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bags on trolleys

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eastie
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bags on trolleys

Post by eastie »

They want us to use l/w trolleys but the bags we use are totally unsuitable for the job.
They tried to supply us with these clamps that you have to use a hex key to attach to the straps but the office never have the clamps or the keys .
Without them the bags slip down onto the wheels and makes the trolley twice as hard to push.
Why dont they have eyelets on the bag straps so you can attack the bags easier to the hooks on the trolleys. :arrrghhh
daveyeff
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Re: bags on trolleys

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eastie wrote:They want us to use l/w trolleys but the bags we use are totally unsuitable for the job.
They tried to supply us with these clamps that you have to use a hex key to attach to the straps but the office never have the clamps or the keys .
Without them the bags slip down onto the wheels and makes the trolley twice as hard to push.
Why dont they have eyelets on the bag straps so you can attack the bags easier to the hooks on the trolleys. :arrrghhh
thats what they gave us when we first changed over, clamps with an allen key for adjustment. but now we have specially designed bags with built in eyelets to hook directly onto the trolley. its only took them 3 yrs.
shepherdess
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by shepherdess »

ask your manger to order the bags for the lwt they come already equiped with plastice hoops attached to them
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by mandelsons_toenail »

Or even better the a level tasks man

He can get them in 48 hours.
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Lateagainpostie
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by Lateagainpostie »

shepherdess wrote:ask your manger to order the bags for the lwt they come already equiped with plastice hoops attached to them
Which tend to break when you bump them down a kerb with more than about a kilo in them. The new pouches for the LWT are smaller, and don't carry a full loop on a busy day, especially when it comes to carrying packets as well
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eastie
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by eastie »

smaller bags!!!
With the amount of parcels we are carring in the l/w trolleys we need BIGGER bags
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by Lateagainpostie »

eastie wrote:smaller bags!!!
With the amount of parcels we are carring in the l/w trolleys we need BIGGER bags
Well according to RM, mail is down, but I'm taking more of those bags each day, and as I use a HCT for my walk, it says a lot. 4 decent bundles and they are full
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daveyeff
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by daveyeff »

eastie wrote:smaller bags!!!
With the amount of parcels we are carring in the l/w trolleys we need BIGGER bags
well according to our lino, parcelforce are going to start taking all the parcels that do not fit into your trolley bags. i.e. most that are bigger than shoebox size. cobblers. :Very Happy
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by fishtank »

daveyeff wrote:well according to our lino, parcelforce are going to start taking all the parcels that do not fit into your trolley bags. i.e. most that are bigger than shoebox size. cobblers. :Very Happy
The lino is half right.
Larger packets are moving to ParcelForce but it's anything bigger than 610mm x 460mm x 460mm which is a very big shoe box.
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Lateagainpostie
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by Lateagainpostie »

fishtank wrote:
daveyeff wrote:well according to our lino, parcelforce are going to start taking all the parcels that do not fit into your trolley bags. i.e. most that are bigger than shoebox size. cobblers. :Very Happy
The lino is half right.
Larger packets are moving to ParcelForce but it's anything bigger than 610mm x 460mm x 460mm which is a very big shoe box.
Thats over a cubic metre FFS !!
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SpacePhoenix
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by SpacePhoenix »

Also if they are over 20Kg (very rare to get one that heavy anyway) then they go PF as well from April
motch
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Re: bags on trolleys

Post by motch »

Lateagainpostie wrote:
fishtank wrote:
daveyeff wrote:well according to our lino, parcelforce are going to start taking all the parcels that do not fit into your trolley bags. i.e. most that are bigger than shoebox size. cobblers. :Very Happy
The lino is half right.
Larger packets are moving to ParcelForce but it's anything bigger than 610mm x 460mm x 460mm which is a very big shoe box.
Thats over a cubic metre FFS !!
no it's not, but i'll grant you it's a fooking big shoe box size.
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Re: bags on trolleys

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