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HOW MANY HOUSE,S IS NORMAL IN A VAN SHARE

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dennyboycox
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HOW MANY HOUSE,S IS NORMAL IN A VAN SHARE

Post by dennyboycox »

IN R VAN SHARE THE IS ABOUT 1,450 IS THIS NORMAL , LIGHT OR HEAVY
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Post by clashcityrocker »

There is no such thing as "normal".
Terraced houses, high rise flats, long driveways - all will give completely different numbers of delivery points.
The total is irrelevant.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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Post by The Postman »

dennyboycox wrote:IN R VAN SHARE THE IS ABOUT 1,450 IS THIS NORMAL , LIGHT OR HEAVY
I don’t think there is a normal amount. If it’s a 4 hour 15 min Duty it would be 4 hours and 15 mins worth of houses. It really depends on whether all the doors are next to each other or up long drives.
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Post by Superdude »

Don’t worry. We have PDA actuals now. Everybody's doing their fair share.
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Post by Ozzvaldo »

dennyboycox wrote:IN R VAN SHARE THE IS ABOUT 1,450 IS THIS NORMAL , LIGHT OR HEAVY
We've got several van shares with more houses than this on. We've also got a HCT delivery with nearly 1100 houses on. Terraced streets. We've got van shares with as little as 800 delivery points that are amongst the biggest duties, in terms of delivery span, because the properties are mostly gated with long driveways.
eastie
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Post by eastie »

Plus don't forget the lapsing, we have lapsing where the round is right next to their round whilst others have to drive an 8 mile round trip to do lapsing.
Just work your 4 hours 15 mins and bring back whats left.
The only NORMAL is 4 hours 15 mins with a 40 mins break in the middle, if you cut off the early starting no break runners are sent back out with your cut off
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Post by Seymour Buts »

What's the smallest amount you've seen? There is walk with less than 200 delivery points in our office. It's a rural and the guy who does it drives more than 50 miles every day. Most senior guy in our office, no surprise.
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Post by greengiant »

postietom wrote:What's the smallest amount you've seen? There is walk with less than 200 delivery points in our office. It's a rural and the guy who does it drives more than 50 miles every day. Most senior guy in our office, no surprise.
Perhaps when you reach your twilight years in the job, you'll appreciate a similar rural duty?
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Post by SpacePhoenix »

greengiant wrote:
postietom wrote:What's the smallest amount you've seen? There is walk with less than 200 delivery points in our office. It's a rural and the guy who does it drives more than 50 miles every day. Most senior guy in our office, no surprise.
Perhaps when you reach your twilight years in the job, you'll appreciate a similar rural duty?
Will rural duties even exist in years to come? I wouln't be surprised if perpetually there'll be collection points in the nearest village or maybe in one village covering a number of villages
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Post by Celgar »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
greengiant wrote:
postietom wrote:What's the smallest amount you've seen? There is walk with less than 200 delivery points in our office. It's a rural and the guy who does it drives more than 50 miles every day. Most senior guy in our office, no surprise.
Perhaps when you reach your twilight years in the job, you'll appreciate a similar rural duty?
Will rural duties even exist in years to come? I wouln't be surprised if perpetually there'll be collection points in the nearest village or maybe in one village covering a number of villages
Very much doubt this will ever happen. The nearest we will get to this is 'local collect' which we already have but most people would rather have parcels etc delivered to their home address.
The views I express here are mine alone and do not represent the views of Royal Mail Group.
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Post by Celgar »

dennyboycox wrote:IN R VAN SHARE THE IS ABOUT 1,450 IS THIS NORMAL , LIGHT OR HEAVY
It sounds quite a lot. I presume this is the amount of delivery points combined for the two walks ??
The views I express here are mine alone and do not represent the views of Royal Mail Group.
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Post by Postie45 »

How long is a piece of string ?
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Post by Seymour Buts »

greengiant wrote:
postietom wrote:What's the smallest amount you've seen? There is walk with less than 200 delivery points in our office. It's a rural and the guy who does it drives more than 50 miles every day. Most senior guy in our office, no surprise.
Perhaps when you reach your twilight years in the job, you'll appreciate a similar rural duty?
Probably. I wasn't having a go to be fair, seniority has many faults but we all sign up knowing the crack.