Arcadia -- Commercial (WM)

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Here is a video I made for the boys in Arcadia! This is how Waste Management handles the many multi-family apartments in the town. In some parts of the city, it's literally just block after block of apartments, most requiring scout service. So, a team of 3-4 scout trucks are constantly circling town bringing bins out to the streets in the morning and bringing them back in once they're emptied - most days they all have well over 100 bins to service. It's pretty awesome seeing just lines of bins scattering the neighborhoods on collection day! Once everything is in place and positioned, a team of front loaders comes through to empty the dumpsters. It's definitely a difficult process and a ton of respect goes out to the drivers who have to deal with this on a daily basis.
(0:00) - 631892: We start with Jose "Frijolitos" Avila in one of the many old Gaskin Built scout trucks Baldwin Park has. Avila has been one of the scout drivers in Arcadia for at least 20 years in the city which is pretty amazing considering how difficult of a route this is! This scout truck and many others like it are the oldest units in the fleet, all going back to late 1999-early 2000. They run pretty well still, however, have their fair share of issues from the age.
(0:42) - 210972: Here we have Raul Cervantes (1 of 5 brothers at Baldwin Park) on the one day he comes to Arcadia. These 2012 Peterbilt 320 Amreps are my favorite new garbage trucks WM has bought in recent years, however, one issue with them is that they all have stationary forks (these trucks were meant for another site when purchased). Arcadia is the only city that WM San Gabriel services with bottom slot channels, and so when these trucks came in, they were dispersed to drivers in every city except Arcadia. Over the years, the bottom slot dumpsters were replaced with dumpsters that had a pull out channel, and so these 2012s started showing up in town twice a week. Raul runs the truck very well and one thing I like about these trucks in particular is how fast the arms operate without much revving. Unfortunately, I caught him right after a rain storm so his rims were a little dirty.
(4:39) - 610976: My boy, the crazy Mario Herrera in his brand new scout truck! These FF Gomez scout trucks are the first new scout trucks to show up in like 15-20 years, and so Mario, having 37 years of seniority, was one of the few who received a new truck. Super awesome, funny guy who I've had the privilege of knowing for 4 years now.
(5:23) - 210965: This truck comes to Arcadia only on Thursdays, and after a couple tries, I was able to catch it. Behind the wheel is Art Casas, one of the commercial relief drivers. Another long time veteran who works quite fast, as it was only 1pm and he was already done with the route!
(7:02) - 631747: One of San Gabriel's newest drivers is Ignacio "Nacho" Cervantes! Raul and his 3 other brothers, all of whom have been with WM for over 30 years each, were finally able to bring another brother to join the team. Nacho does a terrific job and is always SUPER friendly so it's always fun seeing him around town!
(7:20) - 210968: The week after I caught Art in 210965, he came by in the spare front loader, 210968 so I grabbed a couple clips of him.
(8:21) - 610976 & 631746: Mario and Jose hanging out at the 7-11 I first met them at on their break. They had JUST repainted 631746 so I wanted to grab a clip of that since we hardly repaint trucks.
(8:29) - 206211: One of many trucks I wish I spent more time tracking down. This is a really old clip from 2014, I just happened to see the truck so I put my camcorder on a post to record so I could get a picture too, and little did I know that the view was unfortunately blocked. Shortly after this, a new Peterbilt Amrep FEL was put on this route.
(9:05) - 630312: Avila putting back another dumpster at the end of the day.
Thanks to the awesome team for all their hard work (and a special shout out to Mario Herrera for introducing me to many of these guys) and service to Waste Management and the City of Arcadia!

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@justinp8234 2 жыл бұрын

I saw one of these big front loader garbage trucks for the first time working in Oahu Hawaii and there was also a small garbage scout with it I thought the garbage scout looked weird with the forks in the back but it's cool I want to by the matchbox toy garbage king scout with dumpster toy on ebay.

@IWS15 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy seeing all the 2yds lines up rolled out like carts. Nice to see the scouts bouncing around too. Probably makes for a pretty easy day for the FL drivers. Nicely done video, enjoyed seeing all the aspects of the process!

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've always liked the scout process too. Definitely makes the job a lot easier and is far more organized than the system other companies have imo. Thanks!

@orangecitrus_6705 5 жыл бұрын

Love the detailed descriptions on these videos

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I enjoy telling the full story of the trucks and drivers involved in the video

@westernstategarbagetrucks 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, I’m glad you threw in that old clip, it still came out excellent. It’s really interesting seeing the scouts work. Here in Sacramento they just go apartment to apartment. We could use some scouts

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah scouts are interesting, hard job that's for sure.

@TrashBulldogProductions 4 жыл бұрын

That is one mean sounding Peterbilt! That deep growly Mack Wittke was also something. Kudos to the scout truck crews for their excellent maneuverability in those tight spaces. I also love the wobble sound that only Amrep arms make, takes me back to my childhood days of Octos and Western Waste Industries.

@WMmaster626 4 жыл бұрын

I love those Peterbilts! Haha miss those days. Thanks for the comment man!

@sssniperboofygoofy Жыл бұрын

Garbage trucks are friendly

@westernwastemanagement1892 5 жыл бұрын

Great video WMmaster626! Those Peterbilt Amreps sure are fast, almost as fast as Danny in 210969. I'm glad you were finally able to find 210965, it certainly did not disappoint. I think that is the meanest sounding Peterbilt Amrep Baldwin park has, hopefully Danny drives that truck one day. Good job finding the scout trucks, glad they are still around. I remember over 20 years ago when those same scout trucks took over the routes from the Western Waste Jeeps. 206211 sure was the cherry on top, glad you were able to get a clip of that beast.

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad they started sending these to Arcadia. That's awesome you remember seeing those scouts when they were brand new!! Definitely glad I was able to get something of 211, wish I could say the same about 265!

@MidwestTrashTrucks 5 жыл бұрын

Great catches!! While I’m not a huge fan of Amrep, these Amrep front loaders are super cool. I find it interesting how they had them spec’d up without the adjustable forks, that’s actually kinda funny haha my favorite truck had to be the old MR Wittke, those just seem like an icon to SoCal commercial trucks. That’s so neat how some of the drivers have been with WM for as long as they have, or that them and their siblings work there too!! Nice job on this one, I thoroughly enjoyed it!!

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Amrep is the best ;-) haha. Yeah most sites actually don't even have bottom channel dumpsters, just the ones in and around LA County. The yard these were destined for doesn't have any bottom slot bins so that's why they had them as stationary forks. Yup Mack and Volvo Wittkes are definitely iconic SoCal commercial trucks! Appreciate the comment!

@Amrepdude499 5 жыл бұрын

So glad you decided to film the scout process. I don’t see that too often lol. I love those older think green think clean Amrep front loaders. Wish we had some of those instead of our 09 FL’s haha. 206211 was quite a beauty. The shot being blocked didn’t bother me that much cuz I just sat and enjoyed the audio lol.

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked that part! Yeah I realized scout service isn't too common outside of the LA area. These Petes are fantastic, quick and sound pretty good for CNG. Haha wish 211 was still around. Appreciate the comment!

@classicgarbagetrucks5517 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video I love it

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@trashmanthomas9033 5 жыл бұрын

I always see a FL doing apartments on Huntington on Thursday going to school.

@zp12684 5 жыл бұрын

Nice catch! It was nice seeing everything put together from bringing out to collection to putting back away. 211 brought back a lot of memories!! Fresno scrapped 209 and 210 isn't in the yard anymore. Do any of the yards down south still have the Mack and Wittke combo?

@WMmaster626 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I never realized 209 and 210 were sister units haha. El Cajon and GI still have Mack Wittkes; about 40% of El Cajon fleet is still Wittke I'd say!