Brings back memories , i worked in truck wreckers many years ago for a short stretch , the old fella that ran the joint had a whole bunch of old trucks for sale one of which was a compactor with a bin lift on the back , the hydraulic pump was dodgy on the compactor so the old fella sourced a pump from something else in the yard to get it going , we put a bin next to the lift and activated it , the pump he put in was much higher capacity , the bin lift picked up the bin so fast and threw it over the top of the truck about 30 yards :).
I used to work on the back of a garbage truck. It always gave a smile to my face when customers come out and ask will the truck handle that. And I reply watch this.
@@willybilly99 man leave him alone he’s doing nothing wrong least he ain’t out shooting up the neighborhood causing trouble nothing wrong with having a hobby
When I was 7 years old, I was obsessed with the hydraulic systems on these trucks, I can say now, at 29 years of age, I am still obsessed, I could watch that all day every day and never get bored, a modern marvel imho, where would we be, if not for the awesome power and mechanical prowess of hydraulic systems and their operators.
Worked on a garbage route for years loved every minute! It's a fun job! Also drove a bulldozer In a landfill packing garbage every day it was a great stress-free job. I would love to do it again!
These guys just look so thrilled being followed by camera. If that was our garbage guys they would be swearing at you! But these are hard workers for sure!
I knew there were firetruck-groupies and even some cop-groupies but I never expected there were any garbage truck followers. Learn something new every day.
They are a great team. The DRIVER did not only drive , he also helped to pick up garbage hats off to you two. Garbage collectors are VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. If they stop working, the country stinks. They should be paid more.
My refuse people come by to pick up my trash at around 2 to 3 am in my neighborhood so they are shit out of luck as far as them getting any appreciation from me.
The best student job I ever had was sweeping up around a carton printing works one summer and putting the waste card into a compactor. I had a yard brush, a shovel and a bin on wheels. No bother, no hassle, outdoors all the time, (it was a lovely summer), listening to the birds tweet. It was totally stress free and I got paid as well. Happy, happy days, young and carefree. AND the outside always looked spik and span.
I'm a Janitor for a living. I take out trash to the dumpsters and it gets on my uniform. I clean toilets. People in the rich neighborhood I work in sometimes give me dirty looks. It's a dirty job. But I don't mind doing because I get paid good for doing it. These garbage truck guys deserve a pat on the back for doing it. Us lower class blue collar trash mover's and toilet cleaners make it sanitary for all the people to enjoy. I like being a janitor. I want to drive the garbage truck. I want to run the hydraulic controls. Awesome Guys!!!
On Thursdays is our trash collection when the guys come by the neighborhood I have cookies or Donuts sometimes candy bar for their treat even when it's wintertime they are hard-working nice gentleman and always thankful for a candy bar or a bag of fresh donuts
Our Waste Management trucks in our area must be super spoiled. They would look at a couch in front of someone's yard, laugh and keep on going. They'd tell us to throw that crap away ourselves because they ain't doin' it. lol
I set a couch at the curb at my old house. In that town, they have auto loading trucks only. no back loading. The buy just picked the couch up using the claw for the trash cans, and mashed it through the top hole. It was awesome to watch, and impressive.
I've been on the garbage trucks for nearly 20 years,experience tells me to never crush a sofa or chair before checking out under the cushions and down the back.
Where I live , you call for a special pick up and they laugh at you - so we have a special phenomenon here called ‘fly tipping’ our beautiful countryside and parkland are free dumping sites!
My new brother-in-law left a 'present' in our basement some forty years ago; their massive white elephant of a couch. I removed the cushions and settled upon the idea of putting the hefty frame on my back like I was portaging a canoe. I got it out to the front alright then stacked the cushions alongside. That couch made a number of very satisfying crunching sounds as the truck just ate it up. It was wonderful.
I worked for a small business while in high school.. went to work after school doing the regular cleanup when one of the full time ladies came to me all nervous and asked if I had brought in a newly delivered leather chair. I told her no.. it seems a new boxed chair was delivered earlier and placed at the back alley door. The trash truck came along and crunched it then realized it was new knocked on the back door. The boss was so pissed at everyone. It was a chair for a local judge. Oh those were the days......
Clearly, it is not the job, it is what you make of it and these workers clearly took pride and had job satisfaction as well they should, they earned that right.
I have seen people pick up couches and mattress that someone died on or was infested. IF you can Always ask the owner about the history of the item before you take it. Plus, they might have other items to give you.
Had no idea trash trucks could do that. I had to throw out my old sofa bed. My hubby took out the entire metal reclining piece which got picked-up by a scrap metal collector. I'm glad some use will be made of my old sofa.
Those guys are awesome. In my old neighborhood if the lid couldn't fully close on the can (they'd say it was over loaded), they'd leave it and drive on to the next house.
That’s a stupid rule. Here if the lid is open they take it but if it falls they will leave it so if you balance it well it all gets taken. Some will pick it up anyway
Definitely not the cry baby garbage people we have here in Vaughan Ontario Canada. Our guys here cry about a box that is not broken down. Great video of real working guys. 5 thumbs up.....
Worked on 25 cubic yard Leech when I was in HS and college. Dumbest thing we crushed was an old fridge with an ammonia based cooling system. McNeilus compactors built just down the road in Dodge Center.
They take full on couches. The garbage truck in my town wont even take boxes that aren't collapsed. that can lifting system on the back is pretty fancy, in my town they have to lift the cans by hand to dump them in the truck. (My town doesn't have a certain trash can. Its whatever the person that occupies the house buys.)
Let's imagine these two pieces of furniture could serve 5 maybe 10 years more at someone's house (maybe poor person); After renovation and cleaning - of course. We wear second-hand clothes, so why we can't have refurbished couches too in our (maybe not well off) homes? :-)
I’ve seen first hand in Minnesota what you guys do. It’s amazing the disrespect & disgusting crap people leave for you. We have two dumpsters @ our bldg. One regular, one recycle. Apparently some people can’t read, leave their trash in front of the dumpster, not use the back because that would require two more steps & so on. So to all of you, thanks guys.😎
Where I live the sanitation workers do NOT pick up large items....heck they don't even get out of the truck!!!! Its just the driver, he pulls up to the plastic trash can that we put out on the street when its trash day and he flips a switch for the "arm" to extend and pick up the trash can and dump it in to the truck. Any large items WE have to take to the land fill ourselves!!! And the service is WORSE today than what it was when there was a group of men riding on the back of those trucks going to each house, dumping the trash cans in to a can that they had.....back then they would clean up any mess that they made......today they just leave it in the street.
I worked at a furniture store for 17 years. Watched a lot of sofa and sleeper sofa get smashed into those trucks. That PTO has more then enough power to crush any furniture. Triple dresser, no problem
