Waste Management of the Inland Empire
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Here is a quick look at Waste Management of the Inland Empire's old fleet from a few years ago. In 2017 & 2018, I was fortunate enough to meet some of the awesome people at this yard who were more than happy to show us around. At the beginning of 2018, I found out that the yard was planning to scrap all their old LNG Macks off by the end of the year, and so I made several trips out here to try and catch them while they were still in operation. Here's a little summary of some of their more unique trucks:
(0:30) - 262906: This was my favorite Wittke that the yard had in recent years for many reasons. What was unique about 262906 is that it was from the very first batch of Wittkes that Corona ordered. These pre-date the large batch of Wittkes that San Diego famously purchased, which is why this truck has the American flag next to the Wittke logo and a unique hopper design. The Inland Empire divisions (both MoVal and Corona) had a different way of stickering their trucks back then too. These trucks were originally branded as WM - USA Waste of California on the bodies, and a little bit of that sticker can still be seen on this truck. They also put those "We Care About Your Air" stickers on their very first Wittkes back in the day, so it was really cool to see a truck that still had that from the early 2000s. Another neat thing, seen at (1:23) is that this truck had the old button installation to operate the Curotto Can on this truck. I personally have never seen that before so very interesting in my opinion. Oddly enough, this truck was spec'd as a sit down drive unit, which is another thing I've never seen on these old LE/Wittkes.
(1:45) - 102831/102853: These two Heil Python originated as a Moreno Valley truck, and were sent around SoCal for a few years as I guess no one wanted them truck. 102831 seen in San Diego, Baldwin Park, and Chino before landing in Corona. 102853 was seen in Compton along with San Diego and Chino before coming to Corona as well.
(2:07) - 263531: This was probably my second favorite truck in the yard after 262906. This is actually the same Wittke that Bill filmed on a recycle route in Long Beach over 10 years ago. You can see the old "Recycle Long Beach" stickers poking through on the side. I loved how this truck had the fold up door on it and the green mudflaps were a nice touch! These old LA Hauling Wittkes were what really drew my attention to Corona back in the day. I loved the Recycle Long Beach logos on them and many ran with original Curotto Cans. When they were sent to Corona, my focus shifted to that yard and I started getting to know their operation better.
(2:46) - 263906/263907: These two Wittke/Leach FLs became the main focus for Kevin and me once we found out the Macks were about to get scrapped. In 2016, we stumbled upon a sister unit of this truck that sounded really good, so we wanted to find one of the sister units. Unfortunately, both 906 & 907 were extremely tired by 2018, so they were not as powerful as the one we saw.
(4:05) - 264509: A freshly repainted Autocar/McNeilus Curotto Can. I was a huge fan of this truck with the different rims it had and 1.5 Curotto on it. It now resides in Rosamond Hauling.
(4:53) - 632596: I believe this is an ex-Western Waste truck given how fond they were of Freightliners. Really nice looking rig especially with the new paint.
(4:57) - 263376: Another one of the old Wittkes from Corona's second batch of LNG trucks. Great sounding truck, and it has an interesting CVT Recycling sticker that I think was from when these guys were operating up by Colton.
(5:31) - 103542: One of two mini Amreps that runs out of this yard. These originated as Long Beach trucks as well. They're in rough shape for only being 10-11 years old unfortunately, but glad they are still around as these are the last Octos WM bought.
(5:41) - 632852: Corona has two of these large scout trucks that service the manure routes in Norco.
(5:59) - 263492: Here's the truck that really got our attention from Corona! Javier Correa's #263492 was known as the pride of the fleet. Even though the truck was roughly 15 years old, it ran really well and Javier kept it looking really clean. The new logos on the body made it look even better and the cab was repainted mid-2016 for a fresh look.
(6:28) - 263854: Another ex-LA Metro Wittke that I really liked. Sit down drive and Slammin' Eagle bucket made this particular truck stand out from many others in the fleet.
(8:34) - 265841/285842: These two Curotto Cans were transferred from Moreno Valley for Christmas Tree season. Due to serious hydraulic issues, they never saw route unfortunately!
Thank you so much to Miguel and everyone else at WMIE for letting us visit the yard - lot of great memories here over the years! - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
What I’d give to see all those old LE Wittke still in operation (and go there and see the, myself lol)! They really had, and still have, quite the fleet. I didn’t know that their first batch said USA Waste of California on the logo either, that’s neat! Loved the clip of 263531 starting too, the sound of those will simply never get old. I could go on and on about those trucks haha but I’m also a big fan of those WXLL McNeiluses too, love that west coast style cab shield. I also never realized how many WX Amrep ASLs they had, that’s pretty awesome. Great work on the video once again!
Same here! I miss these Macks a lot, they have quite a few skilled drivers too. Yup the old USA Waste of California part was super neat to me! Couldn't believe that and the "We Care About Your Air" sticker were still visible after more than 10 years of getting new logos/paint. Still quite a few LNG Autocar ASLs left here today but Peterbilt Amreps are definitely the majority. Thank you!
Looking at all those old Wittkes brings back some great memories of my life's past. Thank you for that.
It was your footage of that original Curotto Can that made me really like the LE/Wittkes from the Long Beach yard! I was thrilled to see the same one you filmed still in this yard when I visited (2:19). Thanks for checkin' out the video!
264509 looks brand new
Well done I'm glad you found this truck especially these fleets are so good keep it up a good work brother
I went there last month but saw nothing but 4 trucks. Man I like those WX and ACxs
Back in 2019,when Macks would run up in point Loma of San Diego I'd always see one on Friday,to bad they swapped those Mack mru's for new atuocars!
wow never knew there was a python in Bompton. I do remember though seeing one in downtown la and was stunned as they were an uncommon sight in metro LA ha! or at least I thought they were. the IE sure had some nice rigs, especially those Mack’s, but what’s the fleet consisted of nowadays? great work as always Aaron
Yes sir! I believe the picture I have of one is from 2013. Cool trucks for sure! The replacements for all those Macks were 520/Amrep ASLs. Thank you!
Pretty cool to see those macks still surviving. Any info on how long they will stay.
Thanks man, the Macks are all gone unfortunately. Last one was scrapped early this year or late last year.
Awesome video man! Nice to see all the Mack’s even if it was from a few years ago. Crazy how the times have changed! 262906 was really nice with the USA logo underneath it. I like how the old Long Beach recycling sign was underneath 263531 that brought back memories of Bills old videos. I really liked 102831 looks super clean and a bit better without the python grippers in my opinion. Really liked those autocar curottos super nice trucks. I really like those minis to despite them having so many issues. Thanks for capturing the greatness of this yard before a lot of cool trucks were gone. Keep up the good work dude! Love these yard tours.
Thank you! Definitely glad I was able to make it to Corona while their fleet was so interesting. It would have been really cool to see 531 with an original Curotto on it running out there! Appreciate the comment man!
Is that the Corona yard?
Yes sir 👍
Good video. Do you know what yard 63379 and 7408 are located at?
Hello
I wish my yard would've bought sit down RHD LEU Macks. We have stand up LEUs and stand up Autocars.
A little off topic, but are there mack crockodiles and mack curroto cans left in san diego?
A handful but not many
@@WMmaster626 thank you
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