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rambo1
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Post by rambo1 »

yellowbelly wrote:
postieblueshirt wrote:Or here a crazy idea why dont the cradles in the van charge them oh how sensible would that be....
Knowing the state of some of the vehicle batteries in our wagons there would be a lot of flat batteries pretty quickly..........
Stopping and starting your van 80 times a day on a rural really doesn't do the battery on them much good.....or the starter motor.....or the key itself.....but hey you won't get pulled for van idling lol.
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Post by postieblueshirt »

rambo1 wrote:
yellowbelly wrote:
postieblueshirt wrote:Or here a crazy idea why dont the cradles in the van charge them oh how sensible would that be....
Knowing the state of some of the vehicle batteries in our wagons there would be a lot of flat batteries pretty quickly..........
Stopping and starting your van 80 times a day on a rural really doesn't do the battery on them much good.....or the starter motor.....or the key itself.....but hey you won't get pulled for van idling lol.
Yeah I got my van at 8000 miles starter motor went at 27000 ish lol
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Post by xPandabear1992x »

every van i've been in with them cradles always has the vital bit of wire connecting it to a powersource missing.
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Post by robbertwhitton »

Once again a laughable state of affairs,big plans for in flight stuff and collecting parcels,let’s have proper equipment to do the job first shall we? If it’s not working properly,simply say that, a few failed tracked items and I’m sure they will be onto it to fix it,