Vans that keep the Bordesley Green East shops stocked pick up screws in the delivery bays. The right load-rated replacement is fitted on a nearby side street, clear of the bus stops.
The road called Bordesley Green runs east as a string of shops, bus stops and short bays, and the vans that keep those shops supplied spend their days stopping and starting along it. Tradespeople based on the terraces around Cherrywood Road and Belchers Lane head out towards Stechford or across the Middleway into town. Screws in the delivery bays and potholes on busy routes are hard on a van tyre carrying stock, and a flat van blocks a narrow street for everyone.
Give the fitter the whole sidewall code, above all that C sitting behind the rim size and the load figures printed beside it. Nothing rated below those goes on. On a firm side street or drive the van goes up on a jack made for its weight, the tyre is changed on the machine, and the wheel is spun true before the nuts go back. One figure covering tyre and labour is given on the phone.
Firm yards behind the shops, a residential turning or a Little Bromwich drive give a van the ground it needs. Stops for the buses, the shop-front bays, the Middleway and the closed streets around St Andrew's on match days do not.
| Postcodes | B9 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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A battery-powered van working the Bordesley Green shops carries more weight than a diesel of similar size, so matching the load index the manufacturer specifies matters. Electric vans are quiet as well, and picking a quieter tyre from its label makes a real difference to the cabin. Tell us it is electric and whether you can clear the load area, because an emptied van is safer to lift on a terraced street.
Load-rated van tyres fitted in Bordesley Green, off the main road and back to work.
