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trolley problem with tall postmen

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trolley problem with tall postmen

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If you are over 6ft 3" the trolleys keep banging into your heels when pulling them along due to having a bigger stride and being taller you hold the more upright.
There is no adjustment on the handle to make it longer and you end up with gashed heels
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I thought you pushed them!!!
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DGP1 wrote:I thought you pushed them!!!
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Re: trolley problem with tall postmen

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DGP1 wrote:I thought you pushed them!!!

Yes you do.... I tried pulling them and I'm a midget and I used to bang my feet doing it that way! :hmmmm
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Been lucky as its the school holidays my children have not complained, although the wife being 5'11 may have problems.
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You do pull them except for going downhill when you push them :hmmmm

Seriously though, I thought it would be easier just to push them all the time :nervous
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Re: trolley problem with tall postmen

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eastie wrote:If you are over 6ft 3" the trolleys keep banging into your heels when pulling them along due to having a bigger stride and being taller you hold the more upright.
There is no adjustment on the handle to make it longer and you end up with gashed heels
Don't worry you'll be hunched over like Quasimodo after using a trolley for the next 20 years :roll: :nana
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markadam1962 wrote:Been lucky as its the school holidays my children have not complained, although the wife being 5'11 may have problems.
markadam my kids are ok with it, though
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DGP1 wrote:http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=31872

You do pull them except for going downhill when you push them :hmmmm

Seriously though, I thought it would be easier just to push them all the time :nervous
health & saftey says you pull them, if you push them, you risk jarring your wrist if you hit a bump/raised paving slabs etc. i find them a piece of pish to pull along.
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Seriously though surely someone who is extra tall will have problems.
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Re: trolley problem with tall postmen

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POSTMAN wrote:Seriously though surely someone who is extra tall will have problems.
is that not sizeism! :wink:

What about the extra short people? :whistle

by the way I'm 6ft 2ins and a trolley is manhandled anyway to get the job done!
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Don't like it as our stride is slowed down due to trolley pulling.
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