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    Got called out to collect '2 small boxes' which turned out to be 2 fuckin heavy as fuck boxes, about 20 kilo in total, which might not sound much to you but if you've met me you've seen my skinny frame, I don't mind carrying big heavy stuff but not that fucking heavy. PHONE FOR A VAN NOT A BIKE YA CUNTS! My back still hurts now and I am sure it's gonna be worse tomorrow. What jobs have you done that you regretted?
    • CommentAuthorNIK
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2008
     
    i did a big tv once, that was a mistake.
    someone once tried to convince me i could move a washing machine, i thought he was joking at first when he told me that it wasn't a van job.
    • CommentAuthorFesterban
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2008
     
    Second week, I didn't know you could refuse to do jobs, turned up to M+S press office, got given a bag that was twice the size of my bag and weighed a ton, I spent about 10 minutes wedging it into my bag an ended up with about 2 thirds of it sticking out. Proceeded to cycle along and could barely control my bike as well as having pretty shit over my shoulder visibility. I got to the other end and was so knackered I had to ask the guy in the postroom to take it out of my bag 'cos my shoulders had lost all feeling and I could just about feel my arms. He looked shocked when he lifted it up and asked me "What cheeky cunt booked this as a bike job?" and went to weigh it....45 fucking kilos! :angry:
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    Pussy yuh fe stop de noise, unnu a cry baby fe sure.

    Real bad man nuh moan bout heavy weight, an me nah turn down no job, 'cause me a real heavyweight badman.
    • CommentAuthorFesterban
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2008
     
    Wha ya talk bout 'eavyweight? Y'nah know 'eavyweight, you man strictly lightweight, you man more lightweight dan helium blodclart balloon
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    LOL
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    The Royal Mail official limit for a single post man (ie his whole run) is 10 kg, I read somewhere. I think that may only apply to shoulder bags.

    At the company I work for, the pb limit for a single job is 5kg, which seems reasonable, and up to 8 kg for mb. Anything over 8 is a walk or van rate.

    Back to the question - I liked taking oversize stuff, I remember having 44 large format tapes in my bag once.
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2008
     
    Marble slabs once...

    Later in my coureer I carried around an anglers spring balance to claim van rates as often as poss...
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    Winston - great idea if you've got the space in your bag and get heavy jobs all the time.

    Bill - what's pb and mb?
    • CommentAuthorNIK
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2008
     
    push bike
    motor bike
    • CommentAuthorJP
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2008
     
    Village outside Bristol on a double rush fron london on the train, certainly not one to turn down, 3 hours and empty paddington... A ride out into the hills, Nice!
    Made my day.
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    a job at scream.
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    NIK, I reckon that if you pedal your bike instead of pushing it, you might get to where you are going quicker.
    • CommentAuthorNIK
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2008
     
    indeed, i've never understood the term pushbike myself.
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2008
     
    they weighed nothing and clipped onto the outside of my bag....
    • CommentAuthoreggpie
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2008
     
    I have the spring balance too. I think theres a few around at the company we're discussing. If youre going to have strict 5/8kg limits, its important to know when you reach them..

    >if you pedal your bike instead of pushing it, you might get to where you are going quicker

    :)

    Its been a while since I heard you asking some slow courier "Are you actually riding your bike?" over the radio..
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    Don't worry, I asked someone that exact question last week. You must have been on the cargo bike, or had flat battery or something.

    I used to tell guys who were going slow that my grandmother would have done the job quicker. But then she died.
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    Winst: yeah I've seen lighter, thinnner ones than the ones that I had. Mine were quite robust and had a large dial:



    Whereas I assume you're on about something that looks more like this:

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    In the good ol days of cyclone Ireland....

    a box of donuts to the local cop shop......every friday!
    • CommentAuthorselimski
    • CommentTimeNov 9th 2008
     
    Your controller took the jam out of your doughnut...
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008
     
    At metro it's the big jobs that we like.They pay twice as much or more and you get to look like a right cnut going up Theoclerkenold st with a 5ft tube protruding from your rear.I once took five batteries that are used for studio lighting up to a client in Highgate.I got up that poxy hill on pure anger.I was thinking of murdering my controller at the time too.Which helped.
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    Yeah that takes me back to the time caspar loaded me up with 3 film drying racks which weigh a ton, plus the metro soho and chelsea internal bags plus some other work. My arms went numb and the racks were protruding out which could have destroyed cars/people etc. They couldn't believe i had to carry it when i got to soho. If you didn't do it you were threatened to be sent to work for hornets who don't exist anymore...
    • CommentAuthordubmess
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008
     
    Working in New York for a small company (3 riders), no vans, no motorbikes, no refusing anything. Most of our clients were ad and modelling agencies, barely anything I got fit into my bag. At least 3 times a day I would have to carry giant portfolios 4/5 kms. The kind of portfolios I had to manoeuvre into my bag while it was on the ground, put it against the wall and then get on the ground, climb under my strap and slide myself back up the wall so I could stand... One of the other riders showed me his spine one day... it noticeably curved to one side from 10 years of carrying that shit... we got paid well, but it was not very healthy or safe...
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      CommentAuthorUr-Ma
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008 edited
     
    Some dingbat called in a job for a pack of 20 Superkings 500 yards today, man that was a tough one, glad i didnt get it!
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    Dubmess, you didn't work for Musicman, did you?
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    That's ridiculous, although I have carried shit like that before though
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeNov 11th 2008
     
    Spring Balance was actually plastic bodied, smaller than that and cost less than a fiver from a fishing tackle shop....was a good investment....had to be a little diplomatic with major clients if it was only just over 5k....but was a good way of quickly proving that something was well over the limit.....if package didn't easily sit on the hook, weigh your bag then put package in bag and weigh again.....essentially it's better for the company too, they get to charge more...but as I said...but not worth risking pissing off a top client if it's borderline.

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