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osgoody1970
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oldest van/ most miles

Post by osgoody1970 »

so who has the oldest van in royal mail, or has the most mileage, mine is an 05 plate with 73500 on the clock, i'm sure it will be beaten!!!!
Talell
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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03 sherpa with around 150k on the clock, actually, not sure if we still have it since it had more pmt's than miles
welshpostie
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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Got three connects with over 100k in our office
arnold cheshire
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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welshpostie wrote:Got three connects with over 100k in our office
whats a connect?
glenfiddich
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1FZpPKh20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; but i could be wrong
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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Oldest is an 04 combo with about 40k
Highest milage 08 transit with about 200k
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PhilthyPhil wrote:Oldest is an 04 combo with about 40k
Highest milage 08 transit with about 200k
thats high on the transit well high
Lounge Lizard
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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PhilthyPhil wrote:Oldest is an 04 combo with about 40k
Highest milage 08 transit with about 200k
200,000 :shock: - does he drive home after work in it and back in the morning ? :Very Happy :nana :Very Happy
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
PhilthyPhil wrote:Oldest is an 04 combo with about 40k
Highest milage 08 transit with about 200k
200,000 :shock: - does he drive home after work in it and back in the morning ? :Very Happy :nana :Very Happy

i know an old banger
moya greene been round the clock a few times
needs a bit of oiling and likes changing gears
and done more postman than we have had hot dinners.
PhilthyPhil
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
PhilthyPhil wrote:Oldest is an 04 combo with about 40k
Highest milage 08 transit with about 200k
200,000 :shock: - does he drive home after work in it and back in the morning ? :Very Happy :nana :Very Happy
Morning duty does the run into the missort hub, a bulk delivery and lunchtime collection. Afternoon duty does a collection and run into MC. About 300 miles a day i would guess. I'm sure the MC vans must do way higher mileage than DO vans though.
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

Post by DAF85 »

Ok it's not a van but an 05 DAF85 with nearly 900K on the clock (kilometers that is) works out over 500 000 miles on the road

the dirt, the grease,the fleas - all picked up in usage what we have to put up with on a 10-12 hour shift in the vehicle where we have to take our unpaid breaks................. :shock: -another deal of the century put through by Pullinger :oops:
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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Any old van in my DO get's put onto the deep rurals...............they don't last very long after that :Very Happy
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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PhilthyPhil wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
PhilthyPhil wrote:Oldest is an 04 combo with about 40k
Highest milage 08 transit with about 200k
200,000 :shock: - does he drive home after work in it and back in the morning ? :Very Happy :nana :Very Happy
Morning duty does the run into the missort hub, a bulk delivery and lunchtime collection. Afternoon duty does a collection and run into MC. About 300 miles a day i would guess. I'm sure the MC vans must do way higher mileage than DO vans though.
Yes, 300 miles x 6 days x 50 weeks x 3 years = 270,000
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

Post by viking »

To all of you van drivers out there, does the mileage take into account the driving which is done, dare i say, for little errands that you do for your own personal use. Ive seen drivers off route driving to and parking at the supermarket to do a bit of shopping, nipping home to see their kids before they go to school, picking up produce from a farm, nipping to their parents house for a cuppa etc. etc. Its a hard life. What i would like to know is how many miles my feet have done being a walking postie :roll:
osgoody1970
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Re: oldest van/ most miles

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re walking postie, the days are gone for both of us to be taking time out of the job, dare say it still goes on, but not in my office, drivers do all the specials, bags, track and trace, packets, firms and you still think we have time to slope off home.....strewth!!!