Arcadia -- Residential (WM)

Waste Management San Gabriel Pomona Valley and some of their most iconic garbage trucks working in Arcadia over the years. I've been serviced by this yard my whole life and these Curotto Cans are some of trucks I have the best memories of. Hope you enjoy this old footage spanning eight years of 11 trucks seen around town.
(0:00) - 205605: Fili Barrera has been doing my route for over 10 years now, and during the time when he was in a Curotto Can, he always had a Mack except for these two weeks back in 2013 when he was in a spare Volvo. I was especially fond of 205605 from Tony's videos of it, so I was thrilled when Fili came by in it! Here he is collecting two Sierra Madre Toters on my street. 205605 was scrapped in December 2013.
(0:35) - 263452: Before Fili was given an ASL, he drove 263452 for a few months. I had been wanting to see this truck for a while, so I was really glad he ended up using it. Here's Fili collecting the end of his greens route back in November 2015 - with the seasons changing, greens was especially heavy so he was dumping the bucket like every three houses! 263452 was scrapped in early 2018 from Compton Hauling.
(3:36) - 263982: A truck I wish I had way more footage of. Mike Vasquez got this truck after his Volvo was retired in late 2014. These trucks sounded amazing but for some reason, I never stocked up on a bunch of footage unfortunately. I caught Mike on this day driving off after finishing his first load. 982 ended up having some problems in 2016 and this truck never returned to being a frontline unit. 263982 was scrapped last year after sitting for more than 2 years untouched.
(3:43) - 260596: This is one of my favorite trucks I've ever filmed. I first discovered this truck in 2012, and was shocked that my local yard still had ex-WMX trucks running! The driver, Ike, was super cool and very skilled at driving Curotto too which made things even more enjoyable. Ike kept 260596 extremely clean, and even had chrome caps on the truck which was rare in San Gab! Drivers and old supervisors told me he used to wax the truck on his break which I highly respect. Seen here is Ike collecting trash back in early 2013. One cool thing about this truck is that it was button operated rather than joystick. Certainly an added bonus to the uniqueness of this truck. 260596 was scrapped in late 2013.
(5:23) - 263266: Another one of my favorite finds from over the years! Joe Quezada running Curotto was something Kevin and I both wanted to desperately see, so when it actually happened in summer 2017, we were ecstatic! Joe hadn't driven Curotto in years before this happened but he still ran 266 really well! Arguably one of the fastest Curotto drivers I've seen which is awesome. 263266 was still running as of a few months ago, but I haven't seen it in a while so it might've been scrapped unfortunately.
(10:37) - 264515: Jose Mentado used to drive this ex-Corona McNeilus, and I caught him doing trash one afternoon in 2016 which was something I had been wanting to see for a while with all the Turn-Keys around. This truck is still running daily today with a different driver.
(11:16) - 263525: Fili got this truck in 2012 after his diesel Mack was sent away. He used 525 for two and a half years, and I got to see it go from having an original Curotto Can all the way to brand new Slammin' Eagle on it. Seen here is Fili collecting greens when his truck had just gotten a 1.5 bucket. 263525 was retired in 2016 after it was sent to Los Angeles Hauling.
(12:17) - 263264: Some footage of Rosendo Pimienta on the first time I met him in 2015! I had been wanting to see this truck once I saw it had a bucket on it, so it was a nice to meet such a cool driver behind the wheel. 263264 was retired in 2019 after serving as the frontline bulk truck for many years.
(12:51) - 263268: Fili's ASL was being used elsewhere on this day back in 2016, so I got to see him in 263268! You'll also get to see a 64g Cascade for greens in this clip, which is rare to see in Arcadia. 263268 was retired in 2018.
(13:16) - 263453: Mike had just gotten his ASL here back in early 2017. One afternoon, I was out driving and saw his ASL was being used by a Chino driver helping out in Arcadia! I went to Mike's route and caught him picking up some Turn Keys. 263453 is still running today as a frontline bulk truck.
(13:57) - 263016: When Fili Cortes first became my recycle driver in 2013, he was still driving his Volvo Wittke. I managed to film him once on this day in November 2013 before he was given a brand new ASL just a few weeks later. Unfortunate because I really was looking forward to getting more video of him in a Curotto! 263016 was retired in 2015.
Thank you to all the awesome drivers from WM San Gabriel for making this video possible! It's been great getting to grow up with these guys for so many years.

[@xueyinghe9121]

Good job! I’m a fan of garbage trucks!

[@CTG275]

What A Banger👍👍❤️

[@trashmandavid1694]

I really enjoy your videos

[@GarbageTruckVideography]

Awesome video! This was a real throwback, I remember watching your videos of some of these trucks as a kid. Really sucks that most if not all of them are gone now, but it looks like you managed to get a lot of footage of these trucks while you could. Also cool that you filmed some of Jose Mentado, I still see him occasionally out here on his Brea recycle route.

[@WMmaster626]

Thank you! Yeah only 2 maybe 3 of the 11 remain! Loved seeing Mentado around town, wish I had more footage of him over the years. Tell him I say hi if you see him soon!

[@henderson3]

That first truck brought me right back to my Yard Waste truck back in '04. Great video!

[@WMmaster626]

Thank you!!

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

Well done brother glad you have found this truck bc this truck is so good and these really so good happy new year brother God bless you and your family as well

[@westernwastemanagement1892]

Wow WMmaster626, I don't know where to begin. Starting the video out with old Sierra Madre carts getting collected by a Curotto Can sure is great. I'm glad you found Fili in multiple different Curotto Can's over the years. The Wittke/Leach sure was a beast and Mike was fast in the Volvo. That was exciting finally seeing Joe in a Curotto Can again and he sure was fast especially considering it had been almost a decade since he had driven one. That was funny how we talked about wanting to see Joe in a Curotto Can the day before it happened. We sure wanted to see Joe in a Curotto again for quite a long time, I'm glad it finally happened. It is great to see you caught Jose in the McNeilus, he is a nice driver and I wish he was still at WM driving it today. I'm glad to see you got a clip of Pimienta collecting bulk the first time you saw him. Great job editing this compilation video together WMmaster626, it is amazing!

[@WMmaster626]

Thank you!! Lot of great memories over the years here in Arcadia. Wish they kept the diesel Macks long enough for us to get good footage of them! Happy we saw Joe in 266, that was a terrific afternoon. Glad you enjoyed this!

[@westernstategarbagetrucks]

Really enjoyed this one! The volvo curottos were just incredible to see. The old mack curottos sound so good too, really like those. I also thought that autocar wxll curotto was sick, glad its still around! Excellent video!

[@WMmaster626]

Thank you! Miss when it was Mack and Volvo everywhere out here

[@USArailfanner3448]

I love those trucks

[@billd5211]

Not sure how this ended up in my recommended videos but I had to comment. The black bins at 4:25 caught my eye. I’ve had that exact bin in Northeast Ohio for the past 27 years! We recently moved, so we no longer have WM. I’ve always wondered why WM had the black ones without the logo? I’d love to hear the story behind that. At one time, almost everyone had the black bins, as well as the burgundy WM ones. Still a lot of black ones but alot were replaced with new green ones. I will say they were built very well, and was surprised to see them in California!

[@WMmaster626]

Haha that's really cool! That cart actually came from the previous hauler that worked here, probably the same case with your cart. Extremely durable, they're pushing 30 years old now! Thanks for checking out the video!

[@garbagetruckmtler]

Nice

[@xueyinghe9121]

You should watch this truck master 642

[@xueyinghe9121]

Love it!

[@vincentperez7763]

Hey man, do you plan on filming in Santa Maria any time soon?

[@welovevehicles8438]

Your rubbish trucks are better than the ones here in England 👍

[@WMmaster626]

I agree! Haha

[@trashmandavid1694]

Are you still uploading garbage truck videos

[@USArailfanner3448]

Try filming an n3 wm trash truck

[@USArailfanner3448]

Are u going to upload a video soon?

[@scottishbinlorryscotland7971]

Do more pls

[@worldoftrash3366]

Hello Aaron, I’m gonna go to Merced in about a month and I was thinking instead of filming garbage trucks in that particular city, I want to check out the city of Fergus, CA that’s only 10 minutes away. I want to film there because I found out that the WM Atwater yard has some really cool trucks. Plus I’ve never filmed WM. But the problem is idk what day Fergus gets collected. Do you know?

[@justinalex1952]

Do you know how much waste management pays their residential cdl drivers?

[@WMmaster626]

Just depends on where you are located, it varies depending on site. Good luck!

[@justinalex1952]

@@WMmaster626 I just had my phone interview with the hiring manager and he said I did a good job and was well spoken. I will let you know if I get selected!

[@og.x888]

@@justinalex1952 did u get selected?

[@justinalex1952]

@@og.x888 nope, all good though I’ve been at a propane delivery company for the past 6 months and i like it. Will try again with waste management in the future.

[@henderson3]

That first truck brought me right back to my Yard Waste truck back in '04. Great video!

[@WMmaster626]

Sorry, just saw your comment - glad to hear it brought back memories. What city did you see those Volvos in? Thank you!

[@henderson3]

@@WMmaster626 Out by Riverside