In Hitchin the car stays where it is and the workshop travels. Out of the van come a tyre machine, a balancer and the right tyre, and every stage of the job is finished beside the car.
Getting a disabled car to a fitting bay in Hitchin is awkward. Towing along the narrow streets round Bancroft is slow, a car on a Charlton or Gosmore driveway may be some way from a garage, and a car stuck in a lay-by on the A505 has nowhere to go on a wrecked tyre. Doing the work where the car stands removes the tow, the wait and the second journey to collect it.
The van is fitted out as a compact Hitchin tyre bay on wheels: changer, balancer, trolley jack, torque wrench and shelves of popular sizes. Say what size is on the car, where it is parked and how much space there is beside it, and the price is fixed on the phone. With the wheel lifted away, its new tyre is mounted and balanced inside the van, then refitted at the right torque, and the car is ready.
Drives, estate roads and village lanes around Hitchin give the van room, and so does an A505 lay-by once the car is fully off the road. Market Place on market days and the tight bays of Tilehouse Street do not.
| Postcodes | SG4, SG5 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Around 1.5 to 2 hours |
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A kerbside fit in Hitchin needs level ground, clear space around that wheel for the jack and the tyre to come off, and a legal place for the van that leaves traffic and drives clear. The narrow residents' bays round Bancroft rarely give that; a drive in Hitchin Hill or an estate road in Sunnyside usually does. Private and permit bays work with permission. As the machinery rides on board, the car does not move an inch, so towing it anywhere is never part of the plan.
Hitchin car stuck with a failed tyre? The workshop comes out to it.
