Waste Management of the Inland Empire's awesome drivers have kept things relatively interesting in Eastvale over the past two years. Here are 8 garbage trucks that I've found on several trips through the city. Many of the old Curotto Cans are no longer around unfortunately so I am really happy I caught them over the years before they were scrapped.
(0:00) - 263492: On our first trip of 2019, Kevin and I were fortunate to find the incredible Jaime Ramirez helping out in Eastvale thanks to the help of another driver. This truck was special to us because it was the first truck Kevin and I had ever filmed from Corona back in 2015. It was kept in immaculate condition by its old driver, Javier, up until it became a spare when he received a new truck. Jaime ended up taking 263492 out quite often to help on routes, and he really enjoyed using this truck with how fast it moved. He's definitely the fastest Curotto driver I've seen to this day! This is only a small portion of footage I got, however he finished this area extremely quick so there's not a whole lot of video unfortunately haha.
(2:23) - 264501: After Corona got rid of their Macks, I stopped going out there as often just because their Autocar Curotto Cans were rather difficult to catch given their huge service area. Earlier this year, I was headed home from Riverside for spring break and found out that Jaime was working in Eastvale in a Curotto Can! I quickly found him in 264501. This used to be their slowest Curotto but thanks to a new bucket, this truck is much faster! I was happy I caught Jaime on this route especially with all the old NEWCO carts on route! He didn't like this truck as much as the Macks unfortunately given how slow it took for the Autocar to pick up speed. This truck is now up in Rosamond running a commercial route.
(6:05) - 103388: Veteran driver Victor Vazquez was tag teaming with Jaime doing the trash route in the area. Victor kept his truck looking incredibly good with chrome caps and tire polish, although the post-rain look on this day hides that unfortunately! This was the last time I got to see Victor out here before he transferred back to Moreno Valley yard.
(8:36) - 263854: Here's some footage I got of Armando Quiroz in his old truck before he got an ASL. I was a huge fan of this truck with how fast the Slammin' Eagle bucket was and Armando ran the truck at a great speed. The truck was overheating a little bit on this hot afternoon so he didn't rev it as hard or as often as usual. Still very enjoyable with the fast arm.
(12:00) - 105967: Alfonso Camargo working on his massive Friday route in his new 520/Amrep.
(12:30) - 263850: Here's a couple extra clips of 263850 from 2017. Also shows a good example of how flimsy Ottos are!
(13:02) - 263847: An extra clip I had of Roberto in the old 263847. Loved how this truck had a Moreno Valley bucket.
(13:19) - 103387: Sal Barajas helping out on the massive Friday route. The drivers still had a massive route area left at 6pm which was crazy!
Thank you so much to all the awesome drivers at Waste Management of the Inland Empire for being so cool with us filming!