Van idle to long

Your late today · Post by **Your late today** » 17 Oct 2017, 13:26

Manager told me today my van has been idling for over 3 minuets at delivery points, I’m on a rural only round and when on a farmyard i don’t turn the engine off sometimes the farmer comes out to have a chat and you can lose 5 minuets easy I don’t go over my hours or book overtime so can’t see a problem but he says it’s fuel consumption and safety of vehicle according to the tracker they think I’m not with the van. I say it costs more to turn on and off and wear on starter motor they spend to much time looking at trackers than the actual job and place we are driving. Rant over.

knockoffnigel · Post by **knockoffnigel** » 17 Oct 2017, 14:27

Your late today wrote:Manager told me today my van has been idling for over 3 minuets at delivery points, I’m on a rural only round and when on a farmyard i don’t turn the engine off sometimes the farmer comes out to have a chat and you can lose 5 minuets easy I don’t go over my hours or book overtime so can’t see a problem but he says it’s fuel consumption and safety of vehicle according to the tracker they think I’m not with the van. I say it costs more to turn on and off and wear on starter motor they spend to much time looking at trackers than the actual job and place we are driving. Rant over.

Have you got a "trimble" device fitted in van??

Jpro747 · Post by **Jpro747** » 17 Oct 2017, 14:39

Just switch it off, i know it costs more but if that's what they want then so be it.

Your late today · Post by **Your late today** » 17 Oct 2017, 14:47

Yes got a Trimble fitted that’s how he knows how long I am stopped for

Downeagle · Post by **Downeagle** » 17 Oct 2017, 15:00

I've had one fitted recently and am waiting for my first report. The day after a chat explaining what it does had all sorts talking no to me and I'm thinking if I turn the engine off I'll be here all day.
At the end of my run went to a door, handed over the parcel and the woman was telling me how ill her brother in law is, all I could think about was turning off the engine but that would've been rude.

lala · Post by **lala** » 17 Oct 2017, 15:28

And how much fuel is wasted regenerating the fiat vans?!

arnold cheshire · Post by **arnold cheshire** » 17 Oct 2017, 15:40

how can they take these serious when they go red and beep when you go around a roundabout ?

joewyan · Post by **joewyan** » 17 Oct 2017, 16:02

Downeagle wrote:I've had one fitted recently and am waiting for my first report. The day after a chat explaining what it does had all sorts talking no to me and I'm thinking if I turn the engine off I'll be here all day.
At the end of my run went to a door, handed over the parcel and the woman was telling me how ill her brother in law is, all I could think about was turning off the engine but that would've been rude.

If you went to a customers door then why had you left the van running? Asking for trouble.

knockoffnigel · Post by **knockoffnigel** » 17 Oct 2017, 16:08

They can be a pain, what they think of as harsh braking, or hard acceleration, is what we would probably think of as everyday, normal use, such as pulling out at a roundabout, when theres only a small "window" to get out, or you'll be sat there all day!! They certainly don't like taking roundabouts at anything more than a crawl!!
Annoying as they can be, we have actually saved around 10%+ fuel-wise, not having to fill up for an extra couple of days, if we can drive so the trimble doesn't beep much....... so I guess they do "work" to a certain extent!
They are mainly about fuel consumption, but will also flag up for speeding, though they aren't supposed to be used as a disciplinary tool, or so we were told!!

Post by **Anonymouse** » 17 Oct 2017, 17:06

A few in my office got pulled up for idleing as well.
The beeping is annoying. Can't get round roundabouts or turn into farm roads off the main road without it beeping. Can it not complain in silence?

OnAFlyer · Post by **OnAFlyer** » 17 Oct 2017, 20:58

Christ I wish I could talk to customers for 5 minutes at a time and never go over my time

wannabeek · Post by **wannabeek** » 17 Oct 2017, 21:03

If he's like a rural at our place he gets 20 mins break out on delivery and can use it how he likes. If he wants to use it up chatting to someone then what's the problem?

I'd turn the van off tho personally - I think it's rude to keep it running while talking.

bmccoll · Post by **bmccoll** » 17 Oct 2017, 22:07

It's not your vehicle. If it was my car, I'd leave it running to avoid wearing out the starter.

Alexei · Post by **Alexei** » 17 Oct 2017, 22:13

Beeps very rarely with myself. Mostly pulling out at a busy roundabout when there is a small opportunity to get out, and that's the only time. But leaving a van running is definitely asking for trouble.

Maybe i'm just lucky, or maybe I just drive the exact way trimble says I should

Post by **wacko74** » 18 Oct 2017, 17:38

How many times a day are you usually ''losing 5 minutes'' chatting to customers?

You must be very unfortunate if this was a one off isolated incident and they've observed it and pulled you in about it?