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It's all about caravans and motorhomes across Shropshire

With spring and the early signs of summer coming early to Shropshire this year, it seems caravan and motorhome enthusiasts are out there dusting off the covers and preparing for the season ahead! It's great for us to be working out in the warm...

Are you a business owner in Shropshire?

We're looking for small and medium sized businesses who self manage vehicle maintenance. Our mobile tyre service currently services countless businesses throughout the county saving time and considerable money too. Why use a mobile tyre...

Severn Business Network Shrewsbury

Hometyre Shropshire are proud members of the Shrewsbury business referral group, Severn Business Network. With a presence at the group for over five years now, we have developed countless great customer relationships both within the members and...

Snow forecast for this week in Shropshire

Are you prepared for the icy blast on its way to us this week? With snow forecast across most of the county from Tuesday - albeit only set to stay for a couple of days - you need to be aware. Many young motorists may not yet have driven in snow...

Time to get ready!!

Well we can't argue with the summer we've had this year. In short, it's probably been the best for many many years and here we are in late September and it's still t-shirt temperatures.... It'd be great to think it'll last but the...

Mid summer blip! How good is your rubber?

The weather is on the change here in Shropshire, at least for a few days! Even tyres with little or no tread left will perform fantastically in hot and dry weather. Tarmac is like glue in the heat and easily gives you a sometimes very...

Big TYRON order began our week!

58 tyres and 58 Tyron bands supplied and fitted to brand new Vauxhall six wheeled Police vans! This required both service vehicles on site for six hours on Monday. A tough but rewarding day. What are Tyron bands, we here you say? And why do the...

Tyres on a Transit Cherry-picker

There's a new one on us! We fitted a pair of replacement General Eurovan 215/75R16C tyres on a 2001 Ford Transit today. A normal box van but with a crane mounted on the back (you've seen them used by BT etc!). Now we know from our experience of...

Tyre jobs across Shropshire - a guide!

So you will probably have seen the Hometyre vans making there way across the County over the years? Contrary to some thoughts, we're not an emergency tyre repair or replacement service! Most of our business is prebooked replacement of tyres when...

Crazy Busy Week Across Shropshire!

With the warmer weather and lighter nights, we guess more of you are washing your cars and vans at weekends and evening times? We always note a significant surge in business at this time of year and it really can be down to the simple fact that...

Tyre purchasing options in Shropshire!

So it's time to buy new tyres again? It always comes round too fast and always at completely the wrong time for the pocket! So what are your options? At the moment they seem to be endless! There are any number of tyre outlets and...

Shrewsbury Rotarians learn about winter tyres

We were kindly invited as guest speakers at a recent meeting of the Shrewsbury Rotary at the Lord Hill Hotel in Abbey Foregate. A very pleasant experience delivering tyre related information to a group of well respected Shrewsbury business people...

Hometyre Shropshire Supports Local Charity

Midland Air Ambulance gains traction with Winter Tyres! The Shropshire division of the Hometyre brand recently donated and fitted a full set of Nokian Cold Weather tyres to the charity collection vehicle driven by Maria Jones - Fundraising...

Winter tyre swapping

It may still be warm outside but many of our regular customers are already booking in to have their summer tyres swapped back to the winter tyre options! Although they work best at temperatures below 7C, there's no reason they can't be fitted...

What a great Summer its been in Shropshire!

It's been a while since we've been able to go several days without having to wash pounds of mud of the vans! Thankfully this summer has seen prolonged dry spells and a great time for us mobile tyre people. Always a pleaseure to work in the...

Shropshire hotting up!!

Right folks. Time to get those winters back off and summer tyres on! We are now confident that the weather will remain for the most part above 7C. Not to say that you can't keep cold weather tyres on throughout the year! You can - but they're...

Not over yet!

Seems we've got another week at least of cold and snowy weather to come! Some Easter.... That said, we've been absolutely flat out all month replacing tyres across the county - the only job we couldn't get to in the snow was at The Bog, Minsterley...

Run Flats and tubed tyres

What a diverse mix of tyre business coming through lately in Shropshire! From a 1950's horsebox trailer with 30 year old tyres to a near new Porsche Panamera which only managed five months from new on a pair of Pirellis at the rear. Both...

Caravan and Motorhome Season this way comes!

For the caravanners and motorhomes of the Shropshire, February rings the start of making vehicles ready for a summer of use. Hometyre are the National preferred suppliers for Tyron bands - a great safety feature for all caravans...

Shropshire Roads and Tyres

It's been a couple of years since we've had weather and snowfall like we're experiencing currently across Shropshire. Thankfully our service vans are fully equipped with cold weather tyres to allow us to get to you wherever you are! ...