Vans working out of the Lye units and the Stour valley yards cover plenty of ground before lunch. A van tyre is built around the load index on its sidewall, and that is what comes out to you.
Trade vehicles park up all over DY8 overnight and are on the A451 or the A458 at first light. Offcuts and swarf from the Lye yards and the glass quarter around the Red House Cone lie in the road waiting for a tyre. Loaded to the roof, a rear tyre squares off on the ring road roundabouts and splits at the shoulder against a Stambermill kerb long before its tread runs out.
What we need is what is already stamped on the tyre: a C or reinforced casing, the load index, the speed letter and the size. Photograph it from the van at the unit and a replacement is matched, budget through to premium, with the figure confirmed before anything is booked. The fitter attends the Lye yard or a Wordsley drive, changes and balances the wheel on site, and removes the old tyre.
Yards and units around Lye, Stambermill and the Stour valley, the glass quarter streets by the Ruskin Glass Centre, level drives in Wordsley, Norton and Pedmore. Corbett Hospital and station car parks with the operator's agreement; never the ring road itself.
| Postcodes | DY8, DY9 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Lifting a working van differs from lifting a car. The jack wants firm, level footing and space at the side, which a yard gives and a sloping Oldswinford drive may not. Shifting some load off that corner helps. Battery-powered vans are heavier before a parcel goes in, so the rating on the sidewall stands, and many of them need a casing designed to run quieter.
Van tyres fitted where the van stands in Stourbridge, yard or home drive.
