San Jose Greenwaste Collection - Leach 2RIII and CAT 914G Tractor In Action

I made a quick stop in San Jose on my way back from Northern California last week in hopes of getting some video of their unique method of green waste collection. For those of you who don't know, the City of San Jose contracts with GreenWaste to take care of their green waste, and offers carts to residents who might like things to look a little more orderly in front of their house on collection days for a slightly higher fee, but with the normal service residents can set out piles with unlimited green waste if they tend to have a larger volume. Unfortunately, in the dead middle of winter, both volumes tend to be quite low, so there were very few stops I could film in the neighborhood.

I was very lucky to find this crew literally on the first street I turned on once I exited the freeway. After watching videos of San Jose green waste collections over the years, this has to be the fastest crew I've encountered. Therefore, this crew on a relatively light route didn't allow me to get the longest video, but I got some pretty good shots that I'm happy with. According to the driver of the CAT tractor, they are due to get new ones soon and phase these older 914Gs out over the next year or so. Also huge thanks to Francisco, the driver of the rear loader, who funny enough was already following me on Instagram before I shot the video!

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