Woodcrest -- Residential (WM)

Waste Management of the Inland Empire services the Woodcrest region of Unincorporated Riverside County. On the Friday route, there are two garbage trucks that collect from residential homes and one that collects the Dumpsters from properties, all seen in this video. But first, here's a little background information as to why this specific route was already special in its own way.

NEWCO Waste Systems was a large hauler in Southern California. In the San Gabriel Valley where I grew up, NEWCO serviced my home city of Arcadia for many years before Waste Management acquired them. While most cities either got roll outs or switched haulers over the years, Arcadia kept all the old NEWCO carts on route, and today, a majority of the recycle and about half the trash carts are from the NEWCO days. Kevin and I knew that the company had some contracts in Riverside County, however, we didn't know that WM still had a route filled with old NEWCO carts and dumpsters. It was a huge throwback to us being San Gabriel Valley natives where NEWCO was the dominant hauler at one time.

On to the trucks:
(0:00) - 265017: So...Kevin first spotted this truck on our last trip to Moreno Valley's service area. He was at the yard prior to meeting up and this truck entered. We weren't able to follow because the driver parked around noon and so we thought he was done for the day, however, shortly after Kevin left to pick me up, the truck went back on route. Since both of us had a day off today, Kevin suggested we try to find it again. The truck didn't show up for a while, but finally he came charging down Indian Street and pulled into the yard. We waited for him to finish dumping before following him for about 20 minutes to his route in the Woodcrest area, a region that we had no idea WM worked in. The driver, Paul (also went by John), was super cool, funny, and was a very fast and safe driver. As you can see he didn't mind us following, and we ended up spending the entire time following him, approximately 2 hours. Now let's talk about the truck. First off, this truck has the Curotto Can Superlight model, which was featured at Waste Expo a couple years back. I had no idea it even existed, so that in itself was super cool. The truck is also rare, a saddle mounted CNG truck from WM is unique, and to top it off, on an ACX HEIL Freedom! Last cool thing, this truck was one of the last trucks ever to get the old Dumpster logo happy facts signboard before the switch to "Think Green, Think Clean". Definitely rare for the WM SoCal market area in itself. And Moreno Valley has two of these Heils! Couldn't ask for a better driver; Paul lid flipped and took the time to clean up all the spills.

(4:10) - 102880: Working alongside Paul was Raul in this awesome Python. First time seeing a Python before, and I was definitely satisfied with how fast he operated as well as all the cool carts on this route (Turn-Keys!!!!). We're definitely planning on heading back here to film this truck in the future!

(6:32) - 265017: More of Paul hustling through the route. You'll get to see some neat carts like a NEWCO Zarn (8:20), a WMX Cascade, and Rotos!

(14:03) - 210987: Here is the truck that collects the Dumpsters from homes. The area only requires two trucks for residential, as Paul and Raul team up in the morning to knock out the greens route.

(14:57): Some of the carts we found on route, including Zarns, Toters, Cascades, and Rotos.

Huge thanks to both Paul and Raul for letting us film and their service to Waste Management! Hope you guys enjoy the video!

Another thanks goes to Kevin for discovering the Superlight existed in Moreno Valley and driving us around! PLEASE check out his video here:
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