Debating OTR vs Local Garbage

Prepare to smell like garbage all day, every day. Eff that... lol

 

I did garbage city route for BFI many years ago. as said, be prepared o smell bad each day, and the more you sweat, the more the smell permeates into your clothing. Also be aware that when you go to the dump, high winds will be at the top which you will drop your load from time to time. Be prepared, VERY prepared to get some maggots on you, and some "juicing" from the liquids getting sprayed on you from that garbage you or someone VERY nextly parked to you will dump out.

We used to call it, "getting juiced", and it ain't pretty nor smells pretty.

The person you sleep with, may in fact order you to the couch or outside in the hammock. And if you do not have a hammock, I seriously suggest you get one. No amount of scrubbing or bleach will totally get rid of your garbage smell.

One day when I got home and got undressed, maggot's were in my t-shirt and work shirt pocket in my eye glass case.

 

I thought about it... until I found out that the City of El Paso only pays their employees $13.65/hour for that crap. They seem to think it's the hours (0400-1430, Tu-F) that cause the turnover.

 

He's right! My brother has been doing this for a while. He doesn't even notice it that he smelled.

He drove front loaders and roll off. He started at 3am six days a week, but home every night. Now he's the manager.
Roll offs will do about 2-3 loads a day to the dump. The side load is residential. Longer tedious day. And republic and waste management are putting cameras in all trucks. But money is not bad for a local job he said.
But good luck in what you decide.

 

Garbage.. No thanks, sounds like, ummm garbage..

 

City pick up here is 5 days each week. However, if a holiday, then you work on Saturdays, as each pick up schedule is pushed back one day.

But in some parts of the country, doesn't surprise me a 6 or 7 day work week, due to the amounts of residential garbage.

 

Roll off is good work, if the shop is good. Did it for better than 7 years, pulling a pup. 6-15 cans a day, pickup, dump, deliver. The trash compacters (the ones chained to the packers on the back of buildings) are the worst, have to clean up the mess before you can hook it back up. As for smell? Roll off isint as bad. Demo waste smells but rairly maggots. Yea the food store dumpsters stink, but most arnt bad.

But i wouldnt want to do front load or side. Tried em, hated it.

 

Same here. Had benefits and all, but the pay for the job is atrocious. And that sour 'undead' smell that's with you all day and gets stronger and stronger the closer you get to the landfill...