Supplier vans for the Ladypool Road restaurants and trade vans parked on Edward Road need tyres built for weight. A tyre carrying the proper load rating is brought to Balsall Heath and fitted wherever the van can be lifted.
Balsall Heath's vans work hard in cramped spaces. Deliveries to the Ladypool Road kitchens stop and start all day, local tradespeople park on terraces off the Moseley Road, and every tight turn into Mary Street drags a tyre along a kerb. The Belgrave Middleway on the northern edge is the route into town, and just beyond it the Clean Air Zone begins, so a van with a tyre problem is better sorted south of the ring road.
Read the sidewall before ringing: the size, the C that marks commercial construction and the load index. The replacement has to reach that load figure or exceed it, and no car tyre goes on as a stopgap. Lifting uses a jack rated for the van's weight, set down on the firmest ground nearby, and the tyre is then mounted, balanced and torqued. The whole price is agreed on the phone.
A firm side street off Ladypool Road, a restaurant's rear yard with permission, or a Cannon Hill Park car park suits a van. The Moseley Road bus lanes and anywhere on the Belgrave Middleway do not.
| Postcodes | B12 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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A battery van running restaurant deliveries or a trade round here weighs more than a diesel of similar size. The maker sets a load index for that extra mass and the new tyre has to satisfy it, while on so quiet a vehicle the noise rating on the tyre label repays a look. Check the placard in the door frame or the handbook before calling. Emptying the load area first helps too, because a lighter van lifts more steadily on a terraced street.
Balsall Heath vans back on the road with the right load-rated tyre, fitted away from the busy streets.
