Hanwell drivers, about 20 minutes away.

Hanwell is a commuting community with a rural road network, and that combination produces a particular kind of tire customer: someone who drives a fair number of kilometres a week, a good share of them on secondary roads, and who therefore picks up punctures at a rate that town drivers don't.

Hanwell Road feeds almost everyone into the south side of Fredericton, which puts us on the way rather than out of the way. If you're already heading in, a flat repair takes 15–20 minutes and a changeover 10–20 — short enough to slot into a trip you were making anyway.

We publish our prices, which matters more when you're driving twenty minutes to get somewhere. You can check what the job costs before you decide it's worth the trip.

Prices are the same whoever you are and wherever you drove in from — the full price list is published here.

Secondary and gravel-shouldered roads are hard on tires in a way that pavement isn't. The damage is rarely dramatic — it's a slow accumulation of sidewall scuffs from soft shoulders, and punctures from the grit and debris that collect at the edge of a rural road and get thrown up by traffic.

The important distinction is where the damage sits. A puncture in the tread, within the central portion of the tire, can usually be properly repaired with a patch-plug from the inside. A puncture or cut in the sidewall cannot be safely repaired at all — the sidewall flexes constantly and no repair holds. That's not a shop upselling you; it's the industry standard, and we'll show you the tire and explain which side of that line it falls on.

Winter adds the other rural problem: secondary roads are plowed and salted after the arterials, so you're often the one driving on the least-treated surface. That's an argument for proper winter tires rather than all-seasons if your commute is mostly Hanwell Road and the roads off it.

These are the real turnaround times, not padded estimates. Every changeover includes balancing.

• On-Rim Tire Change — 10–20 minutes
• On-Rim Tire Change + Balancing — 15–30 minutes
• Off-Rim Tire Change — 20–40 minutes
• Tire Balancing — 15–30 minutes
• Tire Rotation — 10–20 minutes
• Tire Repair — 15–20 minutes
• TPMS Sensor Install — 10–25 minutes

No appointment required — walk-ins are welcome every day we're open. Booking simply guarantees the time, which is worth doing during the October and April changeover peaks.

about 17 km by road — about 20 minutes in normal conditions, via Hanwell Road (Route 640) straight into the south side.

1. 1From Hanwell, follow Hanwell Road (Route 640) northeast toward Fredericton.
2. 2Continue as it feeds into the south side of the city.
3. 3Pick up the Vanier Highway and turn onto Wilsey Road — we're at 300 Wilsey Road #1.

We're a fixed shop and don't offer mobile service — every job is done in our bays at 300 Wilsey Road #1.