Van idle to long

yakima · Post by **yakima** » 18 Oct 2017, 19:25

Ive broken one starter motor so far

kookoo32 · Post by **kookoo32** » 18 Oct 2017, 20:33

yakima wrote:Ive broken one starter motor so far

Same. A few in our office have done the same. It seems to just be in the Vauxhall combi vans though.

Interested-seeker · Post by **Interested-seeker** » 19 Oct 2017, 12:08

I would never leave a van running, you can get sacked for that.

But I do get the trimble telling me off a lot..sounds like it is cussing at me

Your late today · Post by **Your late today** » 19 Oct 2017, 13:57

wacko74 wrote: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?

There’s 3 or 4 times a day I talk to customers but I don’t then take my full break as I’d rather talk to someone than sit in my van on my own and in the winter it gets cold with engine off, I know rural is easier than walks in towns but you get tired when you concentrate on the road driving up and down narrow lanes having the Trimble beeb at you mrs. Jones telling you about her husbands opp etc.

robbertwhitton · Post by **robbertwhitton** » 23 Oct 2017, 18:58

Glad to see the manager worrying about 3 minutes,he needs to get out more !,,seriously,,!!! Am sure he can find more important things to worry about,not that long ago we were encouraged to look out for our customers etc it’s nice to have a chat surely,I couldn’t give a stuff how long it takes,bigger problems in many offices than this surely?

robbertwhitton · Post by **robbertwhitton** » 23 Oct 2017, 19:01

Your late today wrote:
wacko74 wrote: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?
There’s 3 or 4 times a day I talk to customers but I don’t then take my full break as I’d rather talk to someone than sit in my van on my own and in the winter it gets cold with engine off, I know rural is easier than walks in towns but you get tired when you concentrate on the road driving up and down narrow lanes having the Trimble beeb at you mrs. Jones telling you about her husbands opp etc.

Yes well said,they haven’t a clue am bored with all this red tape trash

telithowitis · Post by **telithowitis** » 23 Oct 2017, 23:24

Surprised he had time to look at it most of the managers in our DO are too busy prepping lapsed rounds and then out delivering all the mail that gets left behind!!!

NewPostieUK · Post by **NewPostieUK** » 26 Oct 2017, 19:57

Your late today wrote: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 .

You talk for five minutes with the engine running?

Unbelievable.

robbertwhitton · Post by **robbertwhitton** » 27 Oct 2017, 08:08

I would imagine your managers been idle for far longer than that.....?

mattymann · Post by **mattymann** » 30 Jul 2020, 15:51

Do these trimbles track you when the van ignition is off?

cpsteve · Post by **cpsteve** » 30 Jul 2020, 20:55

Wasting fuel is expensive when you have a big fleet so you can understand the need to tell drivers to turn of if idle for a while. Not sure why stop start is not on most of the vans that solves the problem.

Post by **wacko74** » 31 Jul 2020, 05:55

cpsteve wrote:Wasting fuel is expensive when you have a big fleet so you can understand the need to tell drivers to turn of if idle for a while. Not sure why stop start is not on most of the vans that solves the problem.

Our newer ones do have stop-start but rather bizarrely the engine stops when you pull the handbrake on but then starts up again when you open the door to get out!!??
So you still have to remove the key from the ignition,

The issue lies in the winter, what if we do want to take a 5 or 10 minute break in the van? We're expected to sit there freezing cold and pissed wet through with the engine turned off and all the windows steaming up?

Post by **rambo1** » 02 Aug 2020, 16:48

wacko74 wrote:
cpsteve wrote:Wasting fuel is expensive when you have a big fleet so you can understand the need to tell drivers to turn of if idle for a while. Not sure why stop start is not on most of the vans that solves the problem.
Our newer ones do have stop-start but rather bizarrely the engine stops when you pull the handbrake on but then starts up again when you open the door to get out!!??
So you still have to remove the key from the ignition,

The issue lies in the winter, what if we do want to take a 5 or 10 minute break in the van? We're expected to sit there freezing cold and pissed wet through with the engine turned off and all the windows steaming up?

Just start it up again. Should be taking keys out anyway. Instant dismissal if caught out of van with keys in ignition.

cpsteve · Post by **cpsteve** » 02 Aug 2020, 19:02

wacko74 wrote:
cpsteve wrote:Wasting fuel is expensive when you have a big fleet so you can understand the need to tell drivers to turn of if idle for a while. Not sure why stop start is not on most of the vans that solves the problem.
Our newer ones do have stop-start but rather bizarrely the engine stops when you pull the handbrake on but then starts up again when you open the door to get out!!??
So you still have to remove the key from the ignition,

The issue lies in the winter, what if we do want to take a 5 or 10 minute break in the van? We're expected to sit there freezing cold and pissed wet through with the engine turned off and all the windows steaming up?

Its not an issue its an excuse.

Post by **RobertT** » 02 Aug 2020, 19:30

wacko74 wrote:Our newer ones do have stop-start but rather bizarrely the engine stops when you pull the handbrake on but then starts up again when you open the door to get out!!??
So you still have to remove the key from the ignition,

A while back I got out of a van to deliver a parcel and the engine cut out because of the stop-start kicking in. I left the key in the ignition(wrongly I know) and the engine automatically restarted while I was on standing the doorstep waiting for the customer to answer the door.

It was in a quite cul-de-sac and nothing came of it, but it scared the crap out of me. A lesson learned!