Manager told me I have to deliver a washing machine on my own tomorrow into a house surely by law I require a drivers mate?
Bloody hell, I move things twice the weight of A washing machine everyday on my own…
I’ve also moved my own washing machine on my own and loaded it into a car…
You won’t be able to wipe yer arse without a drivers mate watching you along soon.
Are you being provided with a heavy-duty sack truck and means of securing it? If so then you don’t need a drivers mate.
As Radar said, unless you have a sack barrow then you need a drivers mate, printed on the boxes of most heavy bulky items that it is a 2 man lift.
Bloke who delivered and set up our machine, which is a heavy proper bugger not a bloody Chinese disposable rattle box, was on his own and nearing retirement.
109LWB:
Bloody hell, I move things twice the weight of A washing machine everyday on my own…I’ve also moved my own washing machine on my own and loaded it into a car…
You won’t be able to wipe yer arse without a drivers mate watching you along soon.
And starter motors, what’s that all about? A real driver uses a hand crank…
So need sack truck. I was just hoping for some company lonely life as a trucker isn’t it 
Juddian:
Bloke who delivered and set up our machine, which is a heavy proper bugger not a bloody Chinese disposable rattle box, was on his own and nearing retirement.
Digit369:
Manager told me I have to deliver a washing machine on my own tomorrow into a house surely by law I require a drivers mate?
I don’t think there is any law saying you must have a drivers mate, if you think it’s in you capabilities to move the washing machine you can do it and if you don’t then you ask for help in doing so or refuse to move it.
HSE advice on lifting heavy objects and manual handling, (which could sound slightly dodgy )
109LWB:
Bloody hell, I move things twice the weight of A washing machine everyday on my own…I’ve also moved my own washing machine on my own and loaded it into a car…
You won’t be able to wipe yer arse without a drivers mate watching you along soon.
There was a time when I could do the same until my back decided that’s enough and blew two discs onto my lower spinal cord. All I can say is look after your back in this job, you only have one of them to last you a lifetime.
the last washing machine I delivered was blonde very top heavy ,I managed very well on my own.also discovered it hoovered ironed etc etc warranty run out ,was an expensive divorce 
Don’t listen to the dumbasses who say just to get on with it. Its above the weight for manual handling on your own other than tilting it to get a sack barrow under it. Even lifting up a step with a sack barrow on your own is against HSE guidelines.
This industry is filled with people with knackered backs because they were like the respondents to your post
With most washing machines; front loaders excepted, it ain’t so much the weight as the size. You can’t get yer arms round them and they’re full of sharp edges underneath. Having said that though, our old top loader wore out the pawl that stops the drum going into spin instead of wash. I quite easily managed to lift it up on to trestles so that I could build it up again with weld. Couldn’t afford a new one at the time.
We’ve now got a Miele front loader and that is &$%%^@@£$ heavy.
Conor:
Don’t listen to the dumbasses who say just to get on with it. Its above the weight for manual handling on your own other than tilting it to get a sack barrow under it. Even lifting up a step with a sack barrow on your own is against HSE guidelines.This industry is filled with people with knackered backs because they were like the respondents to your post
This. If an item is above 25kgs it’s a two man job, hence why flour sacks came down from 32 to 16kgs. It didn’t stop me trying to carry five at once but it used to cost me a few quid in chiropractors appointments. Best advice is find a proper driving job where you don’t carry the load at all.
If its too heavy .leave it on and take it back. 
I wouldn,t attempt a washing machine,without a sack truck.When is worlds strongest man on tv 
m.youtube.com/watch?v=qOBD4OyxK1U
Get your boss and show him this…
If the washing machine is still in its packaging then I can almost guarantee there will be a 2 man lift sticker on it. Washing machines are heavy and awkward and it will strain your back in all sorts of unnatural positions.
IKEA subby fella delivered a sofa to me a while back and almost begged me to help him unload it to my door. Why because his tight fisted boss won’t stump up the dough for a second man. Disgraceful so it is!
First reply in this thread is slating second men, ■■■■■■■■ if that’s a drivers view what chance have you got with manangment behind their desks stuffing their fat faces with an eclair.
109LWB:
Bloody hell, I move things twice the weight of A washing machine everyday on my own…I’ve also moved my own washing machine on my own and loaded it into a car…
You won’t be able to wipe yer arse without a drivers mate watching you along soon.
You sound like an ex colleague (ex squaddie, does everything without question), against drivers mates, calls anyone lazy for sack trucking or pump trucking stuff when it could be carried.
Although there is no actual limit as to what can be reasonably lifted BUT an Employers is responsible to ensure an Employees H&S is not put at risk.
In your case ie a washing machine I would consider it to be a two man job unless your Manager has had risk assessment of the premises done by a qualified Risk Assessor to tell you different.
I used to delivery kitchens for MFI machines and 3mtr worktops where definitely classed as a two man
Washing machines usually have a heavy weight inside to stabilise the machine,and with all the other gubbings they have inside and the casing I certainly would not attempt it on my own.
Agreed with Muckaway…In my yoof, I used to carry 4x32kg of flour sacks on me shoulder, straight off the bed of the wagon though…used to deliver to a well known Pie Shop in Reading and the bloke that delivered the flour then was a dead spit of Goldberg (the American Wrestler fella) and built like him to boot…he’d have carried the whole pallet load in if he could’ve got it through the door!!! Carried a 50kg of brown sugar across the road once (was about 17 at the time!) and near on lost the world out me arse trying to get it on my shoulder!!