[Bonnyboy]

Originally Posted by cashman

was a story in last sats mail, about a family who had their bin left cos it was too heavy, the men had to be able to move it with 2 fingers the council said, or the automatic lifter would break. never heard so much crap in my life, so long as its filled with household rubbish,as this was, it aint the bloody householders fault if equipment can't lift it.

I reckon a wheelie bin filled with sand would weigh round about the 250kg mark, those lifters look fairly meaty to me, so normal rubbish shouldn’t be an issue.

It has historically been a manual labouring job, I assume it is still classed as that. If folk can’t do the job, best they clock out.