The electric trike

postslippete · Post by **postslippete** » 03 Apr 2019, 16:29

Tinoblade wrote:
postslippete wrote:I wonder how difficult it is to push an e-trike if you had a flat tyre with 6 or 7 bags of mail in the back??
Not as hard as a van with a flat tyre

True. And there could be a job created for an e-trike RAC/repair man. There are a lot of posties who cycle to work and back but I can't imagine many posties opting to cycle to work to then cycle to their duty using the e-trike, cycling back to the office and then cycle back home again. Its just a ton of wasted time and effort. Will posties be allowed to take these e-trikes home??

arnold cheshire · Post by **arnold cheshire** » 03 Apr 2019, 16:45

postslippete wrote:
Tinoblade wrote:
postslippete wrote:I wonder how difficult it is to push an e-trike if you had a flat tyre with 6 or 7 bags of mail in the back??
Not as hard as a van with a flat tyre

True. And there could be a job created for an e-trike RAC/repair man. There are a lot of posties who cycle to work and back but I can't imagine many posties opting to cycle to work to then cycle to their duty using the e-trike, cycling back to the office and then cycle back home again. Its just a ton of wasted time and effort. Will posties be allowed to take these e-trikes home??

Would you want to go home on one ?

postslippete · Post by **postslippete** » 03 Apr 2019, 16:53

Oh Aye, I could use it when I go shopping as well. Just think of the invaluable advertising that I would be giving to the company.

Post by **Brandy** » 03 Apr 2019, 20:20

Its bad enough lots of vans driving round the same area doing absorbing,just imagine lots of these things doing the same! Oh dear oh dear. If they are brought in they will be a complete nightmare for the poor posties.

arnold cheshire · Post by **arnold cheshire** » 03 Apr 2019, 20:35

Brandy wrote:Its bad enough lots of vans driving round the same area doing absorbing,just imagine lots of these things doing the same! Oh dear oh dear. If they are brought in they will be a complete nightmare for the poor posties.

roads are very busy can you imagine a convoy of these things going down the main road?

DICKIEG · Post by **DICKIEG** » 04 Apr 2019, 07:31

They probably will let you take them home, (if they need some sort of charging) why would RM pay for the electric, when they could get staff to pay for it (and there will be some staff daft enough to)

Post by **Brandy** » 04 Apr 2019, 15:10

DICKIEG wrote:They probably will let you take them home, (if they need some sort of charging) why would RM pay for the electric, when they could get staff to pay for it (and there will be some staff daft enough to)

Acca Dacca · Post by **Acca Dacca** » 04 Apr 2019, 16:18

If they wanted to keep the park and loop partner system they could rig us all out with one of those bad boys the Chuckle Brothers had

Post by **Brandy** » 04 Apr 2019, 18:48

If these things come in,it wont be Postman Pat anymore,it will be Postman Twat!

miles_peters · Post by **miles_peters** » 05 Apr 2019, 04:53

one of these would extend my duty by 2 hours

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 06 Apr 2019, 20:46

My legs cannot carry a 15kg bag so this is light duties more like peddling for your own hastened
death behind the wheel of ROYAL MAIL perhaps they do not have enough takers for EVR or just want to kill postmen/women with this s**t!

Post by **aiden01** » 06 Apr 2019, 20:59

k979aaa wrote:My legs cannot carry a 15kg bag so this is light duties more like peddling for your own hastened
death behind the wheel of ROYAL MAIL perhaps they do not have enough takers for EVR or just want to kill postmen/women with this s**t!

I'm sure they will be trampled in the rush if the offer of EVR ever comes up especially from delivery staff.

30+YEARMAN · Post by **30+YEARMAN** » 06 Apr 2019, 21:34

aiden01 wrote:
k979aaa wrote:My legs cannot carry a 15kg bag so this is light duties more like peddling for your own hastened
death behind the wheel of ROYAL MAIL perhaps they do not have enough takers for EVR or just want to kill postmen/women with this s**t!
I'm sure they will be trampled in the rush if the offer of EVR ever comes up especially from delivery staff.

Yes, I will be one of them !

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 06 Apr 2019, 21:43

aiden01 wrote:
k979aaa wrote:My legs cannot carry a 15kg bag so this is light duties more like peddling for your own hastened
death behind the wheel of ROYAL MAIL perhaps they do not have enough takers for EVR or just want to kill postmen/women with this s**t!
I'm sure they will be trampled in the rush if the offer of EVR ever comes up especially from delivery staff.

EVR is just another poly but as you know highly unlikely but we all make our beds and have to deal with it in the time allowed !

Post by **HTPostman** » 07 Apr 2019, 11:50

Maybe I'm going mad here but....

What is wrong with a standard 2 wheel bike with a few pouches, with some kind of electric power involved. Easy to repair, easy to put in the back of a van if it needs moving or breaks down, easy to cycle through traffic, on pavement etc.

Then design a slim 3 wheel trailer that can hook onto the back of the bike. The trailer can be unhooked and part of it doubles up as a HCT. That way, if you have flats or areas that it's easier to push a HCT around, you lock your bike up and push part of the trailer round. And vice versa, if you have a few farms or houses with long drives, you lock the trailer up and cycle there.

The trailer can be loaded up inside the office so you're not prepping your round, tying up, then pushing it out on a York etc, having to bring the York back in which wastes time. You just prep and pack the trolley, then push it out, clip it to a bike and off you go.

We don't look like idiots, there's plenty flexibility so we aren't tied to one delivery method (cycling or trolley), can be loaded up quicker indoors, and overall there's less risk compared to going out on silly trikes with irate drivers behind you making dangerous manoeuvres to get past.