Daily huddle ( once a week)

[pokos27]

huddle right of way, both crap ideas

[andy2007]

Anyone got a weighbridge at their office? Most of our vans are now overweight with P & L, good job the mail is dropping off

Don't take it out then, although most vans can handle 500kg of load (including the driver) or find your local weighbridge, the address should up in the office

Very unlikely, we got two days mail in a combo and were still 50kg under with both of us, what they could get you on is uneven distribution though, as all that weight in the back makes the steering very light

Does your Weighbridge weigh the whole vehicle at once, or each axle seperately (like the ones at the RDCs)?
If it weighs the axles seperately, then I'd suggest having a look at the VIN Plate, to verify that you're overloading the rear axle (which would explain the light steering). And if it IS overloaded, you can still refuse to drive it, even if it's within the weight limit for the van. If it weighs the whole van, then try to get access to one that doesn't. Because if the axle is overloaded badly enough, your braking distance will be MUCH longer (although you probably won't notice it, unless you need to do an emergency stop). And there's even an increased risk of a blowout on one of your rear tyres. So the risk of getting into trouble with the Police or VOSA, are the least of your problems.

If you check your tyre pressures regularly. You can also check if your overloading your axle, by checking the tread depth. If the edges of the tread are noticably worn, compared to the middle. Then the tyres are being overloaded on a regular basis.

[eastie]

Eastie, you're not in the Hull area are you?

i dont think he is cos the dom dont huddle there

East Sussex

[robg]

If the van is overloaded then probably so are the Yorks or close to it if you use two on P&L to load the van with.

We got about 140KG of mail/packets per York not including the York itself so 280KG total into the van
The van can take 550KG? max payload.
The driver and passenger are about 200KG combined in this case so that's 480KG.

I think at Christmas the van will be overweight and I also think the mangement will ignore the fact it's overweight and people will drive them knowing they are overweight

[POSTMAN]

Is EVERYTHING weighed,including the trolleys? Anyway...
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[dvbuk55]

Me..on a horse..circa 1866.

Are you sure it's not just a ruse to get men to dress in leather?

[clashcityrocker]

There is also probably a joke about "having a 'mare" but I am not going to make it.

[Lateagainpostie]

Anyone got a weighbridge at their office? Most of our vans are now overweight with P & L, good job the mail is dropping off

Don't take it out then, although most vans can handle 500kg of load (including the driver) or find your local weighbridge, the address should up in the office

Very unlikely, we got two days mail in a combo and were still 50kg under with both of us, what they could get you on is uneven distribution though, as all that weight in the back makes the steering very light

Does your Weighbridge weigh the whole vehicle at once, or each axle seperately (like the ones at the RDCs)?
If it weighs the axles seperately, then I'd suggest having a look at the VIN Plate, to verify that you're overloading the rear axle (which would explain the light steering). And if it IS overloaded, you can still refuse to drive it, even if it's within the weight limit for the van. If it weighs the whole van, then try to get access to one that doesn't. Because if the axle is overloaded badly enough, your braking distance will be MUCH longer (although you probably won't notice it, unless you need to do an emergency stop). And there's even an increased risk of a blowout on one of your rear tyres. So the risk of getting into trouble with the Police or VOSA, are the least of your problems.

If you check your tyre pressures regularly. You can also check if your overloading your axle, by checking the tread depth. If the edges of the tread are noticably worn, compared to the middle. Then the tyres are being overloaded on a regular basis.

Being the holder of a CPC and HGV licence I fully understand what you are saying, but all we had open to us was the scales at the DO, we basically weighed the york of mail, deducted the tare, then weighed ourselves, a lino asked us what we were doing, when I explained, he said we couldn't overload it with a days mail, well 50kg short is not a lot of mail, and then we came to the distribution issue, the van looked like a speedboat, and I reckon it was well over on the back axle, as I am no longer on vans it doesn't concern me, but I see quite a few going out looking very low on the back end.