Simi Valley -- Residential (WM/GI)

Waste Management - G.I. Industries and their awesome Mack and Volvo Amreps collecting in Simi Valley. These are some of my favorite garbage trucks WM ever purchased and it is really nice to still see some of them running so late into 2020. Here are 7 Amrep Octos I’ve caught over the last four years.

(0:00) - 101609: This route was previously done by 101518, but when 101609 showed up on this route, I wanted to grab some video because this is likely GI’s best sounding truck! Gerson took over this route a few years ago, and funny enough, I actually saw him getting trained by Gerry when he joined WM in 2018. Love the way he runs these Macks, especially 101609!

(3:25) - 101630: For a while, 101609 was down with engine issues, so 101630 became Gerson’s regular truck. I was pretty happy about that even though I really liked seeing him in 101609. 101630 is an old WM San Gabriel Pomona Valley truck, and I remember seeing it at the yard right before it got sent to GI. Definitely happy I caught Gerson on this day, as the truck was freshly shined up the night before so it looked especially good. The striping on this truck is also unique from the other Macks at GI. The simple green and yellow stripe was also seen on the beast diesel Mack LE Octos that GI had for many years, so 101630 is a nice little reminder of those trucks. You can see an old GI Tucker at 5:07, neat to see those still showing up.

(6:46) - 101520: I caught this Mack back in 2016 doing trash. Back then, Macks doing trash was still a common thing, so I just grabbed this one clip before moving on. 101520 was once used on a WM flyer for the City of Simi Valley back when it was brand new so it was cool to see it still running in Simi. This truck also doesn’t have the GI stripes that many other trucks had.

(7:14) - 101518: Here’s some old footage of 101518 from 2016. I really enjoyed watching this truck with how quick the arm moved, and the LA County franchise signboard and chrome lug nut covers made the truck stand out even more. Even when revving, this truck was especially quiet back then which was interesting. Unique and I actually did like the smooth sound it had.

(10:31) - 101644: A clip I got of Reyes in the ex-HSS Volvo Amrep in December 2016. I had just filmed this truck on the previous trip to GI, so between that and the engine tick, Alex and I decided we’d just move on. I do wish I got a couple more clips just for archive sakes but if you haven’t seen it yet, you can check out the other Simi Valley video to see this truck on trash.

(11:13) - 101465: Gerson had 101465 as a spare one day earlier this year when I ran into him in May. Tired looking truck but it still seems to run well luckily. This particular route was super cool to check out too because almost everyone still had their GI Rotos from the automation program in 1995/1996.

(13:22) - 101512: Some more clips of Reyes subbing on a recycle route in 101512. It was neat seeing one of these MR/Amreps in Simi Valley, as they seemed to always be running in Thousand Oaks back when this was filmed in 2017.

Thank you to all the awesome drivers at WM/GI for making this video possible!