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Delivering car tyres

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Longryders
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Delivering car tyres

Post by Longryders »

Got a garage on my round getting car tyres coming Tracked. No postage cost on label can't help thinking it's some dodgy postage .. should they be Parcelforce ?
SpacePhoenix
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by SpacePhoenix »

It's a 30Kg limit for Tracked. PF offload a bit of stuff onto RM if they get blown out
77SAMPOST77
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by 77SAMPOST77 »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
02 Apr 2023, 20:26
It's a 30Kg limit for Tracked. PF offload a bit of stuff onto RM if they get blown out
What do you mean by blown out ?
woody38
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by woody38 »

So many reasons why we are in the position we are in, we are competing against ourselves RM Tracked is cheaper than parcel force that is why they use it
cobrakai
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by cobrakai »

It’s becoming a serious health and safety issue with the weight of some items coming through the network. Just last week I handled some weightlifting weights. Nothing is labelled up heavy or colour coded to say it is.
SpacePhoenix
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by SpacePhoenix »

77SAMPOST77 wrote:
03 Apr 2023, 09:52
SpacePhoenix wrote:
02 Apr 2023, 20:26
It's a 30Kg limit for Tracked. PF offload a bit of stuff onto RM if they get blown out
What do you mean by blown out ?
If they are overloaded with work. Currently the only stuff I know of is the Addidas stuff. I don't know what the prices are of Tracked v PF, maybe Tracked is cheaper than PF
77SAMPOST77
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by 77SAMPOST77 »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
03 Apr 2023, 11:21
77SAMPOST77 wrote:
03 Apr 2023, 09:52
SpacePhoenix wrote:
02 Apr 2023, 20:26
It's a 30Kg limit for Tracked. PF offload a bit of stuff onto RM if they get blown out
What do you mean by blown out ?
If they are overloaded with work. Currently the only stuff I know of is the Addidas stuff. I don't know what the prices are of Tracked v PF, maybe Tracked is cheaper than PF
Parcelforce are not overloaded with work and do not pass on work to royal mail ,
If royal mail are getting large tracked items it is because the customer is sending them via royal mail because it is cheaper up to 20 kilo for a medium parcel .
SpacePhoenix
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by SpacePhoenix »

77SAMPOST77 wrote:
03 Apr 2023, 11:44
SpacePhoenix wrote:
03 Apr 2023, 11:21
77SAMPOST77 wrote:
03 Apr 2023, 09:52
SpacePhoenix wrote:
02 Apr 2023, 20:26
It's a 30Kg limit for Tracked. PF offload a bit of stuff onto RM if they get blown out
What do you mean by blown out ?
If they are overloaded with work. Currently the only stuff I know of is the Addidas stuff. I don't know what the prices are of Tracked v PF, maybe Tracked is cheaper than PF
Parcelforce are not overloaded with work and do not pass on work to royal mail ,
If royal mail are getting large tracked items it is because the customer is sending them via royal mail because it is cheaper up to 20 kilo for a medium parcel .
The Addidas stuff was passed onto RM for a while
demon
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by demon »

Believe it or not I had a full car gear box then the next day a front axel with wheel hubs and then 2 days later 4 alloy wheels with tyres all going back to the audi brakers
sledger
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Re: Delivering car tyres

Post by sledger »

did you insist on 2 man lift or did you muddle through on youre own