San Dimas -- Commercial (WM)

Here is Waste Management - San Gabriel's Danny Leanos hard at work on his route in San Dimas, California in his new (0:00) and old (7:02) Amrep front loader.

So I have quite a history with Danny...unknowingly. Years ago in 2010, when I first toured Baldwin Park, Danny was in the yard doing a post-trip inspection, so he was the first commercial driver I ever heard about (unfortunately I didn't get to meet him in person that day). Months later, on August 3, 2010, I had just finished a bike ride at Bonelli Park in San Dimas and saw this truck coming down the street. I grabbed some footage of it since it was my first time filming commercial before. The driver was really cool but didn't get to talk to him that day either.

In 2015, I met Kevin at Truck Adventures when he came up to the garbage truck I was showing and as we talked, he told me a driver named Danny picked up at his work in San Dimas in 210969. For the rest of the year, Kevin would tell me so much about Danny that only made me want to meet him more. I finally met Danny one day at the yard in January 2016. A couple months ago, I finally showed Kevin the video of the Autocar just to see if it was Danny, and by coincidence it was! On July 15, I finally had the opportunity to head out to San Dimas. I tracked down Danny and found him at Kevin's work ironically and got a couple stops around there afterwards. Very fun truck to film despite being a "Think Green, Think Clean" CNG unit. And man is Danny fast! I had a great time following him.

Another really cool thing about Danny is that his brother is Leonard Leanos, the 2014 Driver of the Year! Check it out:   / 1  

If you like the old footage, leave a comment. Still got a couple hours worth of old school video to post if anyone likes it.

Huge thanks to Danny for all his hard work serving the City of San Dimas for the past 32 years!

Thanks to Kevin for all his help with route info! This video's for you bro!

Danny in an awesome old Mack LE Wittke FEL:
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