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working out of red sleeves

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harrybean
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working out of red sleeves

Post by harrybean »

in our office they are getting rid of ALTS and been told we have to work out of red sleeves . At the moment we work four to a 56 dbf two each side.With a red sleeve it causes a lot more bending and twisting is there any rules about this, two out a sleeve is slower and backbreaking
baldrick
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Re: working out of red sleeves

Post by baldrick »

We've been sorting from red sleeves for a couple of years iirc, so presumably it is allowed under H&S. I thought most mcs do this now.
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Re: working out of red sleeves

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

We've done it from Red Shrouds (actually any colour) for about 5 years now and to be honest I prefer it.

The floor raises higher than an alt does, and it seems to have more resistance when only half full. Certainly I don't think we bend as far as we did with Alts and they take up less space.
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Re: working out of red sleeves

Post by SpacePhoenix »

At some point RM will get rid off all the alts and koffins from every office in the country as mainly they don't have brakes on them.