Everything a tyre bay has, from the mounting machine to the balancer and a stock of tyres, arrives in Houghton Regis in the van, so a stranded LU5 car never needs a tow.
Emergency fitting matters when the car is stuck. A tyre torn by link road debris leaves a car parked in Thorn with no spare, a shopper at Bedford Square has a flat and no way to get to a garage, and a works van at the Woodside Link units cannot leave the yard. Towing costs time and money, while a van carrying the full workshop can fix the problem where it is.
Stowed in the van are a compressor, a tyre changer, a torque wrench, a wheel balancer and a stock of common sizes. At the Thorn kerb the worn tyre is levered off, its replacement seated and inflated, the wheel balanced and the nuts torqued to specification. The Thorn job is priced on the phone, the old tyre rides back in the van, and the car is left ready to drive.
The van needs level ground and space beside the wheel: a drive on Tithe Farm or Parkside, a Bedford Square bay with room either side, or a yard off the Woodside Link. The A5505 carriageway is never a place for it.
| Postcodes | LU5 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Around 1.5 to 2 hours |
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The whole workshop may ride in the van, but it needs room to work. The fitter wants level ground, about an arm's span beside the damaged wheel, and a spot that does not block a neighbour's drive on Parkside or a lane through the leisure centre car park. Private drives and marked bays are ideal. With changer and balancer travelling to the Parkside car, it stays exactly where it is, and a tyre torn on the A5505 is not driven another yard.
Houghton Regis breakdown with no spare? The whole tyre bay drives to Tithe Farm or Thorn.
