As of March 16, 2018, Waste Management - G.I. Industries became the exclusive hauler for the City of Simi Valley following the acquisition of Anderson Rubbish Disposal. I first heard rumors of an acquisition almost a year ago, and by September, it was just about official that the buyout was happening. We were asked to keep it quiet until everything was finalized, and finally, Anderson Rubbish became a part of WM two weeks ago. All 30+ garbage trucks that Anderson owned were CARB compliant, so I was excited to see how they would be running under WM ownership.
(0:00) - 180: This was our first look of how things on the residential side of the Anderson acquisition was coming along. I noticed a bunch of flipped lids in a neighborhood and wanted to find whatever truck was collecting those carts. Thinking it was the ACX/Amrep that usually runs that route, we were beyond surprised to come across this truck quickly going through the route. I was also surprised that they were running Anderson trucks on GI routes already so this was cool. Jose slowed down for the video just a little bit unfortunately, but he still moved at a nice pace. I was glad that they were using this truck on the WM routes too as I was really hoping to film one of these ex-LA WhiteGMCs. Really nice driver who we saw MANY times throughout the day haha. Thanks Jose for letting us film!
(3:09) - 101232: I first filmed this truck almost two years ago and found it to be very entertaining. A few months ago, Kevin and I were in the area and watched this truck from down the street. The arm just flew on this truck and I was shocked how hard Miguel was revving compared to the first time I found him! A few weeks after this was filmed, Miguel was given the new 520/Amrep, however, it had some problems so they gave him 101232 back luckily.
(5:31) - 102661: I’ve been wanting to find this truck for a very long time. This infamous truck has been seen by many, as it’s a former Blue Barrel truck that actually picked up Jared’s trash back when he lived in Santa Clarita. You can see this truck in some of Mike’s older Blue Barrel videos. Anyway, like many older trucks from Blue Barrel, this truck was sent to GI around 2012 and they refurbished it and put it on route. We found Ruben collecting recycling in the northern part of the Friday route back in September. Pretty sweet truck - not sure what’s up with the 1026 numbering though.
(7:09) - 250: We wanted to see what was running on the original Anderson routes today and stumbled upon this truck on trash. These diesel Mack LE Amreps sound really nice and I like how they have auto-rev. There were some WM carts in this area from before the acquisition so that was interesting.
(9:51) - 260: As we made our way throughout town, we found another large route area in the beautiful hills of Simi Valley. Couldn’t find anything for a few minutes but luckily, Moises heard this truck in an HOA. I really like the way Mikey operated this truck. His arm cycles were very smooth and the revving was nice. Unfortunately, he finished his first load at the end of the complex.
(12:05) - 101518: Back in December, I saw this truck had a new driver behind the wheel while hanging out at the yard. He was really friendly and revved hard while unloading so I was curious as to how he operated the truck and was not disappointed at all! Jose told me he started out as a temp and worked his way up to becoming a driver, which is very impressive. Thanks for letting us follow you for a bit Jose!
(15:48) - 101630: I knew another Mack was running a trash route in Simi Valley, but wasn’t sure which one it was. We stumbled upon this one working very close to the 118. This truck originally worked down by Westlake and I was hoping to see it but they gave it to this driver, Jose, before I made it out there. This truck actually came from Baldwin Park and I didn’t know that until very recently, so that only motivated me to find it even more.
(17:09) - 101512: Last year, Alex and I made a trip out here. While driving around, we met Angel Manzano, one of the route managers at GI, who showed us some of the routes on his computer. We found out 101512 was being used and quickly went to find it thanks to Angel's help. Here's Reyes subbing for Miguel on the Monday route. Reyes subs for a lot of drivers but does so much for the company. . He used to drive 101644 before that was sent to HSS unfortunately.
(18:34) - 104720: One of the newer “Think Green, Think Clean” Peterbilt Amreps in town working opposite of Reyes on trash. Many children throughout Simi knew the driver who used to drive this truck so it's one of the more famous trucks in town.
Thanks to all the awesome Waste Management and Anderson Rubbish drivers for letting us film! Another thanks to Mike for keeping me updated with the acquisition and Steve for route info. Much appreciated!