City of Denver Public Works

[@garbageproductions1]

Nice to see another upload from Colorado! Amreps outside CA, Nice. CSLs are great too, first time for me seeing a Kann. The speedy rear load action was the best part, great seeing some of that! ;) Nice job, Scott!

[@cagarbagetrucks]

Very nice video! I love how informative the description was, made it really interesting to read about the collection style used in Denver. Great works once again with the camera work, always love watching your videos.

[@deliaslucero6536]

Awesome Video!!

[@WMmaster626]

Denver's got some pretty sweet trucks, really like what they run and how they run their trucks too. There's a nice taste of almost everything. Really enjoyed the first truck. Fast and fluid, flipped a few lids. Where do those trucks dump at? I noticed the rims are pretty dirty especially for a recycle truck. The RL crew was very fun, not too big of a manual fan unless the crew works similar to the ones in the video. 6:11 was a great example of how good the crew functions together. The Kann was super neat. Haven't seen a newer CSL model from them, so that was a surprise. Truck looks great, miss those old Pete cabs. Gotta say, CSL looks pretty tough to operate compared to FL. Also have the same question as a few others as to whether or not the Kann ever uses those grippers, would be neat to see. PendPac was great, it's nice to see Denver operates their ASLs on the quick side. Have you seen their Pete 320/N3(s)? I saw a pic of one and I must say it looks pretty sweet. Their new mini also looks cool. Hope to see more of their equipment, definitely pleased with what was featured here. Awesome post!

[@Trashman242]

+WMmaster626 Agreed, always enjoy watching an Amrep that's joystick-operated. They dump at the WM "DADS" landfill east of town, their own transfer station in the south, sometimes WM's transfer on Union, and often at the WM transfer in Commerce City on Brighton Blvd. yeah the manual stuff was a hoot for me. Denver's nearly on par with San Diego manual greens crews, I'd argue. They pretty much don't use the grippers on the Kann, only rare instance is helping automated routes that are far behind, according to driver. I have seen some, but had different priorities at the time and know that the N3s will be around for awhile. Plus in building this compilation I already knew I had a bunch of amrep footage and didn't need more really. I'm just pleased to see more Amreps beyond the initial order. they have a couple Hardox FLs, too, for parks/schools. Thanks Aaron

[@NorCoRailfan]

Great video!

[@Trashman242]

+NorCo Railfan Thank you sir

[@AussieGarbo]

So manual collection is inevitable in some places over there, you'll be drooling over that, but just not MSLs :D I see why the RLs are necessary but, can't get the side lifting everywhere in those alleys. Doesn't seem too ideal swinging carts up through trees like 5:10 either - I'm sure some residents would have a bitch when the trucks start trimming the trees. As much as I get over watching Amrep after Amrep, I appreciated the smooth and swift operating (assuming it was the single truck/driver) to empty those neat purple carts - I was hoping there'd be a slim chance it'd be a growling Peterbilt. Love the good team work and speedy action by the RL crew, especially their bag tosses in the first clip..... and also the bin throws into the back! Was that another RL at 4:35 or the Amrep appearing in the following clip? Also back to Amrep, with the two cylinders that level the grab out depending on reach position, are those operated in sync by some valve set-up or does a sensor read the slide position and signal grabber movement? > A random question which just popped into my mind. CSLs are sweet to check out as usual, then to feature more than one is awesome! The Impac of course is naturally awesome with the cylindrical design, of which I hope to one day see the packer ;) Don't think I've ever seen a Kann model before though, I noticed it has a grabber featured, so does it do cart runs too? I noticed on the Kann there were simple clamps which dropped to secure the container during dumping, but how does locking work on the Impac exactly? I noticed the Impac had the lifter on the wrong side too - obviously they made a mistake and thought it was being built for Oz :P The Pendpac was a surprise at the end, added to the variety. Epic production again Scotty, another ripper Colorado compilation!

[@Trashman242]

+MitchellM15 What makes me drool is the fact that a large municipality will be the one still collecting manually! You're right about automation, not the best thing for alleys. Unfortunately, general aesthetics and injury reduction come before efficiency around here...at least they emphasize all carts have to be on the same side of the alley (unlike san diego, many of whose alleys are ASL'd but have carts on both sides). No growl lol, not with CNG anyway. All the new trucks they've been getting are natural gas. 4:35 was another RL + crew, the two trucks then turned opposite directions once each hit the main street that was between them = just a route boundary. Regarding Amrep with the auto-leveling, it's via a valve setup. As I remember some of the flow directed to the extension cylinder gets diverted to those twin leveling cylinders so they operate in sync. lol yeah really liked the KANN myself, grippers were the downer though (looked like they'd scrape the ground too easily). The only rare instance those get used is helping automated routes that are far behind, according to the driver. at 2:23 look in the "armpit" of the upper link, there's kind of a block that can barely be seen. look for a piece that gets illuminated briefly by the sun, and then concealed when the container reaches the top. so if you were raising the container and suddenly jolted it down right before the bend (and before it made contact with that block), it'd be possible to lose the dumpster and have it crush a car or fence....which has happened! according to the KANN driver, who obviously prefers that design over Impac's. And manufacturers offer it on either side, just depends if you want your drivers switching sides when leaving to dump or driving from the 'wrong' side of the cab if it's only equipped with RHD, for example. Thanks for a hearty comment again Mitch :)

[@AussieGarbo]

+Trashman242 That is true, there really aren't many highly populated places where there isn't auto going on, with the exception of the near impossible... over here the practice for general residential is near done with! Speaking of big cities, your recent DSNY upload is in the featured videos list and it's got me trying to imagine a line of 50 carts replacing the piles of bags :P Ah thanks for the info on the Amrep arm! Too bad if the valves stuffed up and the grabber went out pointing into the sky - wouldn't think it'd be too big a likely concern over the life of the truck but? I had to watch it a few times to make sure I was looking at the right thing, but I spotted the block and damn it's easy to miss unless you're seeing the thing in action up close. One moment you can't see it, then it's there and then it's gone again!

[@Trashman242]

+MitchellM15 A more realistic prediction for NYC's future is probably those underground bins emptied (boringly) by cranes, like they have in Europe. I can assure you there will never be carts in the denser parts...though maybe the outskirts that DSNY services. I have seen that, but only on older first-generation Amrep arms. watch this snippet of a video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKeTqaalhsyej7s and usually what I see is actually less than in that person's video, maybe just a slight delay in leveling that fixes itself as the arm is extended further. Nothing that affects operations real drastically. Another spot you might be able to see that stopper is like 8:36, look just above the catch hooks on the dumpster because they make contact with that block thing right after 8:36. Trust me, it's almost as hard to see in person and I didn't realize how inferior that simple design is until I talked to the Kann driver

[@avontaprice9661]

At 4:18 I really like this garbage truck :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

[@MileHighEAS]

I believe Denver is the only place I have ever seen an Impac, and the only place i knew of that had major dumpster service

[@PAUL-A]

What is the box on the top of the recycling truck & newer trash trucks? Denver is the only place Ive seen that on top.

[@Trashman242]

that's the enclosure for the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) tanks. Denver's newest garbage trucks run on gas instead of diesel. It's a hugely popular fuel for municipal buses and other trucks in this industry, particularly farther west

[@RefuseArizona]

Exceptional compilation! wow, I thought the alleys here were bad with hanging trees and brush but Denver takes the cake. Could be a liability waiting to happen if drivers have to drive the step with a low profile to avoid being taken off by brush. Enjoyed the bit of manual packing in here, glad you continued that clip, the driver floored it a bit harder but with a front mount pump, most operation is very quiet as if it were at idle. Shocked to see that they're buying Kann for CSLs, pretty neat, and idle operation. When you speak of about 9 tons on the Amrep, are you referring to recycling or solid waste or organics? If 9 tons of recycling that's a very impressive load. And surprised to see Pendpacs still in operation also having auctioned off many last year. Was that second to last clip planned? Turned out very nicely.

[@Trashman242]

+Refuse Arizona Solid waste of course. Amrep's on the low end in payload because, as I'm sure you know, they were designed primarily for CA where any amount of "impressive" packing essentially puts you overweight. Pendpac clip was one of the ones filmed a couple years ago--I can't actually remember the last time I saw an Alleygator running around Denver. And planned it was :D Thanks Jaccob

[@MrNic6999]

I love CSLs. That Kann was cool ,do they use the cart grippers for anything since? it's a CSL nice to see another video from you Scott,

[@Trashman242]

+MetroBoston Trash Trucks last resort for helping automated routes after the day's dumpster stuff is finished, but the driver said very rarely

[@trashmonster26]

Would they ever consider N3s?

[@Trashman242]

trashmonster26 they have a bunch in their fleet

[@Simcobarker]

Sick!!!!!

[@summitchase]

If you change the video speed to 1.5 it makes watching the swampers more bearable.

[@refrigeratormagnet1680]

Another place that uses natural gas pieces of junk. They can't get near enough miles to match a diesel, so more trips to the yard to fill up. Colorado is one of those cesspits that charge for bags at grocery stores to save the environment. It's ironic that they want to use plastic cans instead of metal. One would think communal can pick up would actually save gas, save plastic waste, keep environment cleaner bc cans aren't being blown over and scattering trash. The waste from just Denver switching to plastic cans will probably do 1000 times more damage than the whole state's use of plastic grocery bags. It's all about the $. The virtue signaling is only believed by the chumps.

[@Trashman242]

Totally hear you. Their argument is it cuts down on illegal dumping and holds each resident responsible for his trash generation, paying more for a larger size. Funny thing is if somebody wants to dump, they can just leave items in the alley because the city still sweeps once a month with a rear loader for bulk items, no extra charge. I'm glad I don't live in Denver city limits

[@canadian3743]

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