My 18 month old son loves watching your video's , I have to put them on every day. He even has a hi vis bib with binman Hayden on it and his little refuse truck.
I'm a bin lorry driver myself and this has got to be the weirdest way I've seen recycling be collected, we just have blue bins here. Keep up the good work.
Yeah it's all just mixed waste around here in Huntingdonshire... very odd way of doing it! Then again I learned recently Milton Keynes doesn't even use bins, everything in disposable bags. Wheelie bins are the only thing that separates us from animals.
Same here, where abouts are you? I worked for BwD and we have blue bins for cardboard but they also gave people those bags, I'd just tip the contents into a blue bin with enough room.
Love watching this video, I was on recycling and garden waste for over 14 years and had to recently take early retirement due to a heart condition, I do miss it a lot 😢
Interesting seeing how other parts of the country do their waste collections. Where I am (Cherwell District Council) we have a green bin for general waste, a blue bin for all recyclables and a brown bin for compostables. But from 1st March we will have to pay for our brown bin to be collected (£40 a year) (on top of council tax) and have got a new food waste caddy which will be collected every week.
We offer *2* brown bins for free, as the council makes money off the compost recycler. I have said we should charge for bins, many places only offer one and still charge. I have visited properties with 4/5/6 brown bins that dutifully get emptied each fortnight. If the crew is lucky they may get £10 at Christmas.
Where I am in Nottingham (uk) we have various coloured bins for waste, like where I am my local borough council (Gedling), is Brown for Garden waste (paid for each year), Green waste for recyclables, Black Bins for general waste and also a green box for glass. Yet in Nottingham City Council have all brown bins with different coloured lids for the waste which is confusing, and bags for glass collections and some other district councils also have separate compartments on the trucks for cardboard and mixed recycling waste
@@wheelerd02 the problem with charging for bins is people stop using them, abandon the bins or leave them to rot in gardens, and either fly tip the garden waste or burn it or ram it all into the rubbish bin
@@wheelerd02 the problem with charging for bins is people stop using them, abandon the bins or leave them to rot in gardens, and either fly tip the garden waste or burn it or ram it all into the rubbish bin
In Norther Ireland here our lads don't get worked as hard, we have bins for recycling and if anything is left on the floor the men don't have to pick it up, though different areas have different systems. Always interesting to see work done from a different perspective keep er going lad.
Interesting to see how other towns and cities collect their waste. In Plymouth, it's a brown bin for general waste, a green bin for recyclables and a dark grey bin for garden waste (which is collected free of charge and composted for use in parks).
The local composting idea is pretty cool. By bringing the fruits of your labours back into the community in places where it can be seen, there is an obvious benefit. I like it
@@wheelerd02 Plymouth City Council has been doing it for a while. It's something other councils should investigate, If gardeners can't wait for the refuse truck to collect, they can take cuttings and other garden waste to the City's main recycling centre to be turned into compost.
I am, very interested watching your video's.I used, to work on bins for Devon council also it was out on the Moors it was good started at 7am finish at 2pm.I was going to ask you,have you done a video of you emptying the lorry.We had to go too a landfill site.
32:14 ahh yes, the e34. That's the car I grew up with. We bought it for £900 (HK$9000) and it served us well for 7 years. Most of them were made in South Africa.
This is the paper/cardboard recycling drop off and there is lots of truck and plant movement. As such, with their front end loader equipment there will be a degree of spillage moving things about to different piles.
Hello fellow driver. Is the dump truck like a tipping body with aggregates or in a quarry? Do some videos man and show us what's going on in Finland 🇫🇮. Thanks for watching
3 Loaders and a driver working rounds makes most streets piss easy in my experience. I've worked on larger trucks out in towns as well as smaller trucks out in the countryside (smaller truck does sometimes do smaller estates in towns I work in Shropshire) for recycling and that extra person helps a great deal. The job is one of the most mentally rewarding I've done. Like when you finish the day, you feel good. Been able to do it, haven't missed a single property, get to go home at a decent time (most days lol). Of course you're always going to get those members of the public that are holier than thou but the majority of the people are really appreciative of it, especially since the Pandemic first began and cardboard waste went through the roof
I do honestly appreciate the hard work that binmen do on the daily basis and they have to deal with a lot of BS during their shifts. Keep up the great work
this is an odd way of doing it, we just have green bin for garden waste, black bin for general waste, brown bin for cardboard and black box for glass jars and bottles
Not so dissimilar to how we have it here, you have bins, we have sacks. I have said before to crews it would be easier if everything was in wheelie bins but then it would increase collection route timings.
Yes, definitely need to have a HGV 2 to drive vehicles such as this. Subbed and click on the bell? My my I underestimate how much my content is enjoyed. Thank you watching and reaching out
Didn‘t have the time till now to comment, sorry. Loved the last two videos, lots of action haha Very interesting how Chelmsford does garbage collection, your videos don‘t fail to entertain me :P Really like your commentary too, makes the video more interesting. Very good you mention turning the auto off on the lifters when doing anything near it, a small action that can potentially save your life. Especially these low level Terberg lifters can be very sensitive and faulty, like you said, don‘t wanna end up crushed in the back. The guys on this round seem to be very chill and cool too, especially that one guy speaking four languages, that‘s a skill not many have, kudos to him. This crew is very efficient and fast too, especially when you got an extra loader but even without one like in the last video, they were pretty fast. The area seemed to be a bit more narrow too, got quite a few idiot drivers just in this video. Even made it harder since all three trucks were operating in the same area at the same time blocking each other a bit but oh well, nothing you can do except wait and be patient. 7am to 5pm sure is a very long day, how many trucks does Chelmsford have for cardboard collection? Around my place in Germany we also start at 7am but we almost never finish at 5pm, that‘s insanely late. Usually last bin around here goes on at around 12am, 1pm at latest depending on the round and season. On some days, you got rounds that are finished by 11am or even earlier. The round my house is on, garbage usually finishes at 10:30am, no time messing around haha. Start at 7am, First load done by 9am, rushing to the incinerator, start second load at around 9:45am, finishing second load at around 10:30am. Granted it‘s a small dense area and the driver has driven the same round for years now so he knows every corner but still, I‘m always amazed at the energie of the loaders running through the round, guess that‘s the extra motivation you have with the job to finish rule since you will still get payed 8 hours even if you have only worked 4 till your route was finished. Anyway, don‘t wanna wander of too much from the actual video my comment is about, just thought I might give you a little bit insight how it‘s done where I live. One thing I‘m still curious about is how Chelmsford handles flats and units. Do the flats also have four seperate recycling streams like the normal houses or is the recycling commingled? Also are the flats collected on a different day than the normal houses and if so, what trucks do they use for the flats collection. Sorry for all the questions. Anyway, thanks for uploading the videos, hope to see more in the future 👍 Greetings from Germany
Hello, wow quite the comment. Thank you for the praise. The team I worked with are a good cohesive unit and a lot of silent communication and gestures occur so everyone knows what they're doing. Unfortunately with the ceaseless tide of construction and expansion the rounds are getting longer and the workers are getting stretched. As such some people give it up and move on. I believe there are 3, maybe 4 cardboard rounds running each day. A similar number of glass/tin, paper and plastic lorries also. Don't quote me on that, I haven't gone round counting. Flats and their refuse is separated into seperate bins within a small outbuilding or beneath the buildings themselves. 240l ones with a flap covered by metal do the glass, tins and food separately. Cardboard are normally 660l blue bins however 1100l have been seen on occasion. General waste can be multiple 240l, 360l, 660l, 1100l or Paladins depending on occupancy and the amount of units in a given location.
As a bin wagon driver myself, I'm unsure why I'm watching this...... Not a fan of those Dennis wagons though, I really don't like the way they hold themselves in 1st gear for ages while the compactor is running. I'm mildly jealous because you don't use banksmen and where I am, it's a sackable offence to not use them.
Pros: The hours are sensible Home every night Simple job, not many responsibilities Minimal/no weekends Cons: Hard work Tiring Hazardous/Dangerous Pay isn't great for the effort put in Very expendable and abuse from public As regards for a family man? I cannot comment but we do have quite a few fathers and a couple mothers earning a crust doing this kind work here. Think carefully before applying
@@leesargent5414 Lockdown = *lots* of home shopping for things people don't need. Thus, _very_ long days loading cardboard . You are to be commended for 9 months of graft 👍
I'm a bin lorry driver as well, love your vids. What's your thoughts on councils bringing in a 15mp/h speed limit for vehicles passing bin lorries with loaders out back?
First I am hearing about any such thing. A good idea, I had numerous issues with people storming past in narrow spaces ornwith poor visibility. I don't see it being taken serious or enforced fully if it did come in. Look at mobile phone use in cars
Til just recently used to drive bin wagons on trade waste for local private company and also councils, and just live it when people know it’s bin day, yet they still park the cars either park cars directly opposite each other making it difficult to get through, or block the bins so u can’t access the bins and they Moan when the bins not been emptied, and also of course call you all the names under the sun, as it’s your fault there bin hasn’t been emptied cos u couldn’t access there bin safely
"It's everyone else's problem except mine" is the attitude I often come across. They very quickly change their tune when I tell them that their bin and the rest on the street are not getting done as a result. Many a driveway remain unused and yet cars are dumped outside the property blocking the pavement for pedestrians and sightlines/junction accessibility for road users. Keep up the good work and be safe my guy ❤️
Hello mate , I've got my class 2 and thinking going on dust cart's I'm from Chelmsford myself , how long does it take to get to know your route and knowing where to stop ECT, cheers 👍
You get given a big envelope with each days work on it in big A3 map print out. The loaders are universally pretty good with route knowledgeable. They might not know the road names but they certainly where they are and where to go
we have blue/paper,brown/plastic and glass,green/food and garden waste, black /genral waste a lot easier than this way how do the plastic bags recycle.
They get tipped off, front end loader shovel puts in on a conveyor belt, shred/sorted by machine and by human. The sacks? I haven't seen what happens to them during this process
Recycling was done on split vehicles in Chelmsford. Glass & tins were loaded on side hoppers that raised up on the N/S and went into the vehicle via the roof. Paper & cardboard were loaded on split pack rear loaders. 60/40 split paper N/S chute and plastic got the majority share. Cardboard had their own vehicles from memory, conventional twin bin loading.
Quick question. I noticed the guys collecting green boxes were emptying them all into a large bin same as you were using. But how do they then separate it on the vehicle or do they not need to ?
If this is glass & tins, they use a 240l to seperate the 2 material types, although some loaders take the boxes straight to the side of the truck and sort it there
Thought about going into refusing work myself. Im a class 1 driver currently love it just the shifts are extremely long. Is it work you’d recommend? Great video by the way
The work itself is not bad. I don't what HGV 1 work you do however I safely say it'll likely alot more active and physical. It will certainly represent a drop in wages however you'll gain a lot of time for your disposal. It's relatively simple work however a lot of urban, densely clustered vehicle movements compare to the A-road/Motorway runs you do now.
@@wheelerd02 thanks for your reply. Atm i just do general haulage two drops on a 12hour night shift on a curtain sider truck. What sort of shift lengths do you tend to do on the refuse work?
@@matrowe6736 4 day week Tues-Fri 0630/1630 refuse 0700/1700 recycling 9.25 hours paid each day, job and finish so name of the game is to blast the work out and go home Might finish 1.5/2 hours early so _equivalent_ pounds per hour go up, i.e X amount of pounds for say, 32 hours work
Minted video. Good to see a insight to your job. Quick question but if you finish early do you still get paid till your finishing time. ie if your official time is 3 but finish at 1 do you get paid till 3 ?
this video kept me watching for an alarmingly long time loved the long talk about the busses very entertaining whats the deal with the bins why the lack of lids?
Thank you for watching No lids on bins so crews can keep emptying sacks of paper without lifting up and down. Although that can lead to it being blown about, lid lifting isn't a hardship so I cannot confirm why they chose to remove them.
Same stuff, bigger scale. Steering and rear overhang will need careful attention. Keep your crew safe and don't smash other motors up and it'll be fine.
@@bengreenwood5442 Top rotary switch is for how many "bangs" each single bin gets 0/1/2/3, helps empty a stubborn bin The bottom rotary switch for how often the compactor runs. 0-2, 3-4 etc. Do you want it to compact with every lift, every second lift etc
@@wheelerd02 oh so basically if every bin was overflowing you may want it to compact it automatically every bin. But if they were all half full it would compact every couple of bins. That’s really clever actually.
@@bengreenwood5442 indeed it does offer that choice, however on cardboard given how much space it wastes in an uncompacted state it is best to do it every lift/2nd lift Hence why I often supplement the cycle with a green button press on the side of the vehicle, much like in my paper & plastics video
Do you have any tips on how to get hired as a bin man? Ever since i was born i always loved bin lorrys. A few years ago i thought up a really detailed composting company that i want to start in my late 20s but i need money for that so thought working as a bin man would be good. Do you have any tips on how to get a better chance of being hired?
I am of the opinion that it wouldn't be too difficult to get hired by a waste collection service. Due to high turn over (due to sudden and high doses of reality) I imagine most councils get agencies to supply them with staff. In my time, here and elsewhere, I have met many people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Be honest and sincere in your intentions and be healthy and willing to work and I can see no reason why you cannot find work. There are many avenues of employment, if you are still intent on starting your composting company the capital can be earnt anyplace. Putting bins on the back of the lorry doesn't equate to experience in its disposal and refinement or matters of running a business.
Becoming a Loader is fairly easy. The necessity to have loaders and drivers means that positions are always going to be readily available so honestly just enquire about it to whomever is responsible for handling the Waste in your local area and they will get back to you fairly sharpish. Their main criteria is that you are physically capable of doing it (and they will quickly find out if you are suited to it because wear and tear is very real in that line of work, you will be aching from repetition) and are able to communicate with members of the public and with a team.
Hello PH491 What Time Do you start in the morning 🌄? @PH491 Can you please do a other ♻️ ♻️ recycling video I love watching your recycling videos here in you tube
"These bins are on the vehicle when we arrive in the morning, 3×360l Green bins raised fully on the lift into the hopper. The loaders walk around emptying paper sacks into the bin and hang plastic waste on the screws around the rim. This is done to keep the work flowing and reduces the frequency of bin tipping. If we didn't hang the plastic recycling sacks on the side, every sack would need to be thrown into the back before moving onto the next house. This procedure is sanctioned and acted upon by instruction, by no means does the general waste get collected in this manner."
I said we need 2 bins in the hopper and 3 bins on each lift before we leave the yard, everyone will have 2 bins plus 1 for me I had to get keys to shunt another vehicle, the bins were arranged in my absence When we arrived I found that the extra bin was not placed in the hopper
in my time at stagecoach most of our enviros were mostly known as rattle boxes farely poor vehicles especially as replacements for our mass number of darts before hand
Jesus, that's terrible Always report this stuff to the police at the very least Otherwise this could be a pattern of behaviour that goes unreported until something seriously goes wrong. Not that you, the victim would be culpable but rather the driver continues working in this plainly dangerous manner Totally unacceptable
Regarding my comment on video #15 This is the dual lifter system we use for everything, We use the same lorry (Each driver basically has "their own" lorry for their routes, and a spare for when they're getting serviced every 6 weeks or so) for general, paper and plastic, so the Perspex windows on the side of the hoppers are manky can't see nothing in them at all, Basically everybody has 3 different colour lid bin, A Black 240L for general, Blue 240Lfor paper & CB and a Red 240L for plastic & cans (We recycle cans etc with the plastic) Only real difference is in the cab, we have some added "in-cab" tech, a tablet type thing that's hardwired onto the dash where the middle vents are on a Ram Mount arm for reporting things, like bins not being out, contamination, access issues(road works basically) and a "ISS IDClear" brake locking system to stop the lorry from moving without a driver in the seat (RFID bracelet thing), If my weight comes off the seat and a door is opened it locks the brakes up, sometimes overly sensitive, even just moving in the seat repositioning can set it off and lock the system.
Yeah I follow your thread. Some of our vehicles had that sodding bracelet thing. We just took them off and tucked them into the dashboard. Also some vehicles had a belt loop coin type thing to be located near your left hip. Again, tucked into the seat. The tablet thing sounds a very good idea. We had to do A4 sheets of missed bin/side waste etc. Lots of wasted time
Merely a habit, let the engine rev up without driveline having to divert power for PTO. I imagine now, looking back, that the allison gearbox (and maybe others) have some means of disengaging drive whilst the PTO is in operation. It causes no harm to press the Neutral button nor does it save hours on work day leaving it in Drive whilst compacting.
My 18 month old son loves watching your video's , I have to put them on every day. He even has a hi vis bib with binman Hayden on it and his little refuse truck.
That's lovely to hear. Glad the wee fella enjoyed my videos. Thank you for watching & commenting
I'm a bin lorry driver myself and this has got to be the weirdest way I've seen recycling be collected, we just have blue bins here. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
Indeed, keep up the good work yourself my guy
True 😳
Yeah it's all just mixed waste around here in Huntingdonshire... very odd way of doing it! Then again I learned recently Milton Keynes doesn't even use bins, everything in disposable bags. Wheelie bins are the only thing that separates us from animals.
@@tomsixsix same with Southend too if you look on dalbinmans channel he dosent have lifts on the back and obviously only bags
Same here, where abouts are you? I worked for BwD and we have blue bins for cardboard but they also gave people those bags, I'd just tip the contents into a blue bin with enough room.
Great video, mate. I did this as a temporary job a while back. Loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love watching this video, I was on recycling and garden waste for over 14 years and had to recently take early retirement due to a heart condition, I do miss it a lot 😢
Glad you enjoyed and hopefully I enabled some nostalgia for you
@@wheelerd02 it has, thank you so much, please keep them coming. 😎 👍
Interesting seeing how other parts of the country do their waste collections. Where I am (Cherwell District Council) we have a green bin for general waste, a blue bin for all recyclables and a brown bin for compostables. But from 1st March we will have to pay for our brown bin to be collected (£40 a year) (on top of council tax) and have got a new food waste caddy which will be collected every week.
We offer *2* brown bins for free, as the council makes money off the compost recycler. I have said we should charge for bins, many places only offer one and still charge.
I have visited properties with 4/5/6 brown bins that dutifully get emptied each fortnight. If the crew is lucky they may get £10 at Christmas.
Where I am in Nottingham (uk) we have various coloured bins for waste, like where I am my local borough council (Gedling), is Brown for Garden waste (paid for each year), Green waste for recyclables, Black Bins for general waste and also a green box for glass.
Yet in Nottingham City Council have all brown bins with different coloured lids for the waste which is confusing, and bags for glass collections and some other district councils also have separate compartments on the trucks for cardboard and mixed recycling waste
@@wheelerd02 the problem with charging for bins is people stop using them, abandon the bins or leave them to rot in gardens, and either fly tip the garden waste or burn it or ram it all into the rubbish bin
@@wheelerd02 the problem with charging for bins is people stop using them, abandon the bins or leave them to rot in gardens, and either fly tip the garden waste or burn it or ram it all into the rubbish bin
I start tomorrow as a loader. Great videos. Theyve been a real help.
Glad you enjoyed it, stay safe out there.
Hi another fantastic video well done and keep up the good work and both me and my partner likes watching ur videos
Thank you to you both for watching
U are very welcome mate any time
As a bus driver I can relate to driving round the estates and all the obstacles that happen to be there…. Great videos very entertaining thank u …
Thank you for watching, vehicle vehicles everywhere!
Really missing these videos have personally watched them all atleast 3 times.
I am flattered, glad to hear you've enjoyed them that much.
Thank you for watching
Respect to those who are in this job, even if its dirty, they are trying to keep earth clean! Respect
Thank you
imtresting video weird seeing bin men manual empting bags into bins we have blue bins for recycle stuff keep up the great work
Thank you for watching
Great video I love your enthusiasm and your past stories and memories about other driving jobs you where in look forward to the next wan 👍
Thank you
Nice one mate. I prefer these recycling collection videos than black bins, there’s just more entertainment.
Agree
In Norther Ireland here our lads don't get worked as hard, we have bins for recycling and if anything is left on the floor the men don't have to pick it up, though different areas have different systems. Always interesting to see work done from a different perspective keep er going lad.
Interesting to see how other towns and cities collect their waste. In Plymouth, it's a brown bin for general waste, a green bin for recyclables and a dark grey bin for garden waste (which is collected free of charge and composted for use in parks).
The local composting idea is pretty cool. By bringing the fruits of your labours back into the community in places where it can be seen, there is an obvious benefit.
I like it
@@wheelerd02 Plymouth City Council has been doing it for a while. It's something other councils should investigate, If gardeners can't wait for the refuse truck to collect, they can take cuttings and other garden waste to the City's main recycling centre to be turned into compost.
I am, very interested watching your video's.I used, to work on bins for Devon council also it was out on the Moors it was good started at 7am finish at 2pm.I was going to ask you,have you done a video of you emptying the lorry.We had to go too a landfill site.
Thanks for watching
ua-cam.com/video/aEgvljDJXQI/v-deo.html about 25 minutes onward for vehicle emptying
32:14 ahh yes, the e34. That's the car I grew up with. We bought it for £900 (HK$9000) and it served us well for 7 years. Most of them were made in South Africa.
Beautiful motors, my favourite 5 Series
Great video once again. thumbnail makes it look like there’s more rubbish on the floor than in the building at your tip site lol
This is the paper/cardboard recycling drop off and there is lots of truck and plant movement.
As such, with their front end loader equipment there will be a degree of spillage moving things about to different piles.
Interesting video. I'm a dump truck driver in Finland. It's weird seeing multiple workers on 1 truck, here we go alone.
Hello fellow driver. Is the dump truck like a tipping body with aggregates or in a quarry?
Do some videos man and show us what's going on in Finland 🇫🇮.
Thanks for watching
3 Loaders and a driver working rounds makes most streets piss easy in my experience.
I've worked on larger trucks out in towns as well as smaller trucks out in the countryside (smaller truck does sometimes do smaller estates in towns I work in Shropshire) for recycling and that extra person helps a great deal.
The job is one of the most mentally rewarding I've done. Like when you finish the day, you feel good. Been able to do it, haven't missed a single property, get to go home at a decent time (most days lol). Of course you're always going to get those members of the public that are holier than thou but the majority of the people are really appreciative of it, especially since the Pandemic first began and cardboard waste went through the roof
Just found these videos, brilliant and entertaining content, look forward to more
Hello and thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed
@@wheelerd02 question why do you drive off with bins on the back ?
@@Ghost-ux4fl save on walking, the guys walk plenty as it is.
Engine, gearbox and bin lift- let the vehicle do the work
I do honestly appreciate the hard work that binmen do on the daily basis and they have to deal with a lot of BS during their shifts. Keep up the great work
Thank you, it is appreciated
2/2 happy birthday to me, lol. Just recently found your Chanel. Love the vloggs subscribed
Another amazing video mate! Great work, really enjoying these videos! 👍
Thank you
Awesome video bro Very interesting seeing these kinds of trucks 👍
Thank you
Love your videos. I’m supermarket Delivery driver
this is an odd way of doing it, we just have green bin for garden waste, black bin for general waste, brown bin for cardboard and black box for glass jars and bottles
Not so dissimilar to how we have it here, you have bins, we have sacks.
I have said before to crews it would be easier if everything was in wheelie bins but then it would increase collection route timings.
Wow you are gaining so many subscribers good job!
Thank you
I film things, I talk about them, people seem to enjoy it, no more, no less
Keep up the good work 😀
Thank you
I love your videos they are so good to watch for kids
Thank you
love your channel. i've i was to drive bin lorrys would i need to pass a class 2 for it. also i've subbed and turned notifications on.....
Yes, definitely need to have a HGV 2 to drive vehicles such as this. Subbed and click on the bell? My my I underestimate how much my content is enjoyed.
Thank you watching and reaching out
Didn‘t have the time till now to comment, sorry.
Loved the last two videos, lots of action haha Very interesting how Chelmsford does garbage collection, your videos don‘t fail to entertain me :P
Really like your commentary too, makes the video more interesting. Very good you mention turning the auto off on the lifters when doing anything near it, a small action that can potentially save your life. Especially these low level Terberg lifters can be very sensitive and faulty, like you said, don‘t wanna end up crushed in the back.
The guys on this round seem to be very chill and cool too, especially that one guy speaking four languages, that‘s a skill not many have, kudos to him. This crew is very efficient and fast too, especially when you got an extra loader but even without one like in the last video, they were pretty fast.
The area seemed to be a bit more narrow too, got quite a few idiot drivers just in this video. Even made it harder since all three trucks were operating in the same area at the same time blocking each other a bit but oh well, nothing you can do except wait and be patient.
7am to 5pm sure is a very long day, how many trucks does Chelmsford have for cardboard collection? Around my place in Germany we also start at 7am but we almost never finish at 5pm, that‘s insanely late. Usually last bin around here goes on at around 12am, 1pm at latest depending on the round and season.
On some days, you got rounds that are finished by 11am or even earlier.
The round my house is on, garbage usually finishes at 10:30am, no time messing around haha. Start at 7am, First load done by 9am, rushing to the incinerator, start second load at around 9:45am, finishing second load at around 10:30am. Granted it‘s a small dense area and the driver has driven the same round for years now so he knows every corner but still, I‘m always amazed at the energie of the loaders running through the round, guess that‘s the extra motivation you have with the job to finish rule since you will still get payed 8 hours even if you have only worked 4 till your route was finished. Anyway, don‘t wanna wander of too much from the actual video my comment is about, just thought I might give you a little bit insight how it‘s done where I live.
One thing I‘m still curious about is how Chelmsford handles flats and units. Do the flats also have four seperate recycling streams like the normal houses or is the recycling commingled? Also are the flats collected on a different day than the normal houses and if so, what trucks do they use for the flats collection. Sorry for all the questions.
Anyway, thanks for uploading the videos, hope to see more in the future 👍 Greetings from Germany
Hello, wow quite the comment.
Thank you for the praise. The team I worked with are a good cohesive unit and a lot of silent communication and gestures occur so everyone knows what they're doing.
Unfortunately with the ceaseless tide of construction and expansion the rounds are getting longer and the workers are getting stretched. As such some people give it up and move on.
I believe there are 3, maybe 4 cardboard rounds running each day. A similar number of glass/tin, paper and plastic lorries also. Don't quote me on that, I haven't gone round counting.
Flats and their refuse is separated into seperate bins within a small outbuilding or beneath the buildings themselves.
240l ones with a flap covered by metal do the glass, tins and food separately.
Cardboard are normally 660l blue bins however 1100l have been seen on occasion.
General waste can be multiple 240l, 360l, 660l, 1100l or Paladins depending on occupancy and the amount of units in a given location.
As a bin wagon driver myself, I'm unsure why I'm watching this......
Not a fan of those Dennis wagons though, I really don't like the way they hold themselves in 1st gear for ages while the compactor is running.
I'm mildly jealous because you don't use banksmen and where I am, it's a sackable offence to not use them.
Never thought I’d be watching trash truck video glad I am
Glad you enjoyed
I find your videos funny and cheerful
Thank you for watching
Cool vid could u do a vlog in one of the older trucks like the 2013 u did before if poss plus keep up the good work
Thank you
I'll try to keep this request in mind if I get allocated an older motor
Awesome video,greeting from Montreal in Canada :)
Thank you for watching from Essex UK
Brilliant video, so you would recommend it as a good job for a family man. Biffa advertising at the mo, might give it ago.
Pros:
The hours are sensible
Home every night
Simple job, not many responsibilities
Minimal/no weekends
Cons:
Hard work
Tiring
Hazardous/Dangerous
Pay isn't great for the effort put in
Very expendable and abuse from public
As regards for a family man? I cannot comment but we do have quite a few fathers and a couple mothers earning a crust doing this kind work here.
Think carefully before applying
@@wheelerd02 thanks bud appreciate it. All the best
Good luck on getting Paul to pull to bins
I did offer him the 2nd bin multiple times, he declined
Smashing worker though, top guy 👍
@@wheelerd02 I did card 1 for 9 months in lockdown and worked with him a couple of times his a nice bloke to work with 👍
@@leesargent5414 Lockdown = *lots* of home shopping for things people don't need.
Thus, _very_ long days loading cardboard . You are to be commended for 9 months of graft 👍
if our council was to adapt that method of working. there would riots 🤣
Great video
Thank you
Awesome mate 👍
I respect wot u do
Thank you
11:45 the Cummins 6.7 Litre is an inline 6 cylinder engine. One of the best diesels ever made.
Sorry but im an mechanics nerd could help it haha
No problem my guy, I don't mind being humbled by other's knowledge
At 6:40 was there a kid waving out the window? That reminds me of when I used to get up and watch the lorry go up and down my street
We do get wavers and parents that bring them outside to look as well
Hi from a bus driver...great videos very interesting
Thank you
The plaxton pointer buses would have been a Cummins 6BT 6 cylinder 5.9 litres and 12 valves . Voith automatic transmissions. Volvo's are 7.142 litres.
Correction noted
@@wheelerd02 I originally neglected to put plaxton pointer /Alexander dennis
@@dennisphoenix1 any bus enthusiasts will get what you meant
I'm a bin lorry driver as well, love your vids. What's your thoughts on councils bringing in a 15mp/h speed limit for vehicles passing bin lorries with loaders out back?
First I am hearing about any such thing. A good idea, I had numerous issues with people storming past in narrow spaces ornwith poor visibility.
I don't see it being taken serious or enforced fully if it did come in. Look at mobile phone use in cars
keep it up bro nice one
Til just recently used to drive bin wagons on trade waste for local private company and also councils, and just live it when people know it’s bin day, yet they still park the cars either park cars directly opposite each other making it difficult to get through, or block the bins so u can’t access the bins and they Moan when the bins not been emptied, and also of course call you all the names under the sun, as it’s your fault there bin hasn’t been emptied cos u couldn’t access there bin safely
"It's everyone else's problem except mine" is the attitude I often come across. They very quickly change their tune when I tell them that their bin and the rest on the street are not getting done as a result.
Many a driveway remain unused and yet cars are dumped outside the property blocking the pavement for pedestrians and sightlines/junction accessibility for road users.
Keep up the good work and be safe my guy ❤️
Hi where is the oil filter on this truck
Nice video 👍
Hello mate , I've got my class 2 and thinking going on dust cart's I'm from Chelmsford myself , how long does it take to get to know your route and knowing where to stop ECT, cheers 👍
You get given a big envelope with each days work on it in big A3 map print out.
The loaders are universally pretty good with route knowledgeable. They might not know the road names but they certainly where they are and where to go
we have blue/paper,brown/plastic and glass,green/food and garden waste, black /genral waste a lot easier than this way how do the plastic bags recycle.
They get tipped off, front end loader shovel puts in on a conveyor belt, shred/sorted by machine and by human. The sacks? I haven't seen what happens to them during this process
Why did these vids stop they were good.
Employer asked me to stop when popularity exploded.
Additionally I left the job over a year ago now, no regrets.
You say you are in Chelmsford I used to live in Danbury
Nice one mate
is that just paper or is it mixed recycling? I drive a split wagon, tins glass plastics in one side and paper in the other. use slave bins for paper
Recycling was done on split vehicles in Chelmsford.
Glass & tins were loaded on side hoppers that raised up on the N/S and went into the vehicle via the roof.
Paper & cardboard were loaded on split pack rear loaders. 60/40 split paper N/S chute and plastic got the majority share.
Cardboard had their own vehicles from memory, conventional twin bin loading.
Btw if you didt know why a bin lorry has a back steering axle it’s to move around tight streets
I know why they have it (having driven rear steer HIAB vehicles before), I don't know why our council didn't spec it up
@@wheelerd02 yeh I didt mean like you didt know I mean people who didt know 👍
Collecting pure cardboard here? Less work trying to sort it if it was mixed, this goes straight to bailing?
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Hi i like your video
Thank you. There are many others like it if you enjoyed it.
nice very nice
Thank you
@@wheelerd02 you are welcome
What time do you get finished...do you work Tuesday to Friday 7.30 till 5.15...that's the shifts we do up north.
0630-1630 general waste
0700-1700 recycling
Job and finish but some rounds much longer than others
Quick question. I noticed the guys collecting green boxes were emptying them all into a large bin same as you were using. But how do they then separate it on the vehicle or do they not need to ?
If this is glass & tins, they use a 240l to seperate the 2 material types, although some loaders take the boxes straight to the side of the truck and sort it there
@@wheelerd02 oh ok. Makes sense now
The older Buses anyday over the newer ones which are plastic rattling heaps
Agreed
Thought about going into refusing work myself. Im a class 1 driver currently love it just the shifts are extremely long. Is it work you’d recommend? Great video by the way
The work itself is not bad.
I don't what HGV 1 work you do however I safely say it'll likely alot more active and physical.
It will certainly represent a drop in wages however you'll gain a lot of time for your disposal.
It's relatively simple work however a lot of urban, densely clustered vehicle movements compare to the A-road/Motorway runs you do now.
@@wheelerd02 thanks for your reply. Atm i just do general haulage two drops on a 12hour night shift on a curtain sider truck. What sort of shift lengths do you tend to do on the refuse work?
@@matrowe6736 4 day week Tues-Fri
0630/1630 refuse
0700/1700 recycling
9.25 hours paid each day, job and finish so name of the game is to blast the work out and go home
Might finish 1.5/2 hours early so _equivalent_ pounds per hour go up, i.e X amount of pounds for say, 32 hours work
@@wheelerd02 cheers mate. Appreciate your answer
Hey love these videos! What camera do you use and what model?
GoPor Hero 9
Minted video. Good to see a insight to your job. Quick question but if you finish early do you still get paid till your finishing time. ie if your official time is 3 but finish at 1 do you get paid till 3 ?
Thank you, answer to your question: Yes
@@wheelerd02 that’s good. Thanks for answering. Be good to see a video of when you go back to depot to empty the truck.
Love your videos keep it up 👍
@@wheelerd02 does there be many of round xmas
The lifter is Terberg omnidel ?
I believe they are yes
this video kept me watching for an alarmingly long time loved the long talk about the busses very entertaining whats the deal with the bins why the lack of lids?
Thank you for watching
No lids on bins so crews can keep emptying sacks of paper without lifting up and down. Although that can lead to it being blown about, lid lifting isn't a hardship so I cannot confirm why they chose to remove them.
Why are you wearing yellow high viz but your mates that are working with you wearing orange high viz
This outfit is of my own purchase
General Waste crews get yellow hi viz
Recycling get orange, don't know why they have to be different
Ok
Im starting a new job driving bin lorrys,ive only drove cage 7.5 tonee vehicles do you think ill like it? Thanks
Same stuff, bigger scale. Steering and rear overhang will need careful attention.
Keep your crew safe and don't smash other motors up and it'll be fine.
@@wheelerd02 thanks mate nervous abit
@@dantimo5506 you'll be fine man. Safety is key, if you cannot do it safely, abort.
No bin is worth damage or injury.
@@wheelerd02 cheers mate,I passed my class 2 a year ago,been in 7.5 tonne since no probs at all,but think these are 26 tonne arent they?
@@dantimo5506 yes, 3 axle/lifting wheels will be 26t
10:56 dennis dart MPD( mini pointer dart)
Good video
Thank you
Do you ever drive a road sweeper
@@toby1300 We do have couple in fleet, mini ones and full size Daf KF units.
They are used by Street Care and as such out of my reach
Also what is the second switch on the controls at the back for . I’m sure your plastics lorry didn’t have that ?
Give me a timestamp and I'll try to explain
@@wheelerd02 11:22 the switch above the light blue button and underneath the switch which controls the number of bangs the bin does on auto.
@@bengreenwood5442 Top rotary switch is for how many "bangs" each single bin gets 0/1/2/3, helps empty a stubborn bin
The bottom rotary switch for how often the compactor runs. 0-2, 3-4 etc. Do you want it to compact with every lift, every second lift etc
@@wheelerd02 oh so basically if every bin was overflowing you may want it to compact it automatically every bin. But if they were all half full it would compact every couple of bins. That’s really clever actually.
@@bengreenwood5442 indeed it does offer that choice, however on cardboard given how much space it wastes in an uncompacted state it is best to do it every lift/2nd lift
Hence why I often supplement the cycle with a green button press on the side of the vehicle, much like in my paper & plastics video
Nice body camera of being a bin man
Thank you
Do you have any tips on how to get hired as a bin man? Ever since i was born i always loved bin lorrys. A few years ago i thought up a really detailed composting company that i want to start in my late 20s but i need money for that so thought working as a bin man would be good. Do you have any tips on how to get a better chance of being hired?
I am of the opinion that it wouldn't be too difficult to get hired by a waste collection service. Due to high turn over (due to sudden and high doses of reality) I imagine most councils get agencies to supply them with staff.
In my time, here and elsewhere, I have met many people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Be honest and sincere in your intentions and be healthy and willing to work and I can see no reason why you cannot find work.
There are many avenues of employment, if you are still intent on starting your composting company the capital can be earnt anyplace. Putting bins on the back of the lorry doesn't equate to experience in its disposal and refinement or matters of running a business.
Mate. Join an agency.
Becoming a Loader is fairly easy. The necessity to have loaders and drivers means that positions are always going to be readily available so honestly just enquire about it to whomever is responsible for handling the Waste in your local area and they will get back to you fairly sharpish.
Their main criteria is that you are physically capable of doing it (and they will quickly find out if you are suited to it because wear and tear is very real in that line of work, you will be aching from repetition) and are able to communicate with members of the public and with a team.
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Can you please do a other ♻️ ♻️ recycling video
I love watching your recycling videos here in you tube
Hello, thank you for watching and commenting
0630 General Waste
0700 Recycling
Don't the bins have lids
"These bins are on the vehicle when we arrive in the morning, 3×360l Green bins raised fully on the lift into the hopper.
The loaders walk around emptying paper sacks into the bin and hang plastic waste on the screws around the rim. This is done to keep the work flowing and reduces the frequency of bin tipping.
If we didn't hang the plastic recycling sacks on the side, every sack would need to be thrown into the back before moving onto the next house.
This procedure is sanctioned and acted upon by instruction, by no means does the general waste get collected in this manner."
So your names danial?
Is that a Essex saying Cool cool
No, just a speech mannerism I use. Seems to fall out, don't even think about it
have you found any dead body in the bins
No
Do you run on log book or Tachograph
Tachograph card
VDO machines, 20/21 plate vehicles can transmit their data
cant be the only one that wondered why russell kane was driving a bin lorry for the first 10 minutes
Multiple viewers have mentioned this now
why did the extra loader only have 1 bin?
I said we need 2 bins in the hopper and 3 bins on each lift before we leave the yard, everyone will have 2 bins plus 1 for me
I had to get keys to shunt another vehicle, the bins were arranged in my absence
When we arrived I found that the extra bin was not placed in the hopper
in my time at stagecoach most of our enviros were mostly known as rattle boxes farely poor vehicles especially as replacements for our mass number of darts before hand
Do like a Dart, prefer how they drive. Getting all nostalgic now
Sir I am a Sri Lankan. I also like How to apply for this job? Help me
m.hays.co.uk/Job/Detail/refuse-loader-chelmsford-en-GB_3503643
I had the same as mum but I am a kid and the driver hit my mum middle finger got stuck up by me
Then I got hit in Doncaster no Apology at all
Jesus, that's terrible
Always report this stuff to the police at the very least
Otherwise this could be a pattern of behaviour that goes unreported until something seriously goes wrong. Not that you, the victim would be culpable but rather the driver continues working in this plainly dangerous manner
Totally unacceptable
I know right I was at lakeside so I told some one in the shops and told my Nan
@@Binlorriessuez13 that's not nice 👎
I know
Regarding my comment on video #15
This is the dual lifter system we use for everything, We use the same lorry (Each driver basically has "their own" lorry for their routes, and a spare for when they're getting serviced every 6 weeks or so) for general, paper and plastic, so the Perspex windows on the side of the hoppers are manky can't see nothing in them at all, Basically everybody has 3 different colour lid bin, A Black 240L for general, Blue 240Lfor paper & CB and a Red 240L for plastic & cans (We recycle cans etc with the plastic)
Only real difference is in the cab, we have some added "in-cab" tech, a tablet type thing that's hardwired onto the dash where the middle vents are on a Ram Mount arm for reporting things, like bins not being out, contamination, access issues(road works basically) and a "ISS IDClear" brake locking system to stop the lorry from moving without a driver in the seat (RFID bracelet thing), If my weight comes off the seat and a door is opened it locks the brakes up, sometimes overly sensitive, even just moving in the seat repositioning can set it off and lock the system.
Yeah I follow your thread.
Some of our vehicles had that sodding bracelet thing. We just took them off and tucked them into the dashboard. Also some vehicles had a belt loop coin type thing to be located near your left hip. Again, tucked into the seat.
The tablet thing sounds a very good idea. We had to do A4 sheets of missed bin/side waste etc. Lots of wasted time
Yeah the brackets just hang off the washer/wiper stalk, we don't wear them lol
2:50 check mirrors❌
Quite common sir, even stuff through the windscreen can mystify some.
26:28 Volvo B7RLE?
That's the fella
_________ Low Entry?
Are your trucks hydrogen powered?
Lord no! Very diesel powered
@wheelerd02 we just got the very first one in Australia I wonder how it's going to go 😬
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do u still do this it good video
Thanks for watching man. Alas I left this job 2 years ago, plenty of other videos to watch if this is your bag.
Thanks for watching man. Alas I left this job 2 years ago, plenty of other videos to watch if this is your bag.
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i drove a bin wagon for over 22 years and i cant understand why you put your wagon in N every time you stop
Merely a habit, let the engine rev up without driveline having to divert power for PTO.
I imagine now, looking back, that the allison gearbox (and maybe others) have some means of disengaging drive whilst the PTO is in operation. It causes no harm to press the Neutral button nor does it save hours on work day leaving it in Drive whilst compacting.
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