Oromocto drivers, about 20 minutes away.

Oromocto is a posting town. CFB Gagetown means a steady turnover of families arriving from Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and further out — and a lot of them arrive having never owned a winter tire. A set of all-seasons that was perfectly sensible in Victoria or southern Ontario is a genuinely different proposition on a New Brunswick January morning.

If you've just been posted in, the two things worth knowing are that New Brunswick has no law compelling winter tires but the province's own driving conditions make them the practical standard, and that the changeover rush here is sharp and predictable — the first hard cold snap in October fills every shop in the region inside a week.

The other half of our Oromocto traffic is simpler: people who already commute into Fredericton for work. If you're driving in anyway, a changeover that takes ten to twenty minutes while you wait is less disruptive than finding a slot at home on a Saturday.

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

The Oromocto–Fredericton run is mostly highway, and highway kilometres are the gentlest kind for tread — steady speed, few hard stops. What highway driving is unforgiving about is pressure and balance. An under-inflated tire that you'd never notice around town will run hot and wear its shoulders at 100 km/h, and a wheel that's slightly out of balance turns into a steering-wheel shimmy that gets worse the longer you ignore it.

That's why we balance as part of every changeover rather than charging it as an extra, and it's why the pressure light deserves attention rather than a piece of tape over 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 Route 102 along the river, or Highway 7.

1. 1From Oromocto, take Route 102 west along the river or pick up Highway 7 toward Fredericton.
2. 2Cross into south-side Fredericton and follow the Vanier Highway.
3. 3Turn onto Wilsey Road — we're at 300 Wilsey Road #1, unit 1.

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