Waste Management - G.I. Industries

Here is the awesome morning launch over at Waste Management - G.I. Industries, out in Simi Valley, California. By Monday mornings, all the garbage trucks in the yard have just been washed and polished up for the new week, which makes for a great roll out video. My brother and I arrived at the yard around 5 AM this morning and saw the yard slowly empty out over the next two hours. I know it’s a longer video, so if you wish to skip ahead, here’s some of the key intervals:

(0:00) – Commercial: The first trucks out of the yard are the commercial front loaders. There is a small launch at 4:30 but a majority of the guys leave around 5. A few residential trucks took off really early too for some reason so you will see them mixed in with the commercial trucks leaving the yard. A majority of the FLs are still "Think Green, Think Clean" Amreps, but GI has brought in some spares and extras from all over California, most recently taking in two WX/Amreps from Sun Valley.

(4:49) – Residential: Around 6 AM, the residential drivers started heading out. Since Sun Valley Hauling was the only launch I have seen before, I was curious how yards like GI did the pre-trip inspection for residential trucks. It was really fun seeing their massive fleet of ASLs pull out of the yard, and what made it even better was seeing all the drivers I’ve met over the past few years drive by. Many guys waved and a few even honked. Bryan stood at the end of the street so he got some good shots of the old Macks flooring it down the street. Notable trucks include over 20 Amrep Octos GI had at the time. These include: 101232 (5:08), 101293 (11:11), 101495 (14:31), 101466 (14:37), 101577 (14:46), 101525 (17:33), 101334/101496/101511/101512 (18:26), and 101498/101487 (19:16).

(11:32) – Roll Off: Steve started the roll off launch at 6:30. This was pretty neat to see since their fleet of roll offs is quite large. Being a part time driver in the roll off department along with his role as district operations manager, Steve takes this LOB personally and ensures that his guys are out on the road quickly to service their many customers. Check out Joe Blackwell’s awesome doubles roll off at (18:14)!

(25:40) – Spares: Here are some of the spares around the yard. 101460 is actually the LA Metro Wittke Crocodile that Bill filmed years ago. 263586 is their organics truck, however, there isn’t a large enough customer base to send that truck out at the moment. They are currently working on expanding the program and will eventually use that truck as their frontline FL. GI also received 101334 back from Blue Barrel recently and it is now a spare unit. You can see trucks 263526 & 206526 as well, which are from LA Metro and Oakland respectively.

(26:01) – Recycling Transfer Station: The driver of this roll off called us over and told us that he was going to be dumping some roll off containers into an Ecology transfer truck. He revved very nicely and unloaded very quickly. I love the view that the recycling pit gives and it’s quite fun to watch the trucks dump out over here at the end of the day.

A huge thanks to Steve for letting us come by and check out the morning launch! And another thanks goes to all the awesome drivers here at GI Industries for being so friendly and welcoming towards us.

Hope you all enjoy this video! Comments are always appreciated!