering everything is settled by phone first.
Westway Cross retail park, Park Royal estate roads off Hanger Lane, Eynsham village and Thornhill park and ride all give the van room. It never sets up on a red route, the gyratory or the bypass; stranded there, call 999.
| Road | A40 Westway, Western Avenue and Oxford northern bypass |
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| Operator | Transport for London (London) / National Highways (trunk sections) |
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Picture the fitter kneeling beside the wheel with a jack underneath and the van a few steps away: that is the space the job needs, on ground flat enough for the jack. On London streets near the A40 a permit bay may need a visitor permit, and nobody's drive can be blocked. Private bays on the Park Royal estate need the landlord's agreement. The car never moves, because the machine comes to it. At the Oxford end, Wheatley streets usually suit.
Need the tyre changed where the car sits off the A40? Call the van out.
