Diamond Bar -- Residential (WM)

A video dedicated to two of Waste Management San Gabriel Pomona Valley's veteran drivers who both recently retired after over 25 years of service. Thank you Wolfrano Rios and Rosendo Pimienta for all your hard work!
(0:00) - 311925: When I arrived at the condos, I ran into Rios in this little Ford Wayne rear loader. This truck is neat in that the body was taken off of the little Isuzu rear loaders that WM LA Metro had, refurbished, and put onto this Ford 550 chassis. Not a horrible replacement for the Wittke Burro although I really wish I got to see that truck. Rios told me he does 4 loads in this truck since it is so small, but he's able to get to the transfer station and back pretty quick so his day isn't all that long. I only got a couple clips because I wanted to find Pimienta and get on over to Pomona to catch another driver there. Hope to film the new driver we have in this truck soon.
(1:20) - 311539: Pimienta in the Freightliner McNeilus! Ever since I met him, Pimi has always been so proud that he gets to drive the Burro truck. He took care of all his customers in these condos and many kids would draw pictures of the truck for him. He's been doing this route since WM was still running the Stagg MSL here so he has a lot of experience in this area. This footage was taken way back in 2016, when Pimienta was already 64 years old. Very impressed that he was able to move at a good constant pace. On top of that, Pimienta ended up staying 2 years longer than he planned to just cause they had trouble finding a replacement for the route. He's a great driver and a really good person on top of that so I'm glad he stuck around for so long!
Thank you to both drivers for letting me film and so many years of service! Hope you are enjoying retirement!

[@westernstategarbagetrucks]

Neat little trucks, so much experience from the drivers. Great find

[@WMmaster626]

Haha yeah we have a lot of old timers. Good people. Thanks!

[@CaliforniaGarbageTrucksNTrains]

Wow Great Video Aaron You’re finally back!

[@WMmaster626]

Thanks buddy :-)

[@GarbageTruckVideography]

Little did I know that when I went to the condos it was one of Pimienta's last weeks. Great video!

[@WMmaster626]

Yeah, miss him! Thank you :)

[@willthetrashman]

Aaron im going to need to buy that wayne of you.

[@WMmaster626]

Do it, it's piece of crap 😂

[@zp12684]

It's great to see drivers still there after so long! Did they originally start out with WM or one of the acquired companies? Nice video!

[@WMmaster626]

Yeah we have some great drivers! I forget which company the first driver started with but Pimienta started with NEWCO before they sold to WM. Thank you!

[@Nardy2600]

Late set out on 9:03 sorry but you have to use a courtesy pick up if he was my customer j/k great video never knew Wm use orange high vis great catch

[@WMmaster626]

HAHA! Thanks bro, our DM got orange vests every now and then to change it up for the drivers. Think 2016 was the last time I saw them but we still have a few show up every now and then lol

[@mansurfakhridinov9302]

At work you can get a driver. who can contact thanks for the early

[@noahater5785]

why did you throw away a perfectly good pair of crutches??? 0_0 Someone with an injury or disability could have used them!

[@tessonannick4531]

pas de recyclage