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Brand New WM McNeilus Curotto Can's in SoCal

(265841) Moreno Valley, CA

9/1/17

 

(265842) Chino, CA

12/30/17

 

I'm excited to announce, brand new Waste Management Curotto Can's are back in SoCal. Waste Management has officially bought 2 brand new Curotto Can's on 2 great looking McNeilus front loaders with dual side mounted CNG tanks.

 

Over Christmas break, WMmaster626 heard the Chino yard temporarily borrowed a McNeilus Curotto Can from the Moreno Valley yard who recently purchased 2 McNeilus Curotto Can's. I went to Chino and found Rodrigo who is a ASL driver, driving Curotto Can 265842. Chino is known for fast lid flipping ASL's and Rodrigo was incredibly fast in a Curotto Can. He was faster than any of the ASL drivers I saw that day and he does not even drive a Curotto Can regularly which makes you wonder how fast he would be in a Curotto Can if it was his normal truck.

 

At the end you will see Brenda driving another McNeilus Curotto Can 265841. I found the Route Manager, Brenda, leaving the Moreno Valley yard in the afternoon to help another driver and test out the new Curotto Can. When I filmed 265841, it was its second day on route and it looked amazing. A few weeks after I filmed 265841, it was hit by a car that ran a red light traveling at a high speed and it damaged a CNG tank and as of the first week of January 2018 it is still down but should be working soon.

 

In 1999 John Curotto and Waste Management did an extensive 3 1/2 month demo of The Curotto Can out of this same Moreno Valley Yard. The demo was successful and for many years after that, WM only bought Curotto Cans for residential in Moreno Valley so it is only fitting that Moreno Valley tries out Curotto Can's again. Moreno Valley is the same yard that has the Superlight Curotto Can Heil Freedom.

 

This is also the third generation WM McNeilus Autocar Curotto Can in SoCal. In the late 1990's, WM bought diesel Volvo WXLL McNeilus Century Front Loaders and would attach a Heil Autocan, STS Autobucket or original Curotto Can to it. In the mid 2000's WM bought LNG Autocar WXLL McNeilus Curotto Cans. And now WM purchased 2 side mounted CNG Autocar ACX McNeilus Curotto Can's. I like how the new McNeilus has dual side mounted CNG tanks on each side of the truck. It makes the McNeilus look more like its SoCal predecessors and the green CNG tanks look great.

 

Hopefully with the recent ASL problems, Waste Management is satisfied with the brand new Curotto Can's and purchases fleets of Curotto Can's like in the early 2000's.

 

Big thank you to the awesome drivers, Rodrigo and Brenda.

 

I hope everyone enjoys the video and thank you for watching!

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRHpwEXrVQ

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Uploaded on January 11, 2018
Taken on September 1, 2017