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Hi Guys ,

At my office we are in phase 0 , my main concern is the length of walks using HCT's , i worked at another office for a few weeks and walks were 12 to 14 miles a day , i felt this was much too far a not sustainable long term.
I wondered what the average walking distance with HCT's is at other offices and what is manageable and what is too long ?
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HCT are to be used within a mile radius of the office and are normally covered by hybrid duties
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Two HCT duties I have done have been about nine miles on average. They both start a couple of miles from the office but is only about a mile from the end of the duty.
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solarisdorian wrote:Two HCT duties I have done have been about nine miles on average. They both start a couple of miles from the office but is only about a mile from the end of the duty.
hct are supposed to start and finish close to the office
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Fair enough you guys are saying miles,but what are they actually down for in hr's.
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hct speeds.jpg
Fair enough this is a management slide but it shows the average speed of the HCT including delivery time and attendance calls as 1.41mph and it shows overall distance covered in 3hrs45 as 5.3miles.
At that speed it would take 10hrs to do 14miles.
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Even at "travel speed" with no delivery or stopping for anything it would take nearly 4 hours.
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Thanks for the info. fishtank

So as i am led to believe the longest you should be out using an HCT is 5 hrs , so the maximum walk mileage wise should be 7.5 miles approx,
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Blue Nose wrote:Thanks for the info. fishtank

So as i am led to believe the longest you should be out using an HCT is 5 hrs , so the maximum walk mileage wise should be 7.5 miles approx,
It would be very rough,these are only guidelines and terrain would play a part but i would be surprised if anyone could physically do more than 8 miles in 5hrs delivering mail properly with an HCT.
Posties are terrible at judging distance,most guys will tell you they walk 20 miles a day.
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No idea on exact mileage, but I'm very familar with 4-5 hour delivery span if whole walk done by the book (weight off shoulder, HCT left unlocked only in line of sight, never locked to an immoveable object and out of sight for more than 5 mins).
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