Delivery vans keep the Soho Road shops stocked and cannot sit idle on a flat. A tyre matched to the van's load index is brought out and fitted where it stands.
Working vehicles in this district are mostly small delivery vans serving the A41 shops, trade vans parked nose to tail on the B21 terraces, and anything running out through West Bromwich to M5 J1. A laden van leans on its tyres harder than a car, so the tight turnings around Rookery Road chew shoulders, and a Hamstead Road pothole hits with the weight of a full load behind it.
Send the complete sidewall string from the Handsworth van, load index and the commercial C included, because a van fitment carries far more than a car tyre of the same width. Tell us where the vehicle is standing, whether that is a Handsworth Wood drive or a kerb off Holyhead Road, and what it normally carries so the pressures are set for it. Everything is added up on the phone first.
On a Handsworth Wood drive, at the Leisure Centre, or down a side street off Grove Lane where a jack has room to swing. The A41 red route is no good at either end, and the M5 J1 slip roads are out entirely.
| Postcodes | B21, B20, B19 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Under the jack a laden van needs ground that is level and solid, which a Handsworth Wood driveway or a Leisure Centre bay provides and a cambered terrace with two wheels on the pavement does not. Battery vans are heavier still, and the maker will have specified both a load index and, often, a noise rating worth matching. Reinforced casings work best paired across an axle.
Van off the road in B21? The tyre comes to Handsworth and goes on there.
