City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation (Angelino Heights)

So here we have one of the oldest Peterbilts in the fleet. Enjoy and comments are appriciated. Also, this is yet another driver who mentioned the youtube community when we spoke to him. Everybody from LA knows us! Thanks to the driver!
A neat little fact to those who arent aware, when the arm on an Amrep lifts all the way, just after the initial stop in the hopper, the grippers tighten a little more to stop any carts from sliding into the hopper. This is most noticable at 1:42 in the video. Watch the grippers give the cart a little extra squeeze right after the contence falls into the truck. I'm not sure if this is the case on every truck Amrep makes, or if its a preference the city of Los Angeles has, but I've noticed all the LA trucks do this. Some more than others depending on the pressure settings in the hydraulics, but they all do.

Im sure you all have noticed the annoying as hell lines my camera is making on the videos. No idea why but its getting more and more noticable with time. Might have to get a new camera again.

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[3amrepmike3]

@Trashman242 these are around 2001 I think not sure though. yup there some of the oldest. Older than many of the volvos. I love the PTO being in the front. Glad you enjoyed it!

[Trashman242]

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OK wow YT..what's the point of your fuckin comment limits?!

Whoa..the number is 150?!?! That thing is truly ancient then? What year is this one?

SHIITTTT 4:55 that "scream" (and the ones that followed) would've gotten this truck into my favs alone! That's a total EDI thing and it probably means that this truck has this one type of transmission...God that's cool hahaha Think I might have to feature this video sometime in addition to faving it, amazing find..amazing amazing amazing :D :D

[Trashman242]

Ahh nice I read the description and when I got through it my hopes were confirmed--this Pete has the 'cutout' in the grille for the PTO haha I LOVE the look of that for some reason, all of ESD's old Octos had that. Just like LA, the newer Octos they got had transmission-mounted PTOs so no 'cutout' in the grille, and now the newest ones both here and in LA (Ellipticals obviously) have the cutout again.

It's so beautiful from the front!! lol I found one of these on street view if you remember...

[3amrepmike3]

@Binboy112 no problem! And hes right about the swing in the arm. Some trucks whip the bins a little harder than others causing the lids to fly open.

[Binboy112]

@3amrepmike3 thx when chatted to one of the drivers he said that is depands on the swing of the arm thx for telling me that :)

[3amrepmike3]

@Binboy112 Tons of Aussie trucks tend to flip lids, but in some regions such as Brisbane and a few others I cant remember the name of off the top of my head, they appear to try to keep lids closed. There are many areas in the US that use these same trucks and keep lids closed too. Such as CR&R of Orange. I have a video showing those trucks and they close all the lids.

[Binboy112]

@3amrepmike3 see in brissy our trucks never leave lids open our old trucks did there were tones of bins lids open

[3amrepmike3]

@Binboy112 because thats how these trucks work. If they try to close the lids they have to slow the arm down so much it takes too long. So they flip the lids. And that way they know they have picked those carts up

[Binboy112]

why dose the truck leave all the bin lids open nice vid

[3amrepmike3]

@legodude24652 I dont have a license yet neither does sean. I am getting mine though since i finally got a car