SEC Challenger Commercial Side Loader! -- pt 1

I am quite excited to bring more footage to the limited amount that exists of this method of collection.

Its been a long time in the making for me personally. I used to see commercial side load dumpsters out here in the desert as a kid when we went out to the desert to ride, and for many years wondered how they picked them up. And since then I found out through Youtube and other sites and have been wanting to film it myself. A nice 5 hour drive, leaving a bit after 1 am got us here just in time to see the trucks shortly after they left the yard. You'll notice its bright and sunny, not morning... well theres more to come. So heres a bit to get things going. Filmed in Blythe, CA

A bit more on the truck, this is a Southwestern Equipment Company (SEC) Commercial side loader, model is the Challenger. The body is a 33 yarder with standard full-eject. This particular truck is a late 2007 or early 2008 model. Over all, the speed is very similar to that of a front loader, cycle and packing time included. Though it has the obvious convenience of moving from dumpster to dumpster like a more traditional automated side loader would. This truck can collect residential carts, 60 and 90 gallons with its fold-away grippers. Possibly even 250, 300 and 450 gallon containers as well. And lastly I would like to thank the awesome crew of PVD for allowing us to film their trucks throughout the day.

Special thanks to Jared for getting us out here. Finally got to accomplish a goal I had set many many years ago, which was to film these trucks. So I am very excited to bring these videos to you guys! Thanks for watching my videos over the years, means a lot. Enjoy!

*Not sure when part 2 will be up of this truck - keep checkin' in though*

And apparently there was a pretty heated argument going on at the end of the last clip if you listen closely. I dont remember that part in person haha

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[reuterhunter1]

You edited out the guy eating the burrito that was a good shot despite that guy taking "a big american bite" out of that burrito

[3amrepmike3]

@reuterhunter1 this is part 1. thats part 2

[MitchellM15]

Whoa!!!!! This is a top quality find! I've been wanting to see some better, longer and closer footage of this job in action for ages = thank you Mike. I thought this commercial SL system was almost extinct up north? Pretty new truck to go with the job too, seems I'm wrong... awesome roar to this Autocar too! Exactly how does the latching mechanism work on these trucks? Just the two cylinders next to the rails which power the lift / dumping? Beyond insane job on catching this beautiful truck!!!

[3amrepmike3]

@MitchellM15 You got it exactly right. The top mounted cylinders simply turn the upper arms in a circle, pulling the who assembly up and around the bend. Near extinct is right, but many companies still offer them to this day, theyre just not bought by many in the South West part of the US. I was so thrilled they still operated these here because CR&R just bought the company in October, so things could have been switched up in that time. Thankfully not. Theyre keeping them permanent too :) thanks

[RecologySMCKid]

Cool.I had never heard of SEC or PVVD until I saw this. Does PVVD have a website? I know SEC does. How many trucks does PVVD operate,and do they do recycling and compost? Did you take a trip to Ehrenberg or Quartzsite while you were there?

[3amrepmike3]

@RecologySMCKid PVVD is now owned by CR&R so they dont have a websire of their own. No they dont have recycling. we did go through quartzsite but did not stop there.

[reuterhunter1]

@3amrepmike3 OH!!!!!

[RecologySMCKid]

@3amrepmike3 So where does the garbage from PVVD go? Do they run a transfer station? No recycling?! I thought there was some state mandated diversion rate.How many trucks do they run? Darn,it'd be cool to see what Ehrenberg and Quartzsite have.

[RecologySMCKid]

@RecologySMCKid Interesting truck design too.