Eastvale -- Community Clean Up (WM)

On May 26, 2018, Waste Management of the Inland Empire hosted a community clean-up for the City of Eastvale. They brought 9 garbage trucks to the event (5 front loaders and 4 roll offs). The event ran from 8-12 and was a huge success with a larger than expected turnout of 481 cars (most arrived within the last hour). One of WM's awesome route managers, Andrew Gonzales, invited me to come check out the event and I couldn't have had more fun! Here is some footage of the trucks WM used.
263530: The first truck in the lineup was this 2003 Mack LE Wittke that Corona got from LA Metro a few years ago. As I was walking through the event trying to figure out which truck to start on, the loud revving easily grabbed my attention. The driver for the day was Mario Rodriguez, a 30 year veteran of the industry. Mario told me he started out with Western Waste, and after a few years, he went over to NEWCO in Riverside. Mario remembers servicing Eastvale back when the area was literally just two houses surrounded by acres of cow farms. NEWCO still had the City of Riverside back then, along with BFI and Tri-co Rubbish, known today as Burrtec. Mario said part of the reason as to why NEWCO lost their portion in Riverside is because they didn't want to convert their fleet to natural gas, and in 2001, their contract with the city ended. Their other work outside the City was in unincorporated areas like Home Gardens and Woodcrest, and they even had a few routes down in San Diego! Mario said the drivers who worked these routes started at 2 in the morning! NEWCO's Riverside assets was sold around 2003, and drivers were dispersed to WM, Burrtec, and CR&R after that. Today, Mario's regular route during the week is in Eastvale.
264509: This truck was recently in a fire, and just returned from being repainted - it looks awesome! Gustavo Cristobal was operating the truck for the day, but I only got a couple clips (10:23 and 14:03) since it will be around for the next few years, unlike the Macks. About halfway through the event, Andrew told Mario and Gustavo to shut off their trucks and fill up the other two first, so that really limited me since this truck was off for most of the event lol.
262906: This is one of two trucks I've tried multiple times to find - unfortunately, since it's a bulk truck, that's practically impossible. 262906 is a 2001 model, and is currently the oldest LE/Wittke that WM has in SoCal. Surprisingly, it still runs regularly as their frontline bulk truck, but that's expected to change soon. There are many small things that I like about this truck, but the main factor is the awesome "We Care About Your Air" sticker on the tailgate. Anyway, the driver on this truck was Jose Castaneda, a 30 year employee. I was really hoping to get lots of footage of 262906 (first clip is 5:05), so when I saw Jose was driving, I was excited since I already knew him from another trip. Unfortunately, the right side pedal was inoperable (Jose tried revving it multiple times for me) so he had to operate at idle. He revved up the truck for me on his last cycle before leaving, so that was awesome. Jose is another driver with a very interesting background. He started out at WM in Irvine, and he said his first truck was a two axle front loader with a removable body (PODs!).
264025: Here we have the awesome Frankie Magana making Chino’s Condor scream! I've filmed this truck so many times but I've never seen it operate like this! I was hoping to get more footage since I loved Frankie's operating style, but I ended up grabbing a pair of gloves in the truck and helping out on different trucks the rest of the event. I kept my camera near, so I whipped it out as often as possible to get some shots. It was actually Frankie who got me excited to come to one of these cleanups after seeing one of his Instagram posts. For many years, WM used roll offs at these events, but this was the first year in a while that they decided to use FLs. So a BIG thanks to him for the heads up! At 11:30, Frankie and Jose were sent to the landfill so that Mario and Gustavo could fill up their trucks for the rest of the event.
263492: Javier Correa's truck was the 5th front loader brought to the event, shown at 2:12. It was a lighter day so Gustavo took it back to the yard around 9.
412637: This truck, seen at 2:47, is a recent yard transfer from Irvine. Rodney was 1 of 4 drivers shuttling boxes to and from the yard throughout the morning.
412735: I saw this truck roll into the parking lot and was really excited to see who was behind the wheel. I saw Jaime (fast Curotto driver from Eastvale) back in October and he told me he was a relief driver now, so we haven't been able to find him on route since last July. Footage is seen at 7:12.
414348: Another roll off dropping off a box. The fourth roll off was 414008, missed a clip of it unfortunately but nothing too special.
Thanks to all the awesome employees from Waste Management for their hard work!

[@Skyes9]

Interesting to see that first driver worked for Tri-Co Disposal. You can find some dumpsters marked Tri-Co today if you look hard enough.

[@jessef2te254]

Hello Guys! I Was Walking Home From School And Encountered A WM Autocar Amrep Elliptical Collecting Klistoff & Sons totes. I’d like to share a couple minutes of the video I shot on my phone. There were cars blocking the cans so I walked down the street to help the driver dump the cans without him having to stop and get off to move the totes!

[@l.atrashproductions5455]

Awesome video Aaron! Wow the event turned out pretty great, what really kept me interested was the amount of trucks that would normally have standard headlights but they have LED’s now, pretty cool that they just replace the lights just like that, especially on that Condor Wittke. My second favorite truck has probably got to be 264509, lol that fire actually made this truck kinda better if you asked me ;) , almost looks like a brand new truck. The Autocar WX has got to be my third favorite, crazy how they fill up pretty fast! Great post!

[@WMmaster626]

Thanks man! Yeah the IE yards all changed out their lights and it looks awesome!!! I remember seeing an old Mack with LED for the first time - that really stood out haha. Really shows how much pride the IE fleet manager has in his trucks. Definitely agree on 509! The repaint looks awesome! I'll try to grab some pictures and video of it while it still looks all fresh. It had different rims right before this event so it looked just like a Volvo! Thanks again bro!

[@westernwastemanagement1892]

I'm so excited to see this video, great job WMmaster626. I'm glad to see those trucks, especially the Macks. Frankie sure mad that Chino Condor scream, hopefully other drivers can make it scream like that. I'm curious how the Condor would sound with Jaime driving it. Glad to hear he was at the event but I wish he was in a FL. I'm glad you finally saw 906 in action, it certainly did not disappoint, I'm pretty sure the carry can in ex Western Waste. The McNeilus looks great repainted, crazy how we saw it while it was on fire, hopefully we can find it on route. I like the Curotto Can of 530, too bad it was cut and the arm was taken off. Great job, I hope you go to more of these events!

[@WMmaster626]

Thanks!! It was a fun day! Yeah I was really entertained by Frankie's operating style. Would have been cool to see Jaime in 906! Yeah definitely hope to see 509 on route! It'll probably be at the next clean up, hopefully we can make it to the fall clean ups!

[@jakobvelasquez473]

Nice video love the Mack’s and the Condor pretty cool that there all in one place so you don’t have to follow them all around. That WX fl was pretty cool to. Did they get any new 520 front loaders? Great video

[@WMmaster626]

Thanks! Haha yeah very convenient having the clean up in one location. Unfortunately no, I think they're getting some new ACXs soon :( Appreciate the comment!

[@zp12684]

Nice video Aaron! I liked the variety of all the trucks there. The employee back stories were cool to read as well. Neat shot at 9:02 where both trucks seem to be almost in sync lol. Did anything get recycled? And with 262906, is it just an old design or did they cut off the hopper siding?

[@WMmaster626]

Thank you! Really liked the variety too! Little bit of all their old stuff haha. Glad you liked the drivers' back stories! Always fun to hear. I was hoping to get at least one shot of the bucket cycles in sync! Anything in the roll off boxes were recycled, but all the FL stuff went to the landfill. Glad you noticed that about 262906! I'm thinking it's a really old design since all the sister units to that truck are missing the hopper siding too. That truck has so much history behind it but I'll go on about that another time. Appreciate the comment!

[@CaliforniaGarbageTrucksNTrains]

Cool Video whassup -----> Hope for soon

[@WMmaster626]

Thanks man