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Changing Wheel

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robbertwhitton
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changing wheel

Post by robbertwhitton »

So we dont do this anymore? Take van to minor repair centre?? Get trained person to do it ??? Wait for rac to eventually turn up???? Oh what fun???
Slysi16
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Re: changing wheel

Post by Slysi16 »

If your confident enough you can change it in the yard
Lounge Lizard
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Re: changing wheel

Post by Lounge Lizard »

robbertwhitton wrote:So we dont do this anymore? Take van to minor repair centre?? Get trained person to do it ??? Wait for rac to eventually turn up???? Oh what fun???
- and four wheels, so you post it four times. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
Sidley
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Re: changing wheel

Post by Sidley »

Damn beat me to it :Very Happy
spiderj
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Re: changing wheel

Post by spiderj »

Like hammer said..........

Can't touch this...........
I won
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: changing wheel

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

Slysi16 wrote:If your confident enough you can change it in the yard

not supposed to do this without proper training
aiden01
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Re: changing wheel

Post by aiden01 »

Lounge Lizard wrote:
robbertwhitton wrote:So we dont do this anymore? Take van to minor repair centre?? Get trained person to do it ??? Wait for rac to eventually turn up???? Oh what fun???
- and four wheels, so you post it four times. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
maybe he wants 4 diff answers :nana
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Re: changing wheel

Post by midegarelu »

aiden01 wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
robbertwhitton wrote:So we dont do this anymore? Take van to minor repair centre?? Get trained person to do it ??? Wait for rac to eventually turn up???? Oh what fun???
- and four wheels, so you post it four times. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
maybe he wants 4 diff answers :nana


3 out of 4 ain't bad.



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RedBagMan
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Changing Wheel

Post by RedBagMan »

.. only joking - believe this is covered below :wink:
"We're under model" - oh no we're not - stick your lapse elsewhere ...
deltaforce
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Re: changing wheel

Post by deltaforce »

Elf and safety on the march again. Refuelling is dangerous too let's not do this also and what about pumping tyres up? Ffs!
Brainache
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Re: changing wheel

Post by Brainache »

We still change our own. No one says any different.
bustedflush
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Re: changing wheel

Post by bustedflush »

Did you change all 4 wheels? Just wondered as you've made a thread for each one...... :Very Happy
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Re: Changing Wheel

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

Thanks for the alerts guys. If the OP could be a bit more careful about starting 4 threads on the exact same subject I'd be eternally grateful - My lapsing isn't merging threads. :Very Happy
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apple
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Re: Changing Wheel

Post by apple »

have heard of this in other offices a while ago, we are very rural so it takes time to filter down to us, we were told "if you have a flat do not touch it phone RAC"
well on a few rounds we have no mobile signal some only a few places,

asked " as there are only 2 places i get mobile signal on my round then do i have to walk 40mins or more till i get signal, phone RAC then go back to van and wait, whilst i have a perfectly good jack and tyre in the van?"

ans " you could ask in a farm etc to use there phone, but yes you do not change a tyre"

asked " so having waited all this time for a tyre to be changed, what am i going to do with all the mail i have left to deliver?" being very rural, on break downs it's usually over the hour till they get to us, if they can find us.

ans "bring it back if you do not want to work over your time"


i understand they like to make life difficult, and it's all about if someone changes it and someone else has an accident and it falls off etc i will be to blame, but i don't understand what is wrong with us changing the tyre doing the duty then getting them to phone RAC on our return to check it's ok, if they are going to do this and you have to be trained to change the tyre then why not train everyone to change the bloody tyres?


i guess i shouldn't worry as the job is getting more you do it our way or no way, i will just bring the mail back and it's the DIMs prob, happy day!
Barbel
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Re: Changing Wheel

Post by Barbel »

I was told the other day we're not allowed to do it for H&S reasons.