(EP. 3) New Trash Business - Getting Rid Of Problem Clients & Looking At Competitors 

My wife and I started a trash pickup company when Waste Management left our county. These videos will serve as an in-depth playlist that covers the growth and operations of the business. The items we use for the business: 95 Gallon Can Liners: amzn.to/45HeOdt Back Brace: amzn.to/3znkYmU Wireless Magnetic Strobe Lights: amzn.to/3zlJULH Hi-Vis Arm Sleeves: amzn.to/3zhGRUu Hi-Vis Balaclava: amzn.to/4cHf4LA Yard Signs: lddy.no/1k1nj

Seems like the liners are a must until you get something to lift the whole can and dump it.

I was super disappointed when I opened that other video and saw it was ASMR. Glad to hear brads sultry tones and informative narration again in this video. All is right with the world again.

I'm just here again for the Toucans. lol

Install a battery it-off switch. 1/4-a-turn to deactivate the battery at the battery post is much quicker, plus you’ll we out the threads of the Controller eventually.

Are you making a video of the fabrication process of installing your new tipping arm? I think that would be cool. BTW: I'm really enjoying your story of starting a new business, I admire your hard-work, optimism and positivity. I wish you nothing but success.

I’ve been watching your channel for almost 7 years and it’s amazing to have seen the growth of your business and RU-vid channel 🤩

I didn't even think about the trash blowing out of the trailer because of the "sides" 🤦 good catch 🤓☝️ really enjoying this series of videos of your new business 👍

If your rig has a large fuel tank, the weight of your rig could change significantly depending on how full your tank might be. Could be that's why they want you to weigh coming and going each time.

I love this series. You are one of the very many YT content creators that I ACTUALLY look forward to watching every week and I’m very excited to see this business progress into something great! Ignore the haters, too. They’re just jealous!! Honestly man, I LOVE these videos!! Great job

Good thing Toter did the carts, those things will last over 20 years, unlike rehrig or cascade. Another thing, those lids will never break or fall off cause of the design

Adding a small water reservoir w a hose to the trailer somehow might be handy for the few cans that are gross (or have fire ants lol) on pickup days. Could possibly be done w a gravity fed or manual pump system

My garbage company tries to get the can out within 5 business days but they also always have 2 or 3 at their office that we are welcome to come switch out as many times as we would like. I didn't want to wait so I drove to their office & picked out a can the same day I signed up.

I used to haul the large walking floor transfer trailers to the landfills. The tarps we had had grommets that we put bungie cords on and closed the ends of the hooks with pliers so when we rolled the tarps up the bungie cords just stayed attached to the tarp. We would hook the cords to the trailer once rolled up and the tarp stayed in place.

I’m with you on the liners! Love the content

I found this channel last week and subscribed. Im glad that I will have a brilliant and interesting video to watch.

I have a recommendation, and that is to have residents place their Can at the curb, (which I see most already do) and for you to Keep the cans at the curb after emptying rather than Rolling them up and down the property; this way if you get an automated truck Further down the road, the standards for can placement will already be set. Otherwise, you’d have to get out pretty often and roll the can over to the truck. At that point, and especially after not needing liners anymore, you’ll probably be down to 15-30 seconds a stop!

Brad... was just watching your latest vid and all of a sudden it went private? Oh well. Look, forget the haters. They don't matter, I've been in trash biz for 16 years. Keep going forward. Your doing great! Couple things I noticed, absolutely love the orange cans! Very smart! Maybe make your phone number bigger?? Better visibility? Second, up to you but the company I work for charges extra for what we call door service. Walking the cans to and from the house. Not sure if you are or how you feel about that. Just thinking time is money and customers need to pay more for that but it's your business lol. But there is nothing wrong with the way your starting. Everything will iron its self out in time. Don't let these haters get in the way. Love your content!

Super fascinating! This is great! Years ago, I wanted to start a hauling operation, so you are living my dream. Now that I've gone from slinging garbage to selling garbage trucks, this is fun to watch. I'll have to come out and say hi some day... since I cover Florida. Keep up the good work! I'm glad to see you are going to try some kind of cart tipper out, it'll be interesting to see how that works out for you.

Very nice, keep up the good work!

I live in a suburb of a major metropolitan area. I use a trash bin cleaning company one time per year at $10 per can. They have a very large truck that scoops the bin up, sprays, disinfects, and dumps any debris inside their truck so there is minimal water rolling down the drive and then deodorize/dry the bin. They provide the water from their truck and don't connect to mine, etc. HOA requires our bins stored in our garage out of sight. I opt to have 2 bins (regular and recycle) cleaned in the Fall when the temps have cooled down for the year. I used to clean the cans one time per year myself. I'm only wiling to pay a nominal amount for this service as I pay considerable for trash pick up. I am the only one in my neighborhood of 450 homes that has this service done. Trash bins are not high on the list that people care about keeping clean particularly if they are kept outside - even those with considerable discretionary income. What I'm saying is really analyze this business idea through. Trash service is a must. Trash bin cleaning service is fluff.

Hard work pays off

Great video Brad, I really like watching new trash business grow 😉

Love these kinda of videos great video

Another great video! 🥰

Keep hustling!

You might convert your trailer to have a side-roll-tarp that is remote control. It might only allow you to load from one side but it also would allow you to have the top half-open or half-covered.

Love the videos

This is great! Perhaps get one of those boat, DC, twisty switches to put on one of the hydraulic pump cables so power to it can be switched off and on?

Please consider putting a battery disconnect switch in so you can easily disconnect power without unscrewing the connection, this will save a few more seconds and prevent premature failure of the plug with "overuse".

I admire the liner install technique. Would have saved me some fussing back in the day.

I live in a city and yes we bag everything. Nothing goes in the can Unbagged. We also have separate recycle pickup so no amazon boxes. But yes we make sure that everything is bagged and never leave random trash unbagged.

You should fabricate a box to hold your liners on the side of the trailer. You can save a few seconds from walking to the front. Also, pitchfork, rake/push broom, and snow shovel. Your liner is going to rip at some point and you are going to have to pick up loose trash. Save back, keep the tools in the truck so you don’t have to worry about them moving around during dumping.

Gerat video again! And we still talking about the liners? Wow haha as an outsider with a kinda different trash system here in my country it makes total sense right now to use them. And one little idea is to have a braket for the liner role at the trailer with a cover over it. Keep up the great vidoes and I cant wait for the next one!

16:10 just take a bungle cord and attach it to the eyelet and the stake pocket.

It will be a great day when you get to a point that you are able to get a function rear lift fully in closed trash truck, I know you are working hard to get that point.

To-Do Task #5,231: Get a can of ant spray to keep on the truck. And maybe wasp spray too. You don't even need to bungee hook onto the tarp grommets, just use a couple of long bungees across the whole bed and hooked on either side somewhere outside the trailer.

Try using some ball bungees thru your grommets on your tarp and run them thru your stake pockets. Just a couple on each side should do the trick so you’re not wasting too much time. It works great for me when I’m transporting mulch at higher speeds on my dump trailer.

It looks like you have a bit more capacity in your dump trailer at the end of your run. Where I live, waste companies offer a bulk pick up for a pretty reasonable price and you can basically just put out a bunch of black trash bags and they pick everything up in bill you for the extra bags. Maybe you could schedule it to pad out the rest of the capacity and make the run to the dump more efficient. You can also charge a bit of a premium because it's a one time thing.

Love the content. For the tarp issue, it might be easier to have a length of chain for each side, attached to the tarp grommets by carabiners for easy access.

I’ve watched all the trash videos I love them

I would also recommend offering either a hazardous waste and bulk / electric collection, it could definitely net you some money.

I think it would be really helpful to add a holder on the side of the trailer to store the liners. This way, you can reduce the number of steps needed when loading and unloading. It would make the process much more efficient

I work on the back of a rear loader garbage truck. We don’t lift any barrels over 32 gallons. If it’s not bagged in larger barrels it gets left inside the barrel

Awesome video! I hope one day I can start a trash collection company one day!

Some times it’s easier to tip the can on its side and slide the bag out if you run across a “heavy”bag.

Nope all bagged up. Box’s go in recycling bin

Have you considered offering an upsell for recycling? My community in Florida allows putting out a 30 gallon tote worth of paper, glass, metal cans, etc. Might be able to charge more but the negative is finding a way to dispose of it besides the dump; althoigh some dumps have different areas for different material and responsibily deal with it. You could fit a gaylord on your truck to keep it seprate.

I'm thinking about doing green waist trash services in my area. An Australian talked to me about it they had it in Australia.

We tie every spot on our tarp. The smallest pieces sneak out.

The liners are a good idea, considering how high your trailer wall is. That would wreck your back if you hand lifted every single cart up to the height of the wall. I think once you have enough profit, you could invest in a tipper system, from Perkins Or Bayne to lift and dump those carts, eliminating the liner. The whole thing could be ran off of the pre existing hydraulic system for the dump trailer.

For the tarp just find a couple 10 pound weights instead of tying it down 16:28

Only some dumps have a tare weight. Others require you to always weigh in and out.

Get something that’s on your trailer to tip the can over and in with the bar

Seems there’s a couple things that could speed up the process at each stop. 1 leave the bins where the client left them don’t need to take them back off the road shoulder. 2 if the bins not out on the road side just miss that house

Im a scale master at a recycling plant we are right next to the landfill and we only do tare weights for our own trucks sometimes (2-3) trucks that go between the recycle plant and landfill all our other trucks still scale. no 3rd party will ever get to bypass the scale. hope that info helps.

Look and see if you can buy bags from ULINE or Ali / Temu or something Also don’t think you need the planks if you only lost that little piece, the amount of work / back ache it will cost you isn’t worth it. Just pull the net over when you’re on a fast road Lastly don’t fight for being the bottom price / focusing so much on time, just charge more to begin with and will save yourself all these headaches and make your business last in the long run

It looks like you’re doing things top notch so you should pick up more customers.

That trailer should have D-rings in the front and back. Use a bungee cord to attach a tarp grommet to a D-ring on each corner.

For the tarp, here's an odd idea: hook some heavy fishing weights in the grommets?

It would be nice if you could have a better setup for the rollout tarp to stay covering the trash while you drive. Maybe it's possible to just unhook it when you get to a stop and rehook it when you leave? I'm not sure having the side boards will be enough to stop trash from blowing out. Love the videos!

Brad I love you, always enjoy your videos....that being said if you never mention the can liners again...that would be great

Hope the lifting arm goes well!

To bag or not is the question... I put a liner/ bag in my garbage can but I have dogs and I like to keep my trash can clean!

You could try tying the liners so the trash won’t blow out

You should get like a claw, now I am not saying a hydraulic lift but if you could attach a claw to the side of the truck, when you get the bin, tie the bag, push it towards the clip and like if there was a way to lock the bin in place then you can just push the bin upward and it is basically a hydraulic garbage truck grabber without the hydraulic 😂 I don’t know if I am making any sense but just an idea.

yep can washing is getting big be interesting to see if folks will pay u to wash ur own cans ....

I’m allergic to fire ants. Better you than me! I’m supposed to bag everything, but relatives and friends just open the lid and toss things in. I don’t blame you for putting in liners!

you should’ve bought what WM has they have the trucks where the bed is a dumpster with a toter tipper. it will save ur back.

This is a big step i am sure for you to take on , this is something you do not want to just stop but i guess if you had to you could sell everything and the name, by looking at the first week in your video it looked very bad like everything was going against you, now it looks better and faster, the liners are exactly the way to go for now for sure, maybe before going out go ahead and get the liners stretched out and ready to insert in cans ahead of time, you always make a great first impression as in looking and being professional , great uniforms and great equipment, I see in the future you owning a fully equipped garbage truck, one of the mini ones would be great,would it benefit you to offer extra can for recycling for cardboard of plastics? my dump takes all of that for free, i really do bag and tie all of my trash and keep my can clean and smell free.

A hand pump/ spray with disenfectant kept in the pickup will help with bugs and smell! use when necessary. and try a cargo net, no load security is "Insecure load to the cops! and the Bikers will love you!

I have been a supporter of your channel for a long time and have a few questions. 1. How are you handling this business while you have another business. It seems stressful. 2. Once you wrack up some cash, are you going to go straight to a tipper truck or get an attachment or something to tip the cans?

I take my garbage to the dumps every 2 weeks and I don’t use liners and it’s time consuming and messy at times. I can’t imagine doing what you do without liners.

it is nice if you switch off the warning lights, for example, when you arrive at the landfill, if you use the lights unnecessarily, others on the road will care less about them.

Once you have them boards on I would let it sit on top of the trash and keep it tight it should flap some but not a whole lot.

tie the liners at the bottom and they wont slip

hey ..how about some plywood with some handles for ur side boards ?

12:35 your supposed to have your load covered/tarped

Maybe you can install a battery shutoff switch on that trailer battery instead of unscrewing the controller.

and all those plastic bags go to landfill?, what a win.

It’s like a real life speedrun

Is there no recycle service here? or does it all just get mixed in and considered trash

Great customer service calling back the guy who is not even a customer. Could have just ignored him, but calling him cost almost no time and may get you some good business karma if you ever do serve his area, or if he knows people in your current service area.

i just rage watch the videos because of the trash liners, not tying the top of bags, no tarp, and adding back the side boards. 😂🤣😂 oh, there was tarp usage. commented too early. i guess too much of a hassle to put it on between stops. ok, im back to tying the top of bags. not possible with the up coming loading device. exciting times in trash pickup!

Get a small rear loader truck with a tipper

A liner is the way to go especially hauling in an open truck or trailer. I believe if all that garbage was loose that tarp would not keep it in. Besides all that loose garbage you would have to rinse out your trailer when you get done then you'd have that smelly messy water lingering around if you did it at your house. 🤮 I'm sure you know this already but that bar in front of the container halfway down is actually for a lifting device. Until you get a lifting device maybe hinged sides would be best that way you could lower it easier to throw bags in and yet you can raise it back up when you hit the road. You do have a good wife there not afraid to get out and work and get her hands dirty. I like the color you chose for your trailer and containers it reminds me of swamp holly orange. Just keep plugging away and you'll be successful get rid of stuff that's not productive and concentrate on stuff that is. Think of it this way you're getting good exercise. There is people that pay money to go to the gym, and you take your gym with you and you're getting paid to go. 😁

Sounds crazy.. but the fire ants issue made me think of an idea.. Could you add a small air compressor, and an nozzel, so if theres ANY grossness on it.. 10second blow off Better than touching it all

I applaud you starting the biz but its one shoulder or back injury away from shutting down. A used rear entry packer truck with a can lift saves the body, eliminates the pesky liners and opens up big clean-up opps too

Have you looked into antimicrobial gloves or clothing or spray for your interior can.

One thing ive always wondered is if s service for moving your cans to the street and returning then to their stoage place would make sense. Is there a pricepoint you would drive / walk closer to the flients house so they dont have to move them to the street every week? Even if it was double or triple the profit?

The company my husband works for 75% of the trash isnt bagged. He runs a ASL New Way truck

Why would anyone complain about you using liners? This works for you, so the heck with those people!

magnets on grommet

Very fun to follow along with the new business. Will you eventually be showing the cost of the equipment (e.g., dump trailer) in your weekly cost breakdown? I think you may have said the trailer was costing you $800 a month?

Have you had a problems with flat tires while at the dump?

Losing some trash over the edge can definitely cause some headaches. I know of someone local to me (NY) that had a visit from a DEC officer because their trash carrier had lost some of their garbage during transit and the DEC officer saw an envelope in a ditch with some other trash and I suppose had nothing more pressing. Great work so far, love what you’re doing

Brad, do your cans have holes in the bottom for drainage, and air? I just purchased a can at my local big box store, and it does not. I'm considering putting a couple small holes in it, one, for liquid drainage, and second, to break any suction I'm getting on the liner, when it's time to pull it out.

How do you target specific suburbs. Do you do a system if your neighhour uses the same trash company theyll get a 5% discount. Cant wait for next week though.

And now I feel like an idiot bc I didnt realize the ASMR videos would be an addtional one :D

@CopperCreekCuts What company did you use for the cans?