It takes a crane to lift a wheely bin?

The contents are irrelevant, vg. Even empty it will still do you in from a decent height.

I will repeat again for your benefit

“OK, so you’re 100% sure that its concrete in the wheelie bin described above. Or are you just assuming?”

vg said :

Bollocks, how else do the garbage trucks pick them up…….a tractor beam?

The trucks in Canberra have a large clamp that grips under the top rim of the bin on 3 sides.

Regardless of whether it’s specifically illegal or not the OH&S legislation mantra says that employers have a legally enforceable duty of care to “take all reasonably practicable steps to protect the health and safety at work of its employees and contractors.” I would say it’s both reasonable and practicable for a large construction company to have a better method than this, wouldn’t you?

For shits and giggles… Australian Standard 4123.1-2008 Mobile Waste Containers – ie; wheelie bins. Nominal load is specified as 400kg/m^3 – the standard 240L wheelie bin should be capable of carrying at least 96kg. Concrete nominally weighs 6 times as much per volume, 2400kg/m^3. Even the lifting equipment is specified, and none of it is designed to lift using the handles.

2604 said :

vg said :

“The handles on a wheelie bin are not designed to suspend anything, let alone the weight of a wheelie bin full of rubble. Would anyone here trust those handles to hold a wheelie bin full of god knows what over their head?”

Bollocks, how else do the garbage trucks pick them up…….a tractor beam?

Uh…pretty sure that a wheelie bin full of construction waste (particularly concrete) is going to be heavier than a wheelie bin full of household refuse.

OK, so you’re 100% sure that its concrete in the wheelie bin described above. Or are you just assuming?

dvaey said :

niftydog said :

I hope it’s not normal – it’s almost certainly illegal.

Only if someone finds out about the apprentice they put in there for a ride.

Heh. Pool room. And probably true.

vg said :

“The handles on a wheelie bin are not designed to suspend anything, let alone the weight of a wheelie bin full of rubble. Would anyone here trust those handles to hold a wheelie bin full of god knows what over their head?”

Bollocks, how else do the garbage trucks pick them up…….a tractor beam?

Uh…pretty sure that a wheelie bin full of construction waste (particularly concrete) is going to be heavier than a wheelie bin full of household refuse.

vg said :

“The handles on a wheelie bin are not designed to suspend anything, let alone the weight of a wheelie bin full of rubble. Would anyone here trust those handles to hold a wheelie bin full of god knows what over their head?”

Bollocks, how else do the garbage trucks pick them up…….a tractor beam?

Well, dont garbage trucks use something like a claw that clamps around the top 1/4 of the bin, and lifts that way?

“The handles on a wheelie bin are not designed to suspend anything, let alone the weight of a wheelie bin full of rubble. Would anyone here trust those handles to hold a wheelie bin full of god knows what over their head?”

Bollocks, how else do the garbage trucks pick them up…….a tractor beam?

JB, you need to get out less.

Ya just can’t get away with anything these days, with all the RiotACT paparazzi around.

dvaey said :

niftydog said :

I hope it’s not normal – it’s almost certainly illegal.

Only if someone finds out about the apprentice they put in there for a ride.

It’s how they transport the zombies..