1992 WhiteGMC CWS Front Loader - The King of Daily's Fleet

Surprise! It wasn't retired yet.
This truck has been #1 on my "to film" list for a very long time now. This is Daily's last resort spare that only runs a couple of times a month. I have gone to the Daily yard at 5 am to wait for this truck to leave more times than I can count, but it has never left. In fact recently it has been 2-3 times I week that I wait for it at the Daily yard. In all of those times that I have tried to film it, it has only been out of the yard 2 other times, and I wasn't able to find it either of those times. I almost gave up on it recently because they put an "out of service" sticker on the windshield shortly after the first time I saw that it had been running. About a week after that I noticed they removed the out of service sticker, and parked it back in the middle of the yard so I decided not to give up. I'm so thankful that I didn't give up because now I can FINALLY say that I have footage of this truck. On this day I thought I would try to go into the office at the yard to ask someone about this truck and right as I was parking in their parking lot, I saw this truck move forward over the fence. I thought it was to good to be true and that it was probably just being moved up into the shop, but I drove around to where the trucks leave and saw this heading right out the exit to the yard. From there I just followed it to route and everything went perfect. I couldn't believe my luck that I happened to arrive there right when he was leaving the yard at 9 AM. He was just going to help on a route for about 2 hours too because many of there trucks were down. If I arrived to the yard just 2 minutes later I wouldn't have been able to follow him to route. So needless to say, after so much bad luck with this truck, I had a whole lot of good luck all at once.
This truck definitely lived up to all of my expectations. It sounds amazing, and the driver sure knew what he was doing. I absolutely love the look of this body, and for it's age Daily sure keeps it looking and running great. Everything about this truck is the epitome of Socal in the 90's. It was great to get taken back in time with this beast. Whenever I think of Daily Disposal, this is the truck that I think of because just a few years back this was one of the only Daily trucks they had a bunch of pictures of on the internet. This is one of the first Daily Disposal trucks that I ever saw a picture of.
Of course a huge thank you to this amazing driver for putting on such a great show. He even dumped all of the cans in the cab and revved it nicely just for the video, rather than using the idle external controls.
A shout out to Mike too because he's tried to track down this truck just as much as I have, and has spent just as much gas money trying to film this thing. Unfortunately he wasn't able to be here to film this beast with me after all of that effort.
I really hope you all appreciate this one because this took a lot of effort to bring you this video. This was probably some of the most fun i've had filming a truck.

[@l.atrashproductions5455]

Very sweet catch Alex! I loved watching the the controls outside move whenever he would operate inside. For a 25 year old truck it doesn't look too bad, the chassis looks amazing and not to much smog on the body. Gotta love the whining sound too especially since he revved it. Great catch on this one, i'm glad that you found it before its time.

[@AlexClemmans]

Thank you! Agreed that it sure is fun to watch the outside controls move all around. I'm amazed at how well Daily keeps this truck up, especially considering how infrequently it's used. Glad you enjoyed it man!

[@socalgarbagetrucks2585]

I really can't believe how much you've lucked out over the past week with these mind-blowing finds. I also really like these descriptions you've been coming up with. Though very hard to come by, this is one of those very, very few trucks that has that perfect whine to growl ratio. You really outdid it with this one. Looking forward to seeing what else you find! No doubt I will be coming back to watch this again when I'm in the mood for a nice soothing noise to help me fall asleep.

[@AlexClemmans]

I really can't believe the luck in the past week either. Glad you like the descriptions, I will keep that in mind for future uploads. I agree with you on the for sure on the perfect whine to growl ratio. That is the type of sound that just sends tingles down my spine. Haha. Thanks a bunch man, i'm really glad you enjoyed this one.

[@calvincrews3885]

That’s a great CWS White/GMC Xpeditor front loader garbage truck it gotta have a 3206 Caterpillar or Cummins or CNG engine

[@stormchaser316]

Nice! Interesting how the outside arm controls move when controlled from the inside.

[@AlexClemmans]

Thank you! it is fun to watch.

[@NicholasG9703]

This is. Fun. To watch as well

[@WMmaster626]

Someone's really had a good week finding trucks ;-) That's awesome how you were able to find this truck right after you told me about it! What a great sounding rig! The driver revved this thing perfectly, and definitely glad he used interior controls vs. exterior. Anyway, that's insane how much luck you had getting to the yard right as this truck is leaving! 9 am too, that's crazy late for commercial! Gotta love the weird stuff that happens when the regular trucks are down. And wow, only working for 2 hours! That's crazy! Cool to see some EDCO dumpsters thrown in, I was waiting for one to appear since it seems like most of Daily has yet to be rebranded. Congrats on conquering yet another San Diego find bro! Awesome video!

[@AlexClemmans]

A good week finding trucks indeed! This truck would have to be my favorite though. It is REALLY a good thing he used interior controls for the video because man, the external controls don't have a throttle switch. These arms are quite slow at idle.. The lack of the throttle switch is probably a big reason why the drivers don't like to use this truck much. Yeah, most of the commercial routes are EDCO, and Daily dumpsters combined now. Makes filming a whole lot easier because their are a lot more stops. Thanks a bunch man!

[@RefuseArizona]

Awesome video dude! Such a classic truck, and the old school Volvo rims add a really nice touch to the truck itself. Unique whine to this truck. Enjoyed the hard revving and of course the packing at 3:30. It's the best feeling when documenting a truck finally after trying to catch it for so long!

[@AlexClemmans]

Thanks man! It felt amazing to finally catch this truck.

[@Trashman590]

awesome footage

[@AlexClemmans]

Thank you!

[@westernwastemanagement1892]

Congratulations Alex, this a great find and I'm glad you found it on route after all your attempts. This CWS sure has great speed for a 25 tear old truck when lifting dumpsters. It's neat to see a truck still around with lift cylinders for the arms under the body. Any idea what year Daily started? I'm curious if this is one of their original trucks. Thanks for finding this beast before it's retired.

[@AlexClemmans]

Thanks Kevin! Sure speeds up nicely when he gives it throttle. I love the nice clean look of the under body cylinders on this truck. really adds to the truck, in my opinion. I remember reading about Daily starting sometime in the later 90's. If this isn't originally from Daily, maybe it's from Mission Disposal because I have some major suspicions that they were related to Daily. Really glad you appreciated this find!

[@3amrepmike3]

Jesus.

[@AlexClemmans]

Indeed.