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.

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:

[cagarbagetrucks]

Great video! Love these commercial collection videos! The revving is awesome.

[TrashBulldogProductions]

OMG! That Peterbilt Amrep! So awesome to see a violent revving front loader! Rare to see a CNG truck being floored to the max! The old footage brought back the nostalgia from the time when the trucks boasted the huge WM logo before switching to the "Think Green, Think Clean" slogan.

[l.atrashproductions]

Great footage Aaron! Danny seems like a cool guy. He is really fast with his truck. Loved that old school footage you posted thanks for sharing that. Loved how he revved too! Great video Aaron!

[socalgarbagetrucks]

Great video! Really neat to see a WM driver that know how to make an otherwise boring truck awesome and fun to watch in action. I wonder what kind of mechanical repairs they have to deal with when the revving begins to take its toll on the engine. Otherwise, keep it revving. It was also fun to watch his unique style of dumping the containers, also evident in that old footage as well.

[kevinrichards]

Those garbage semis with the forks like that one there are cool lookin. Garbage, fire, yard, & concrete pumper semis are pretty much the only cabover semis I see around here in the USA nowadays. I remember I use to see cabover fifth wheel semis all the time back in the 1980s & down. Of course things have changed such as the law increased the length limit which made cabover fifth wheel semis no longer a necessity.

[cakedupandangerous]

Out there almost looking like me, he’s crush’n it! Moving fast getting things done no stop pressure. Im swing lead. Wm4L

[westernwastemanagement]

Awesome video! Danny has such a neat operating style, and he rarely spills anything out of the dumpsters. Danny's truck might be the most entertaining commercial truck in Baldwin Parks fleet. There sure were a lot of full dumpsters that day, you picked a good date to go film. Those old clips are great, he got close to a lid flip with one of those dumpsters. Speaking of dumpsters, it is neat seeing the old dumpster logos with 3 phone numbers. I'm glad you were able to finally film Danny in his Peterbilt, it turned out great!

[j.alfredorangelf.]

Felicitaciones, excelentes maniobras. Gracias por compartir, es un honor ver su servicio

[Amrepdude]

Love the way this sounds. Great Catch!!!

[northwestrefuse]

This guy sure moves! And cool to see him revving hard too since commercial trucks don't tend to be very fast. I'd love to see more of your old footage.

[northcentralrefuse]

Great video Aaron! I always love Commercial collections from you! I like the way he revved this, I also love how you put old footage in. Great job!

[Waynegrace]

Years of operating like that?
Mechanics nightmare.

[Kevin.Barajas]

Wow Aaron, great video! Danny definitely is a fast operater! Really like how hard he revved, that definitely was the best part of the video, the revving. I never thought I'd see a new WM truck being revved like that haha! The revving made your typical CNG truck, much, much more fun to watch. Also love the old footage. The camera quality makes it look older than it really is haha that was very cool to see as well, nice looking trucks he has had and has now. Great video Aaron!

[j.alfredorangelf.]

Son unos profesionales en el servicio de Recolección Frontal

[cdstrashman]

Great video! Even though it was a CNG unit I really enjoyed it! I've never seen one rev that hard. Loved the old footage too haha, I remember one of those collected across from my old house in Maywood, I think it came from Compton not too sure. Hope you can get some residential footage soon!

[antelopevalleyrefuse]

awesome video bro!! ive been wanting to film commercial trucks like this but idk any routes... anyways cool lookin truck. nice work

[justinalex]

I want to work for this company one day as a driver. Just waiting for them to hire near me

[RefuseArizona]

Excellent video sir! Wow talk about full on revving, this guy doesn't mess around! Heck the arms couldn't even keep up with him, they kept slowing down lol, he must have exceeded the RPM limit or something. One of the fastest operators to drive up to a dumpster and immediately put the e brake on and start revving it up. crazy how his operating style is similar to that of the older footage you have in here. Great photos also!!

[calvincrews]

It's a Peterbilt 320 Amrep front loader garbage truck with a Cummins ISLG engine

[wm]

that first one was fast love it I subscribed to you