Howdy and lets "talk trash!"

I'm not a trash driver, but I do empty the restaurant grease dumpsters I'm sure you're familiar with, but may consider trash for my next gig.

How many stops do you do per night/day? How far from the terminal do you go? How long does a typical route take? What are your favorite / least favorite aspects of the job?

edit to say I dumpster dive a lot while I'm out there at night, and have several that I truly believe I could make a living from if I wanted to. One behind a half price books store gets filled up to the top with books/dvds almost every day.

Any good finds?

 

Have you every did over 35mph collecting trash

 

That's right. Use to have reverse races on the right away w/ string trucks. 40mph is fast.

 

Your routes gotta be super close together to be able to do 80 in 4 hours. I could only wish. Our grease routes go 450 miles sometimes, 150 mile radius from the plant.

I've always wondered how many typical dumpsters does it take to fill the truck up? Do you have to empty in the middle of the route?

I used to deliver pizza after work for extra cash, and the pizza driver before me was a residential trash driver during the day, also shagging pizzas from 6-9 after work for pocket cash. He was going to be late one day because he was still on his route, and called the pizza joint to let them know. The manager told him to be there or he didn't have a job.

He got pissed, and pizza delivery being the expendable job, he showed up to the the pizza store in the garbage truck, complete with the helpers, and delivered a pizza order with the garbage truck. He was promptly fired upon his return. He was a legend at that store!

 

Ive been in trash for roughly 9 months now. started as trash can delivery, moved up to recycle driver, did a short stint as a fill in transfer truck driver, and now ive settled in as a manual front load resi driver. By far the best job I have had so far. Easy routes, great management. Drive cam took a bit to get used to but all is good now