The Garbage Man of Parker, CO
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2015
- This is the company I worked at during summer of 2014. I intentionally went back during peak leaf season (October 2014) to film two of the eight trucks that they run.
Aaron, the helper you'll see the most, had texted me at 7:40am that they'd already filled a truck and gone to unload. Less than 2 hours after that first dump trip, he and Larry had the truck packed out again (with some help from me....) and left to get rid of load #2 of the day.
At that point I went to catch the last street that Tristan and Joey were cramming onto their truck.
The company currently has two ribbed body Heil F5000s like Joey's truck, three Leaches (former Western Disposal), one smooth shell Heil F5000, and the spare/recycling truck is an 18 cu yd. Heil F4000.
This 1800+ home subdivision ("HOA") constitutes the Monday route, with other days' routes in and around Parker, Centennial, Castle Rock, Littleton, and Aurora. All routes have recycling collected on alternating weeks, the week I decided to go film being the 'off' week for Monday routes...so that's why everything at the curb goes into a single truck in this video; anything people put out is trash.
A big shoutout and thank-you to all of my old coworkers~
Hope everyone enjoys seeing a bit of what we do.
Part 2 can be viewed by following this link: • The Garbage Man of Parker
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3:40 did he forget the Rubbermaid was in there
Why am I watching this video? More importantly, why is it so damn relaxing?
Because trash trucks are cool
Hands down, an excellent video.
Good to see that Stevie Wonder cuts the hydraulic hoses at the company... That shit is dangerous.
Ok you win
if it helps you sleep better at night, that's since been fixed.
young dude really working
Wow, those guys move fast. Give them a raise.
Love the point-of-view shots from the side.
We use to do it like that about 20 years ago. These days we hardly get out of the truck. All garbage & recycling must fit in their respective roll carts. Any extra garbage outside of the cart is charged as extra. Customers know this so 99% of the time there is nothing outside of the cart. 1 man per truck servicing 1,200 to 1,400 houses per route. Easy job, good pay & still clean at the end of the day. Had to get a gym membership to help keep off the weight since I'm not burning the calories that I use to ;)
Great Video!
That red stuff at 8:16... looks like somebody got rid of a corpse
They do great job
Leaves sure do make for a heavy route. Great job! Awesome to see that Tristan is one of your coworkers.
We can go easy on the garbage men by not throwing away so much stuff. We can reduce cardboard boxes and put them in bags. I even saw some perfectly good buckets being thrown away. I understand that sometimes we have so much junk we don't know what to do with it, but it's not throwing things in the landfill that's so bad, it's buying stuff in the first place. Waste not, want not!
damn that's one fast crew for maual route with AUTOMATED cans
The Heil sounded oh so good, damn! They sure aren't quiet trucks, that's for sure! This company looks awesome, I'm sure you had a great time working there.
I did indeed, it offered me some good insight into the industry from a frontline standpoint. Definitely made me appreciate (what would be) the time savings with automation, too. Thanks for the words
I will work,garbage man... I love honest work and have problem money in Serbia... All the best!
One thing I didn't know when I read your message was which company it was you worked for, so then I wondered if you maybe had something on UA-cam of the place... and well what do ya know! Can't go wrong with the company name your boss chose, no mistaking the job. After watching this video I want to go to Sydney airport and catch a plane over to Colorado so I can jump on the trucks with these guys and have some fun! haha This is the kind of work I love watching and doing myself, because it's well paced and no bullshit, just get the job done. It's not that slow speed where you fall asleep while working and it's not too quick where you can accidentally throw yourself in the truck, rather it's just right ;) Good thing about these guys is they do a good job too, not leaving shit everywhere or bins thrown through the house windows - just goes to show you can do a job with quality and be quick at the same time! Now to the trucks, the Leach was my favourite when it came to appearance, but the old F5000 holds first prize when it comes to the engine sound, just listen to that deep growl when it starts packing from 4:26! Made me raise my eyebrows that did! How bloody slow is the sweep blade at opening up on that truck but, it's almost like it's having a stretch after the hard work from the previous pack cycle lol Were those tippers added onto the tailgates after these trucks were bought? Especially on the Leach it looks like those very long hoses weren't fitted upon manufacture, you could get tangled in them if you got too close to that side of the truck as well :P If that was me fucking around trying to get that friggen cart on the lifter, I'd have been kicking the bloody thing and swearing at it hehe No wonder he struggled to pull it forward, let alone the tipper needing a manual boost, look at what came out of it! Couple of things which I liked was firstly the helper jumping on the step for the 1 second ride to the next pick-up at 1:05 and also the bag of leaves bursting just after 5:04 - poor resident trying to keep the rubbish contained. Team work was also written all over 2:54, driver running to the back and a swift team lift, with the helper already in the process of manually removing bags before the driver got there. I definitely enjoyed watching this one, I bet you had a ball of a time working there. Also a question, is it a situation where recycle is collected one week in all the areas and then on the next week recycling isn't collected anywhere? Or is the recycling done in some areas on one week and the other places get done the following week? Do all of these trucks do recycle at some point too or only some of the trucks?
+MitchellM15 haha we'd be happy to have you. Especially over our summer, which'd let you get a break from colder weather.... The red truck's pretty bad with packer speed, worse really than the other two 5000s. That one might've had a tipper originally, but the Leach definitely was added on after. You can tell in the clip I shot from the step that it's mounted on an angle, so it starts tilting up too early (hence the pain in the ass that is leaning carts forward just so it will catch them). And the hoses have been redone, but yeah when they were like this you could be riding and if you had your foot in the wrong place, things could get ugly once you try to hop off. Fortunately never made that mistake, and you can see Aaron being wary of it at 1:01. And yeah for 1:05, the 1-second ride...You expect your driver to have the truck back in gear and rolling, but by the time you realize "I coulda just walked and been there by now" he gets the truck moving at last. haha the controls for the gas and brake never seem to work real well from the back of the truck
Omg 8:20
There's nothing quite like honest to goodness manual RL action. No dicking around, just getting the job done. With a 2RII no less. (The Heil was cool too.) How are the Freightliners treating you guys? They sure sound nice. Brilliant hopper step footage, your Colorado uploads never fail to impress. Must've been one hell of a summer. Can we look forward to more of The Garbage Man on your channel?
nice vid
georgewuzheer I think the boss is relatively happy with Freightliner. The ride will put you to sleep compared to that of the Internationals...any road that those drive on might as well be unpaved. They just seem like a little more was invested into making them too. They still have had their transmission, PTO, and miscellaneous minor engine issues though. yeah there is and will be more to share for sure
me going to sleep on a trash truck rid that will suck I wonder how many people sill a sleep on it
Cool little company right here. Love how these old RLs are ribbed. Wow - leaf season looks fun! So many bags haha So you were a helper here? That's cool, didn't know you were on a truck. These trucks all sounded real nice too. Is this the same Garbage Man company that works in many open market areas like in Minnesota? Like the angle from the RL step, that was awesome. The ex-Western Disposal trucks were cool. Didn't know they used to run those. Do these guys dump at DADS? Awesome video - seems like Colorado is treating you nicely :)
yeah I was a helper but did some driving too. this is a completely separate company from the franchise GarbageMan you're thunking of, in Minnesota and in Colorado. and you can bet that that has led to confusion and some stories of panicked customers running after us when they actually have the other company (in open mkt areas). and yes, primarily at DADS. thanks for commenting :]
Defiantly another excellent video! What's funny is I was going to ask if the Leach was an old western truck before I read the description. Dang that angle from the step was sure awesome! Never knew you threw trash!!! Are you still out in Colorado or back in Cali? If so, I would greatly appreciate some "boring" WM footage i.e. Mack and Pete Resi FL's that are becoming a dying breed out here! Again excellent post brother!
still at college in Colorado. we actually don't have many Pete resi FLs but are you requesting non-curotto video?
Got ya. And yes. Also would love to see manual side loaders or dual drive rear loaders from WM if at all possible.
Mack resi FLs are still going strong out here in California! It's common to find at least one in many of the fleets across SoCal. Let me know if you want to see a specific model/combo and I'll try to find something out here :)
Non-curotto Mack LE Starlights/Superdutys would be awesome, especially if they still have green buckets! And if by some wild chance they have an EZ Pack Hercules on anything that would be epic!
Same I agree
Nice video except for the freightshakers. That company should invest in reliable trucks like Mack or international or pete. Freightliners are the cheapest truck out there both in price and in quality.
Wish the guys that pick our garbage up where I live was as fast as these guys are.
Fantastic job! i really enjoyed these trucks! especially the old 5000. That truck sounds super beast. Do they do any recycling?
yea fool, read the description
thanks - the Formula 5000 shown here will sound better in person. still overly muffled but...arousing nonetheless
***** Whooops, should've known, it was every other week at my house when i lived their too haha. I take it thats the same truck you posted an audio clip of on Facebook with you on the back a while ago?
no worries. just about the whole state is biweekly at best.
yeah thats the same truck.
Nice post dude that 5k was pretty beast if i do say so myself though not as pretty looking as that leach haha so how is recycling handled on its biweekly schedule? Just what ever can be saved? Like those big boxes etc? The shots of you riding on the back were neat should get some full length vids of that...oh and i loved seeing the leaves erupt out of the bags those clips were my fave :D
garbagekid1 recycle is your favorite -- some put it out in crates, plenty in manual bins, a lot in toters, and the occasional kitchen trash can, too. yeah...how about a camera mounted on the back of the truck? makes for stabler video
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Our hoa contracts with one garbage company in order to avoid having multiple garbage trucks cruising through our neighborhood everyday. Apparently our hoa is smarter than most. Cost us $10/month.
+bluettr250 same situation in this HOA. this company's the only one
Is that Linus from NCIX?!!
why do they have baseball bats at 9:15?...
+Jer Wolf They probably found those amongst the garbage and take them home.
Why are those hydraulic hoses so long?
ikr? it's a drive by "Lynching" waiting to happen lmao
Why did he hop on the truck to ride 20 feet? Walk over to that can!!
Junngo Jangles "work smarter, not harder"
Great trucks - love the name of the company too! They sure have some fast and efficient workers! However, its sad to see they dont have recycling or a green waste program here. Were all those boxes and leaves landfilled?
yeah it's plain and simple isn't it? only a handful of cities here have any green waste collection, this not being one of them. and recycling is on alternating weeks...so everything at the curb this week was trash. thanks for leaving a comment!
We do have recycling.
I start here in Houston next any advice for a rookie they told me to dress light clothes that allow movement of my arms and legs and have gloves.
Jim Hunter Martin Yeah they told you right. For the first day I'd say bring two of those 2 liter bottles of Gatorade and almost as much water, a solid lunch. consider a hat and sunscreen because you could easily be burnt after the first day being out in the sun for so long. not sure if you'll be working with wheeled carts or regular trash bins, but either way I'd also say drag them rather than carry them. you can save a lot of effort by not carrying something over your head if you don't have to.
não existe reciclagem neste pais
did he forget he left the can in the hopper at 330? and packed it or was it all cracked
David Schieler they forgot lmao
Jer Wolf doing this 500-1000 times a day, one doesn't "forget" he left a can in the hopper. it had a tag that said "take the can too, it's trash" taped to it
ah okay, it just looked a bit funny haha
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Cute Guy!
The more I watch the more I laugh! Who takes a truck out with the hoses like that?? Really...
Awww, look! Sometimes they show up! Cute video, company still sucks.
+NapJeeper I see you live in Castle Rock. As I recall that area is done pretty early in the morning, so my recommendation is to have your stuff out the night before. If that's what you already do every week, feel free to leave them a Google review :)
+Trashman242 Oh they're no longer my trash provider. Bob has made it apparent that he just wants to collect money and not actually pick up trash. He can't return calls, can't issue refunds he promised, let alone have a discussion about the failings of his company. My issues with the Garbage Man are both with Bob, AND I believe his driver that just didn't like either my house maybe due to political beliefs, or more likely just didn't like animal waste in his trash run, so why pick it up???... just let Bob "deal with it". Bob's more interested in protecting his employees than retaining customers. I can only imagine his turnover rates.
I know the comments say you used to work for them, I hope that's the case. I sure wouldn't want to work for a company that acts like this.
+NapJeeper Oh and I left him a Google Review. Rather than respond to it, he just decided to insult. He's a classy fella.
NapJeeper ....How would your trash man happen to know your political beliefs?
+Trashman242 Early pickup, my car in the driveway and a liberal sensibility with the bumper stickers to match.
Honestly though, I just think the driver didn't like the animal waste. The politics angle is only because I know how that subtle stuff works and is only a theory.
Frankly I don't know the REAL reasons. Bob never wanted to address it, or have an honest conversation and even cut me off and ended my service and the call in about 10 seconds.
Unbelievable how lazy people are about recycling. These guys should be instructed to leave the recycling at the curb for the proper day.
Recycling is collected on an alternating schedule in most of Colorado's cities. this was the "off" week, with no recycling collection. Had this have been filmed one week later, you would have seen recycling collected.