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When was the last time you washed your Van

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the one
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Re: When was the last time you washed your Van

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years back our office had a van cleaning duty, i think it was a fantastic way to give any new postman a start,
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Re: When was the last time you washed your Van

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i get mine washed at morrissons when i fuel up using the fuel card always pick the gold wash £6.95 but it does a great job an also get points for my morrissons card
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Re: When was the last time you washed your Van

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Whilst my vans filthy ( except lights Number plate etc ) paying £6.95 is taking the p, Thats almost an hours wages for a postman, come on your only giving the bean counters ammunition. If you can get your van cleaned every time you fill up I'm sure the basic wash would more than do. I'm really surprised your DOM hasn't pulled you up over it. All over the country the powers that be are trying to save 10% across the board, walks are disappearing there's pressure on us every day and you're doing this, come on
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This is a 600 that was down our place the other day,there's a nasty rumour that it is red!! :shock:
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I've seen cleaner Bin wagons :shock: :shock: :shock:. Are in working in an ex coal mine.
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POSTMAN wrote:This is a 600 that was down our place the other day,there's a nasty rumour that it is red!! :shock:
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We get a few like that at my place. But you really should see the inside of some of the Artic trailers. They make that look clean! :shock: Still, there's a trial going on at YDC, for a cleaner for the inside of the trailers/vans. I'm not sure how it's going yet, but it shouldn't be too long before we get some feedback.
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Re: When was the last time you washed your Van

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Been on my current van duty for 12 months now in thaqt time its been washed twice (by me) both since november we have a pressure washer and it only takes 15mins to do (OT of course, bet I would not be allowed to do it again if they new they paiud me to do it extra) May be thats why its the onloy van in our office that gets washed. I even clean inside each month, I hate working in a mess.
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Re: When was the last time you washed your Van

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When was the last time it rained!. It get's washed then does it not?.
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Re: When was the last time you washed your Van

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POSTMAN wrote:This is a 600 that was down our place the other day,there's a nasty rumour that it is red!! :shock:
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Royal Mail Could loose it's operators Licence ( Heavy goods vehicles and vehicles over 3.5T gross ) for vehicles in this state, part of the operators licence requirements for most companies is that as well as being roadworthy they also have to be reasonably clean. My vans dirty but nothing like the 600 in the picture. Royal Mail should be ashamed.