Edgbaston has no trading estate, so its working vans sit on Calthorpe Estate drives, outside jobs on Priory Road and along the hospital-side streets. Their tyres are fitted where they stand, load rating matched.
The vans here belong to trades the district keeps busy: builders and joiners working through the big houses of the Calthorpe Estate, contractors in and out of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the university campus, caterers and florists serving Edgbaston Village and the Botanical Gardens, couriers grinding along the Hagley Road. All of them carry weight all day, so rear tyres go first, and a sidewall cut against a Five Ways kerb ends a round before it has properly started.
Read out what is moulded into the sidewall: the size, then the C that means a commercial casing, then the load figures that often come as a pair such as 106 over 104, and finally the speed letter. Registration will do if the tyre is filthy. Whatever goes on equals or beats that rating, gets mounted and spun up on the kit aboard, then inflated to the figure on the vehicle's own load plate. Cost is settled during the call.
Drives and forecourts on the Calthorpe Estate and through Edgbaston Village, public streets on the hospital side such as Metchley Lane, a campus service bay once access is arranged, and side turnings towards Pebble Mill. The Hagley Road bus lanes and the Middleway are out.
| Postcodes | B15, B16 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Under a jack, a loaded van needs a base that is solid and near enough flat, so a Calthorpe Estate drive or made-up hardstanding beats the grass verge by the reservoir. Shift the heaviest stock off whichever axle is coming up, if that is practical. Battery-powered vans run heavier than their bodywork suggests, so the load and noise ratings the manufacturer lists both matter. One local point: an older non-compliant van crossing the Middleway at Five Ways into the zone is charged, while B15 is not.
Van tyres fitted around Edgbaston so the round carries on. Ring 07473 720871.
