Waste Management of Moreno Valley runs a massive number of trucks in the large city. Back in the day, MoVal was once known for their insanely fast automated front loaders (their managers used to brag about being able to do hundreds of homes per hour). Unfortunately, those were never really caught on camera, and by the time I started going out to Moreno Valley, the Curotto Cans were on their way out of service. Here are 2 Curotto Cans and 1 Amrep I've found in MoVal.
(0:00) - 264106: Back in November 2015, Kevin and I met up in Moreno Valley to check out their fleet for the very first time. They still had many interesting trucks running at the time, like Volvo WXLL Wittkes, Freightliner Condor AFEs, and Autocar Pythons. Kevin had spotted the Superlight at the yard earlier in the day, so we spent a good while looking for it. With no luck, we decided to grab some clips of this Leach Curotto Can with veteran driver Ismael Rodriguez behind the wheel. The route was really neat with all the WMX recycling carts but unfortunately, residents pretty much chased us out before I could get a decent amount of footage! Shortly after this, MoVal got some new trucks that retired the Volvo Curotto Cans before I had a chance to see them, and a little while later, this truck caught fire and burned down.
(3:07) - 103514: Earlier this month, a few of us met up to poke around Moreno Valley. We found Phillip in this awesome 2010 Peterbilt Amrep revving insanely hard. I thought this truck sounded especially interesting compared to the other 2010s, and the visor made the truck look even more unique.
(6:20) - 265842: Here's the truck Kevin and I went to MoVal to look for! After much searching with Mike and Alex, we had no luck and just about gave up. Once we parted ways, Kevin and I decided to go through MoVal one last time, and luckily caught veteran driver Rudy Leal running this Curotto in the north part of town! Rudy started out at USA Waste in Salinas, and transferred to MoVal in the early 2000s. These McNeilus FLs have been quite troublesome since they ended up in WM's fleet in late 2017. Most of the time, they're used on commercial routes, but with the increasing amount of residential garbage, they ended up on residential starting in April. Since Rudy has experience driving residential FLs, he ended up taking one of the Curotto Cans and let other drivers use his ASL throughout the week. Incredibly nice driver who takes good care of the customers on his route. Unfortunately, these trucks aren't as quick as the old FLs back in the day - Rudy said he finishes 2 hours later with this truck! Still, it was awesome finally getting to film this truck on route after almost 3 years of trying!
Big thank you to all three drivers from Waste Management of Moreno Valley for letting us grab some video!
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