Bobby’s Auto Service Center, located on Route 17 at Hayes, added a modern wheel alignment machine to its arsenal in mid-September.

Owner Bobby Polk of Gloucester, said the new equipment allows his staff to offer expanded alignment services. The new addition is a Hoffman four-wheel alignment machine, which Polk said can be used to assure proper alignments on all types of cars and light- and medium-duty trucks.

Polk said his staff was certified in use of the new machine by a Hoffman representative who came to the local shop.

Another change, Polk said, is the expansion of tire sales. Bobby’s stocks Toyo, Uniroyal, B.F. Goodrich and Michelin tires. Bobby’s is also expanding its line of Moog suspension products, he said. Bobby’s has five service bays. Polk said he and his staff offer full vehicle maintenance service, from oil changes and state inspections to transmission and engine repairs, shocks, tires and diagnostic testing. The technicians handle most auto rep...