Van tyres in Wandsworth
Van tyres in Wandsworth, fitted without taking the van off the road.
Working vans here cover plenty of ground: wholesalers loading up at New Covent Garden Market, Nine Elms, in the small hours, builders on Putney and Roehampton refurbishments, delivery rounds out along the A24 through Balham. Weight makes the difference. Under load a van pushes each tyre much harder than a car on the same size, which is why the rating on the sidewall is not optional. Site screws, kerbing in narrow Southfields streets and a squared-off rear axle bring most vans to us.
The sidewall tells us what to load. After the size comes a C, as in 205/65 R16C, which marks a commercial casing. The load index follows, frequently a pair, 107 and 105, covering a wheel used singly and wheels used in twos, then the speed letter. Give us all of it, or just the registration. What arrives matches that rating or goes beyond it, balanced and inflated to the door pillar figure.