Aston's trade runs on vans and its vans run on the M6. Load-rated commercial tyres are carried to the unit yard, the forecourt or the terrace, and fitted where the van waits.
Vans working from the Aston Lane and Holborn Hill units are on the Expressway, the Lichfield Road and the M6 at Gravelly Hill every day, which is exactly where debris and lorry bolts live. A bulge picked up on the motorway usually surfaces back at the yard. Add the weight of tools or stock and each tyre is carrying far more than the same size on a car, so rear shoulders go early.
The answer is stamped on the tyre coming off. Past the size there is a C where the casing is commercial, then the load index, a pair of figures if the van runs twin rears, then the speed rating. Give us those or the registration and out comes a tyre of equal or greater rating. Mounting, balancing and torquing happen beside the van, and pressures follow the plate the maker fixed in the door aperture.
Gated yards and unit forecourts along Aston Lane and Holborn Hill, private forecourts near Aston Cross, and terraces with room for the van to stand. Not the Expressway, not the M6 slip roads, not the closed streets by the ground on a fixture day.
| Postcodes | B6 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Ground matters as much as the tyre. A gated concrete yard on Aston Lane takes a van jack safely, a forecourt at Aston Cross does with permission, but a cambered terrace or loose ground will not. Taking weight off the van ahead of the lift is sensible. A battery-powered van hides its bulk well, so the load rating has to be met exactly rather than approximated, and the noise class printed on the label deserves a look.
Van tyres fitted at the Aston yard, unit or kerb where the van is parked.
