Garbage Truck Driver POV: Rocker Switches & Joystick Controls

Sooo...this time I wanted to try a different concept and try to step into the genre of POV style videos. Thought this would be a nice trial video.

Originally with this concept I tried with a hard mount that was placed inside the cab. However the adhesive for the mount wasn't strong enough so the mount and my phone kept getting knocked off the rear glass with every stop. Plus it wasn't getting the full perspective of the rocker switches on the right hand side (which is what I primarily wanted to capture since McNeilus does NOT offer rocker switches at all on their older trucks). I tried every conceivable surface in the cab, but it either resulted in copious vibration, or was too unstable to be mounted on properly.

Luckily I had a head mount I brought along just in case. I did a first initial test run of roughly 10 minutes prior to this video, then I re-adjusted the camera angle and the zoom depth which came out to what you see in this video here. I followed him for a while until I felt like I got enough footage.

With his particular truck, I'm not sure why or when they decided to put rocker switches on his truck, but it seems to work quite well in conjunction with the joystick. I notice he uses the joystick for all controls except retracting and raising the arm. I'm not sure if it's a Heil OEM control box that they somehow jerry-rigged or if it's an aftermarket part. It wasn't just mounted into place all ghetto style either, there's a proper bracket that's bolted underneath the hand egress/entrance handle. All in all it's a very interesting instance of a McNeilus truck being outfitted with a three button layout rocker switch, which is basically almost unheard of, even in their brand new trucks.

Special thank you to VJ for allowing me to film!
Enjoy the video!
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